Global Medical Affairs Leader

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The Global Medical Affairs Medical Director/GMAL for Lung and Head & Neck cancer will be responsible for leading aspects of the clinical-commercial optimization for assets in development and life cycle management strategies under the guidance of the Senior Global Medical Affairs Leader (GMAL) within the oncology therapeutic area (TA). S/he/They will lead the management of pre-approval access programs globally. S/he/They will lead special initiatives/projects such as Global Medical Affairs studies.

S/he/They will support regional Medical Affairs Leads in launching of product(s) in the portfolio in their countries/regions. S/he/They will partner closely with the GMA Operations Leader, Regional Medical TA/product leaders and Clinical Development Leader to develop an integrated global medical affairs perspectives, strategies and plans.

The Medical Director/GMAL will participate on the Global Commercial Team (GCT), Evidence & Medical Access Teams (EMAT) and be an active participant in Global Medical Affairs Team (GMAT). Periodically, s/he will represent the Senior GMAL at clinical development, safety or compound development team when the Sr. GMAL is not able to attend.

The Medical Director/GMAL will partner with the Senior GMAL for the development of the global medical affairs plan that reflects prioritized regional needs. In addition, the Medical Director/GMAL will support and partner with the GMAL on the global publication plans, global opinion leader relations, global medical education (including symposia, speaker training) and global advisory boards for products starting in early development (phase IIA) and through launch of major life cycle management initiatives.

Other responsibilities include: Responsible for pre-launch medical activities including global advisory boards, medical symposia and congress activities, asset development (global core slide deck, FAQs, etc) in collaboration with cross-functional partners and regional medical affairs leads.

The Medical Director/GMAL will collaborate closely with the Senior GMAL supporting the regional medical affairs representatives to develop integrated global medical affairs strategies and plans and maintain open, two-way communication to ensure regional medical affairs is up to date on all plans, progress and decisions. Synchronize input and output of the Medical Affairs plan with the strategic and business plan calendars.

The Medical Director/GMAL will support the Senior GMAL in leading the global publications plan, as well as pre-launch global KOL communications & speaker development. The Medical Director/GMAL will contribute to the overall integrated evidence generation activities within Global Medical Affairs for lung and head & neck cancer assets. Responsible to ensure all global activities follow J&J Compliance principles, e.g. Health Care Compliance, etc.