Director, Medical Strategy International

Position Summary 

The Director, Medical Strategy International, is a key leadership role within Global Medical Affairs. This role leads the development and execution of International strategic medical plans and provides scientific and medical expertise to support those plans including, but not limited to lifecycle management, insights generation and advisory board strategy. This position serves as the primary ex-US representative on the Medical Product Team (MPT) and is the subject matter expert to create the indication-specific or product-specific European Medical strategic framework and prioritized Medical Affairs tactics to ensure the success of resmetirom throughout the product lifecycle. This individual applies broad technical knowledge of the therapeutic area, relevant clinical practice guidelines, and related scientific data. 

This role leads efforts within Global Medical Affairs to support both short- and long-term objectives, with ~50% of effort focused on executing functional priorities and ~50% focused on providing strategic direction, adapting priorities, and ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. 

Key Responsibilities 

Medical Affairs Strategy Oversight: 

• Strategically develop and oversee execution of Medical Affairs plans, ensuring alignment with the company’s overall business goals including the brand team 

• Tracking plan execution and ensuring alignment Support management of Medical Strategy budgets 

• Identify unmet medical needs and generate strategic insights and complete situational analysis and provide to Medical Affairs and cross-functional stakeholders, to inform medical strategy as appropriate 

• Develop and execute advisory board strategy based on strategic imperatives and insights collected 

• Actively participate in the cross-functional team in the development and management of resmetirom, ensuring compliance, strategic alignment, and timely delivery with the medical strategy 

• Define key strategies and initiatives to support global asset and company goals 

Manage Product Lifecycle: 

• Contribute to the lifecycle plan of resmetirom, from development through commercialization and post-market activities, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and regulatory requirements 

• Communicate opportunities for product enhancements, optimization, and updates based on market feedback, performance metrics, and evolving industry standards 

Crossfunctional Collaboration: 

• Partners with the VP of Medical Strategy, to develop medical strategy and collaborates closely with local medical leadership 

• Partners closely with R&D, Medical Directors within Scientific Communications, Field Medical and Medical Excellence to support the department and organizational objectives 

• Partners with R&D, Market Access, regulators, Commercial and Brand Team to ensure alignment with the company’s overall business goals 

Engagement with Key External Stakeholders: 

• Act as an external interface with stakeholders including clinicians, insurers, government leaders, professional societies, and medical-scientific institutions 

• Ensure engagement with the medical community through scientific advisory boards, stakeholder engagements, webinars, and presentations 

• Serve as a spokesperson for the company in scientific forums and with healthcare professionals 

Medical Expertise and Leadership: 

• Provide strategic leadership and medical expertise to guide the development and implementation of clinical programs, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and organizational goals 

Compliance & Quality: 

• Comply with company SOPs, industry standards, and applicable regulations 

• Uphold the highest ethical standards in all internal and external engagements 

Investigator Initiated Studies: 

• Participates in the scientific evaluation of Investigator Initiated Studies (IIS) proposals 

Travel Requirement: 

• Willingness to travel 40% to medical congresses and internal meetings, both domestic and international 

Profile 

• This position requires a well-rounded leader who has strong cross functional skills: strategic and tactical commercialization experience in European product launches and expansion. The ability to drive cross-functional collaboration; strong analytical and presentation skills; vendor and alliance management experience; and the ability to execute in an integrated global-regional operating model. Adaptable and proactive in a fast-paced, evolving environment 

Qualifications 

• Advanced doctoral scientific/healthcare degree (e.g., PhD, MD, etc.)   

• Minimum 12+ years in the pharmaceutical industry in a position that developed and executed against a medical strategy (such as a Medical Director in a Medical Affairs leadership role) 

• In-depth knowledge of liver disease; experience in cardiometabolic health, or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) 

• Strong track record of written and oral communication skills to develop and present medical strategies to varied audiences and articulate messages succinctly   

• Understands detailed technical information and conveys complex ideas to a variety of audience types and cultures   

• Strong organizational skills to track numerous tasks for multiple simultaneous projects in a deadline-oriented environment   

• Strong knowledge of EU healthcare systems, regulations, and medical affairs compliance standards 

• Ability to interact and strategize with leadership and stakeholders across the business 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, virtual communication platforms (e.g., Teams, Zoom), and CRM systems (e.g., Veeva)