Responsibilities:
- Create and implement a Vision for BlueRock’s Medical Affairs & Scientific Communications
- Build and provide leadership to key Medical Affairs sub-functions including Field Medical Affairs and Scientific Communications.
- Provide oversight of, and content-expertise to, outsourced functions such as Medical Information and HEOR.
- Support the writing and updating of SOPs for Medical Affairs, ensuring compliance with all relevant external guidelines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive brand strategy, ensure alignment across teams, and provide compliant medical input.
- Ensure the development and execution of strategic and functional plans and facilitate processes to ensure all Medical Affairs programs and activities are aligned with business strategies and regulatory guidelines.
- Establish compliant thought leader engagement strategies and plans to ensure an integrated approach across field medical affairs and with internal teams.
- Develop the Scientific Communications department in charge of delivering impactful scientific and medical education for internal and external stakeholders including publication and congress plans and material development.
- Develop BlueRock's HEOR capabilities by developing appropriate medical materials and supportive documents and by providing medical expertise as required.
- When appropriate, represent Company at external meetings with stakeholders, in accordance with the developed medical strategies,
- Lead strategic and engagement activities with national and international advocacy organizations
- Lead data gap identification, data dissemination and active insight collecting.
- Facilitate key processes including grant review and IIT review committees.
- Create a continuous learning environment that encourages internal team engagement and strong external partnerships.
- Work with Regulatory Affairs to design and implement any post-approval clinical studies (including registries).
- Identify key areas of need for medical education programs and develop standard answers to program and procedures through content-driven educational programming and medical responses for urgent clinician questions regarding patient care.
- Support business development efforts through the delivery of medical insights.
- Conduct secondary research and present data on product/disease areas of interest as needed.
- Serve as a key medical resource for the disease areas and specific products as part of business development activities.
- Throughout all activities, maintain the highest level of sensitivity, integrity, and compliance.
Minimum Requirements:
- MD required
- Background in Neurology and/or Ophthalmology strongly desired.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in Medical Affairs, including in developing medical engagement strategies
- Successful product launches in the US, ex-US experience is helpful.
- Experience or demonstrated understanding of clinical development and research
- Direct interactions or demonstrated understanding of engaging with payer organizations, health technology assessors, and/or regulatory agencies.
- Experience with the medical publications process