Global Medical Affairs Medical Director – Pipeline

Role Overview

• Provide expert medical input to guide clinical development, comprehensive evidence generation, launch planning and brand plan execution in relevant indications
• Develop and execute ambitious short-term and long-term medical strategies, as key elements of the integrated data generation plan and brand plan.
• Accountable for the alignment of all global medical affairs activities in partnership with other cross-functional members of the Indication Development Team
• Develop close partnerships with regional and country medical affairs leads/teams, and the regional indication strategy teams and ensure all activities maximise cross-regional impact
• Build and maintain close partnership with external experts, in collaboration with regional/country Medical Affairs teams, to bring insight to all activities
• Initiate and support high impact medical activities, such as advisory boards, congress symposia and medical research projects
• Drive the identification and development of productive collaborations including with healthcare organisations and experts, other important customers and stakeholders and professional organizations
• Support strategy development for investigator sponsored studies and assessment of proposals
• Partner with scientific communications to support development of publication and medical education strategies
• Develop and continuously maintain the highest scientific and medical expertise with relevant diseases and products and be acknowledged internally and externally as an expert
• Systematically capture, distil and proactively communicate insights and activities within argenx
• Ensure all medical affairs activities maintain the highest standards, comply with applicable pharmaceutical regulations, as well as argenx policies and procedures

Requirements

• Scientific, healthcare or medical degree (BSc, MS, PhD, PharmD, RN, MBBS, MB.ChB or equivalent)
• Substantial medical affairs experience, throughout the product lifecycle
• A strong understanding of the drug development process and launch planning
• Relevant drug development, therapeutic area expertise and existing external expert network is an advantage
• Robust knowledge of regulations and practices related to industry interactions with healthcare professionals
• Experience partnering with regional/country and global functions and leadership

Benefits

• Inclusive environment
• Equal consideration for employment without discrimination
• Opportunity to improve lives of people suffering from severe autoimmune diseases
• Access to first-in-class therapies