Therapy Area Medical Lead Hematology, Associate Director

Overview Summary

The Associate Director, Therapeutic Area Medical Lead Hematology is part of the Medical Affairs Team and represents his/her area of responsibility towards external and internal stakeholders. Owing to his/her profound understanding of the respective treatment area and extensive network the Therapeutic Area Medical Lead establishes and fosters collaborations with external partners and provides a bridge between clinical development, medical affairs and the commercial organization at a senior mastery level. He/she provides critical insights into the country medical affairs plan for the respective disease areas ensuring that it complements the company´s development plan and adheres to the highest scientific standards.

Constantly builds and maintains expertise in the assigned areas (tumor entities, products), regarding available literature, treatment options, disease environment and product data; key contact for external and internal stakeholders, including for training and all educational approaches Serves within his area of responsibility as the primary point of contact internally and externally notably to provide a first-level assessment for all IIR requests regarding scientific value and fit with the company strategy Actively contributes to the advancement of the national development program within his/her area of responsibility Actively participates – whenever feasible - in medical & scientific exchanges within medical/scientific community and fosters collaborations with key external stakeholders Identifies scientific questions relevant to the German healthcare landscape and develops and executes a strategy to address them within the (hematology) medical affairs program to ensure the full value of our drugs is recognized by key external stakeholders Anticipates relevant changes in national treatment patterns (i.e. future approvals, updated guidelines) and provides timely input into the national medical affairs plan to ensure ongoing patient and scientific benefit Defines – in collaboration with the executive medical director – medical pre-launch and launch strategy and tactics for all hematology products and aligns cross-functionally with all relevant functions (commercial, MA) to ensure launch excellence Supports publication strategy within the country hematology medical affairs program to ensure that scientific results stemming from the national IIR projects are acknowledged within the scientific community in a timely manner Provides oversight and contributes to the preparation and delivery of high-quality content and all educational and medical communication materials (e.g. planning for medical society presence, abstracts, and publications) Streamlines product communication, works with external and internal resources on the development of materials (for internal and field/external use) and medical event planning Participates in relevant cross-functional medical planning, working groups and task forces Ensures appropriate execution of medical content elements of the tactical plan for assigned product(s) and therapeutic area(s) Contributes positively to a strong culture of business integrity and ethics and embraces the Mission, Vision and Values of the organization Acts within compliance, regulatory and legal requirements as well as within company guidelines

Strategy and expert interactions

Works in a goal/objective oriented manner within a formalized process to plan and execute annual goals in alignment with the corporate annual goals and core business strategy Demonstrates medical and scientific expertise to core business strategy and marketing/business development plans, strongly contributes to the development of and updates to the strategic medical plans Ensures that strategically aligned scientific communication points, elements from other internal guidance and resource documents, and key data are included appropriately in tactics,