[Hiring] Associate Director, Medical & Scientific Affairs - Acute Care @Danaher Corporation

Role Description

The Associate Director, Medical & Scientific Affairs – Acute Care provides medical and scientific strategic and operational input into core medical affairs activities such as:

• Health care professional and provider interactions (Payers, Patients, Prescribers, and Providers)
• Identification of clinical partners and generation of clinical and scientific data
• Communicates study results through reports and forecasts publications/abstracts/posters to stakeholders
• Works closely with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand (product) strategies
• Supports medical and marketing activities (promotional material generation and product launches) and market access
• Executes core medical affair tactics to support launch
• Collaborates with clinical development on Medical Affairs support of priority trials

This position reports to the Senior Director, Medical & Scientific Affairs – Acute Care and is part of the Medical & Scientific Affairs organization, a team of medical specialists dedicated to all medical aspects of safe and effective therapeutic areas.

This role may be fully remote, working remotely to cover a global business area.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Perform gap analysis for Integrated Medical Plans; identify opportunities in Integrated Evidence Plans (IEPs) and drive these in Kaizen workshops
• Develop patient journeys / disease maps together with the global franchise teams
• Develop the study strategy; communicate the strategy internally and externally; train the MSL team on study funnel management; execute study strategy (study funnel development; budget)
• Forecast publications / abstracts / posters and identify opportunities to leverage key data for presentations or other collateral with the MSL team and commercial team(s)
• Communicate and translate clinical/scientific insights and research concepts from KOLs into actionable guidance for product development teams
• Contribute to the development of Scientific Advisory Boards
• Author all grants in the acute care disease area and support medical affairs activities including dissemination of data supporting overall product scientific and commercial strategy
• Serve as deputy for Senior Director accountabilities when director is absent

Qualifications

• Advanced Degree: MD/PhD, MD, PhD, or PharmD with 9+ years of experience required
• Residency or additional post doctorate experience preferred
• Substantial understanding of relevant therapeutic area required

Requirements

• Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials, and experience in the design of protocols preferred
• Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills
• Represents Beckman Coulter at external meetings including investigator meetings, scientific association meetings, etc.
• Ability to interact with and coordinate appropriate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders (i.e. commercial, clinical operations, R&D, statistics, regulatory, etc.) as they relate to ongoing medical affairs projects
• Ability to travel a minimum of 20-25% of the time (domestic and international)

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k) to eligible employees
• Bonus/incentive pay eligibility