Executive Director, Head of Therapeutic Areas, Medical Affairs

at  CSL

The Executive Director of Global Medical Affairs Therapeutic will provide strategic medical leadership across all CSL Behring products, pipeline and inline. This is a critical role to drive medical strategy and execution excellence, enabling commercial growth objectives through evidence generation, thought leadership, scientific engagement and product expertise.

Main Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Oversees and directs pipeline Therapeutic Areas (TA) Medical Directors’ activities in developing and executing comprehensive medical plans to product development and Go-to-Market Strategies for all CSL Behring pipeline products.
• Oversees and directs inline Medical Directors’ activities providing medical expertise to all countries for all CSL Behring inline products.
• Oversees development and execution of comprehensive integrated evidence generation plans (IEGP)s ensuring high quality publications from all types of evidence throughout development, launch and in market for all CSL Behring pipeline and inline products.
• Provides medical expertise and input into TA strategies ensuring close collaboration with R&D to deliver data and a label to support Target Product Profile (TPP)s and reflect the value required to enable speedy access to patients.
• Functions as the scientific medical expert internally and externally with national and international stakeholders. Serves as a collaborator and key stakeholder to the Heads of Medical Affairs in the US and International, Global Commercial Development, Global Market Access, Global Clinical R&D, Global Pharmacovigilance and Promotion Review Committee (PRC) on medical aspects of the company’s products.
• Ensures strong, efficient and effective Medical Affairs operations and directs the activities of the Therapeutic Areas supporting all CSL Behring products, pipeline and inline, to assure established performance objectives are met.
• Ensures both pipeline TA Medical Affairs and Inline Medical expert teams are properly staffed to appropriately serve as an internal scientific expert for all disease states and products. Ensures all personnel are trained and strong in medical, scientific, and regulatory knowledge as well as industry research and trends. Drives development plan for direct reports and guides development of their teams.
• Provides final review and approval of scientific communications on company products and therapeutic areas.

Qualifications & Experience Requirements

• MD with 15+ years of pharmaceutical/biotherapeutics industry experience
• Medical affairs/Clinical experience, preferably in a specialty relevant to CSL’s therapeutic areas/products
• 8+ years of Executive Medical Affairs Leadership experience
• Experience building and leading cross-functional team in a global matrix organization
• Strong capabilities in clinical research, evidence generation and scientific engagement
• Influential leader who builds relationships across stakeholder types
• Executive presence with ability to communicate complex data persuasively and relate study results and knowledge of therapeutic area to industry-specific applications
• Strong working knowledge across multiple therapeutic areas and products

OUR BENEFITS

CSL employees that work at least 30 hours per week are eligible for benefits effective day 1. We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and their loved ones. CSL offers resources and benefits, from health care to financial protection, so you can focus on doing work that matters. Our benefits are designed to support the needs of our employees at every stage of their life. Whether you are considering starting a family, need help paying for emergency back up care or summer camp, looking for mental health resources, planning for your financial future, or supporting your favorite charity with a matching contribution, CSL has many benefits to help achieve your goals.
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• Oversees and directs pipeline Therapeutic Areas (TA) Medical Directors’ activities in developing and executing comprehensive medical plans to product development and Go-to-Market Strategies for all CSL Behring pipeline products.
• Oversees and directs inline Medical Directors’ activities providing medical expertise to all countries for all CSL Behring inline products.
• Oversees development and execution of comprehensive integrated evidence generation plans (IEGP)s ensuring high quality publications from all types of evidence throughout development, launch and in market for all CSL Behring pipeline and inline products.
• Provides medical expertise and input into TA strategies ensuring close collaboration with R&D to deliver data and a label to support Target Product Profile (TPP)s and reflect the value required to enable speedy access to patients.
• Functions as the scientific medical expert internally and externally with national and international stakeholders. Serves as a collaborator and key stakeholder to the Heads of Medical Affairs in the US and International, Global Commercial Development, Global Market Access, Global Clinical R&D, Global Pharmacovigilance and Promotion Review Committee (PRC) on medical aspects of the company’s products.
• Ensures strong, efficient and effective Medical Affairs operations and directs the activities of the Therapeutic Areas supporting all CSL Behring products, pipeline and inline, to assure established performance objectives are met.
• Ensures both pipeline TA Medical Affairs and Inline Medical expert teams are properly staffed to appropriately serve as an internal scientific expert for all disease states and products. Ensures all personnel are trained and strong in medical, scientific, and regulatory knowledge as well as industry research and trends. Drives development plan for direct reports and guides development of their teams.
• Provides final review and approval of scientific communications on company products and therapeutic areas