Responsibilities
- Play a key role in shaping and executing the overall Medical Affairs strategy, including leading the strategic vision for external engagement and patient advocacy.
- Lead, manage, and mentor a high-performing team of experienced medical affairs professionals, including Regional RPT Medical Liaisons, Health Service Liaisons, Patient Advocacy and other field medical staff, ensuring excellence in disease, asset, and scientific training
- Develop the regional field medical and external engagement resource plan and organizational footprint, ensuring appropriate coverage, capabilities, relationships, and alignment with RayzeBio’s portfolio and growth objectives.
- Oversee thought leader (TL) identification, engagement planning, and execution, including scientific exchanges, and strategic collaborations.
- Oversee establishing meaningful, productive relationships with patient advocacy organizations and patient communities.
- Support executive encounters for TL engagement and strategic alliances
- Partner closely with Clinical Operations leadership to identify, educate, and engage potential investigators on the RayzeBio portfolio and clinical trial opportunities, supporting recruitment and trial execution.
- Collaborate with Commercial and Market Access field teams to oversee payer customer, IDN, GPO, and aggregator account strategy, planning, and execution from a medical affairs perspective
- Provide structured insight and feedback from TL and external stakeholder interactions to inform trial concepts, areas of scientific and medical interest, and barriers to enrollment as well insights that inform medical affairs/commercial strategy and tactics
- Provide medical support for key commercial activities in accordance with local and national compliance requirements.
Requirements
- MD, DO, PharmD, or PhD (or equivalent scientific training)
- 15+ years in medical affairs in oncology pharmaceutical/biotech, including leadership of field medical in oncology
- Proven ability to collaborate with clinical operations and sales leadership to provide medical support on organizational objectives
- Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams in a matrixed environment
- Strong track record of execution and operational excellence in medical affairs
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and build credibility with senior leadership and the global scientific community
- Deep understanding of oncology stakeholder engagement, including payer and access considerations
Benefits
- Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
- Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
- Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
- Work-life benefits include: Paid Time Off US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees) Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day. All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Additional Information
- The ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
