Associate Medical Director, Rare

Location: Madison, NJ 07940, United States | Permanent, hybrid role based out of LEO’s Madison, NJ office.

About the role

Advance Rare Disease Innovation. Transform Patient Lives. Join LEO Pharma and help shape the North American medical strategy for dersimelagon. In this impactful role, you'll partner across medical, commercial, regulatory, and global teams to advance scientific excellence and bring meaningful innovation to patients living with rare skin diseases.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute North American medical strategy and tactical plans for dersimelagon.
• Provide medical and scientific leadership in data generation, scientific communications, competitive intelligence, and insight gathering.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Key Opinion Leaders and lead external scientific engagements.
• Contribute medical expertise to launch plans, brand strategies, lifecycle management, and global business planning.
• Support publication planning and development of manuscripts, congress abstracts, symposium presentations, and posters.
• Review scientific and medical materials, including protocols, manuscripts, proposals, and response documents.
• Lead medical advisory boards and present scientific data to internal and external audiences.
• Provide medical review support through the Legal Medical Review Committee and ensure compliant scientific communications.
• Champion LEO Pharma's patient-centric approach and help identify unmet patient needs.
• Manage scientific affairs activities and associated budgets while contributing to cross-functional initiatives.

Requirements

• Medical degree required; dermatology experience preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry and/or clinical research.
• Strong understanding of medical affairs, clinical development, regulatory requirements, and scientific communications.
• Demonstrated experience partnering across commercial, regulatory, legal, and medical teams.
• Experience managing Key Opinion Leader relationships and facilitating medical advisory boards.
• Proven publication planning experience and ability to communicate complex clinical and scientific information effectively.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence, collaborate, and drive results in a global, cross-functional environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Your New Team

This role will have key working relationships with NA Medical Affairs, US Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Development, and other Global teams.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $185,000 - $230,000 USD per year. Salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. In addition, some positions may include eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and/or individual performance.