Medical Director, Colorectal Cancers

About the role

A Medical Affairs Medical Director leverages strong clinical and scientific training to drive multiple aspects of medical affairs work, including insight generation, scientific communications, external scientific engagement, and provision of medical advice to internal stakeholders. The role focuses on providing expertise to shape medicine strategy, developing and executing tactical plans, supporting external scientific engagement, and interpreting data to recommend medical claims.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the US Medical Affairs Lead to develop and execute the US Medical Affairs Plan (UMAP) and medical sections of the launch plan, if applicable.
• For launch assets/indications, develop and deliver Launch Readiness materials.
• Ensure execution of medical tactics in collaboration with the cross-functional Medical Matrix Team, including omnichannel activities, congresses, medical education, and other relevant initiatives.
• Execute advice-seeking activities and collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure external insights inform medical strategy and clinical development.
• Understand, interpret, and integrate US environment needs and the medical voice of the customer into medical plans, ensuring US-specific requirements are represented in global medical work.
• Provide input into the design of Phase IIIB/IV studies and real-world evidence (RWE) studies to address key knowledge and evidence gaps, aligned with the Integrated Evidence Plan (IEP).
• Partner with Medical Communications, Training, and Medical Information to serve as a strategic business partner for medical material development and communication plans, ensuring alignment with US medical strategy and business needs.
• Create internal medical resources (e.g., FAQs, Treatment Landscape).
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support the delivery of scientific training plans.
• Prioritize investment in medical activities to deliver strategically aligned impact on patient care, measured via GSK’s Medical Impact Framework.
• Lead or contribute to US scientific engagement between GSK and external communities to advance scientific and medical understanding, including the development and use of medicines, disease management, and patient care.
• Apply sound medical governance to all activities in alignment with GSK policies and procedures.
• Support the US Medical Affairs Lead or Therapeutic Area Head as needed.
• Collaborate with medical experts and cross-functional teams (Global Medical, Field Medical, Clinical Development, and Commercial) to ensure the integrity and delivery of all assigned medical activities.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• PharmD, PhD, or advanced science degree (Master of Science, MPH).
• Oncology experience.
• 5+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in colorectal cancers.
• Prior experience working in a US Medical Affairs role.
• Business acumen: ability to analyze the external environment and translate insights into strategy.
• Customer-focused: ability to evaluate and understand patient and healthcare ecosystem needs and build customer-centric plans.
• Relationship-building: ability to work effectively with others, delegate appropriately, and foster collaboration.
• Change leadership: ability to influence outcomes, drive results, proactively identify new opportunities, and anticipate change.
• Learning agility: deep understanding of the disease area, asset, and competitive landscape.
• Demonstrated understanding of medical affairs accountabilities for evidence generation, external engagement, and advice-seeking.
• Strong organizational, planning, and business acumen skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Travel: 20-30%

Skills

• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Digital Fluency
• Enterprise Thinking
• High Impact Communication
• Launch Excellence
• Patient Impact

Benefits

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