National Director, Field Medical
Immunic Therapeutics · New York, NY · 1 mo ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
Define and Lead
- Define and lead the national field medical strategy for multiple sclerosis, aligned with Immunic’s Medical Affairs and therapeutic area objectives.
- Translate Medical Affairs strategy into clear field medical priorities, engagement plans, and metrics across territories and regions.
Team Leadership
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of MSLs and RMSLs, including recruitment, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
- Establish operating standards, best practices, and field tools for scientific exchange, insight capture, and compliant collaboration with cross-functional partners.
Strategic Engagement
- Collaborate closely with the VP, Medical Affairs and Medical Directors on scientific positioning, data communication priorities, and launch readiness planning in MS.
- Evolve field medical strategy, team structure, and ways of working as Immunic grows, ensuring the organization remains nimble and responsive to new data, portfolio priorities, and market dynamics.
- Provide strategic direction for national KOL and center-of-excellence engagement, including prioritization of leading MS clinicians, investigators, institutions, and professional societies.
- Ensure that the Field Medical team engages neurologists, neuroimmunologists, and other healthcare professionals in advanced, fair, and balanced scientific dialogue related to multiple sclerosis, neuroimmunology, and emerging therapeutic approaches.
- Personally engage with select national thought leaders, academic centers, and professional organizations as a senior Medical Affairs representative.
- Represent Immunic Medical Affairs at key national and international scientific congresses and advisory forums, in partnership with Medical Affairs and Clinical Development colleagues.
Insight Generation and Collaboration
- Design and oversee a structured approach for systematic insight generation from the field, including processes, tools, and expectations for the MSL and RMSL team.
- Partner with Medical Directors and others to translate field insights into actionable recommendations that inform medical strategy, development planning, and scientific communication.
- Collaborate with Clinical Development and Evidence Generation to support identification of potential clinical trial sites and investigators, and to enable appropriate field support for investigator-initiated research and real-world evidence initiatives, in alignment with company procedures.
Compliance and Partnerships
- Serve as the primary Field Medical leader within Medical Affairs, partnering closely with Medical Directors and other Medical Affairs colleagues to ensure alignment on strategy and execution.
- Collaborate with Commercial, Market Access, and other cross-functional partners in a compliant manner, ensuring that field medical insights and scientific perspectives appropriately inform broader planning.
- Provide strategic input into congress planning, advisory boards, and medical education initiatives, including identification of external experts and alignment of field objectives.
- Ensure all field medical activities are conducted in accordance with applicable regulatory, legal, and company policies governing scientific exchange and interactions with healthcare professionals.
Access, Evidence, and Launch Planning
- Synthesize national field-based perspectives to inform access, evidence, and launch planning.