Senior Medical (Science) Director, Neurological Rare Diseases

The Sr. Medical Science Director/Sr. Medical Director at Genentech puts patients and science at the center of all actions. They drive medical tactics aimed at maximizing medical progress for patients, collaborate to drive timely data generation and dissemination, and maintain an in-depth understanding of the medical strategy and relevant clinical and payer issues. This role ensures Genentech's partners understand key trends and shifts in the external healthcare landscape and serves as the guardian for high standards of compliance, ethics, and safety.

About the Role

The Neurological Rare Diseases Sr. Medical Science Director/Sr. Medical Director will provide exceptional clinical and scientific leadership for medical activities, aiming to generate and communicate medical evidence that aids practitioners, patients, and payers in making informed healthcare decisions. The successful candidate exhibits outstanding communication and leadership skills, builds strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, and represents the US Medical function within cross-functional teams and initiatives at Genentech, within the Roche global organization, and in external customer-facing engagements.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and monitor medical strategies, plans, and tactics spanning the lifecycle of molecules in the neurological rare diseases space.
• Provide clinically meaningful perspective for regulatory and other scientific communications.
• Clinical Study Design and Management.
• Scientific Engagement with Genentech's Internal and External Stakeholders.
• Congress Planning and Medical/Scientific Content Communications & Review.
• Accountable for implementing strategy through medical tactics, tapping into the network of relevant expertise and insights.
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of relevant medical strategy and clinical, patient/caregiver, payer, and healthcare/market landscape.
• Act as a guardian for high standards of compliance, ethics, and safety; putting patients at the center of all actions.

Requirements

• Advanced Clinical/Science Degree required (e.g., PharmD, PhD, MD, etc.).
• Minimum 8+ years of relevant biopharmaceutical industry experience.
• Understanding of and/or previous experience with Phase I - III and/or Phase IV drug development.
• Considerable experience across Medical domains including: principles and techniques of data analysis, data interpretation and assessment of clinical relevance, medical writing and reviewing, medical strategy development, external engagement planning and execution, etc.
• Experience or relevant knowledge of pre-approval drug development trials and/or post-marketing medical evidence generation, including expertise in controlled and observational study designs, data analysis, and clinical/health economic interpretations.
• Understanding of the US healthcare environment including the payer landscape, marketplace factors/dynamics, evidence-based medicine tools and practices, etc.
• Proven record in developing strong relationships with external stakeholders (therapeutic area experts, external organizations, etc.).
• Great team player; highly collaborative; good interpersonal and influencing skills; can effectively and quickly establish rapport and influence without authority.

Preferred Experience

• Expertise and industry experience in Neurological Rare Diseases.

Location / Travel

The position is located in South San Francisco. The position may require up to an additional 35% travel time.

Pay

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $198,600 - $471,000. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.

Benefits

This position qualifies for the benefits detailed at the provided link. Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.