Vice President, Head of Medical – Anti-Infective, Respiratory, Gastrointestinal & Other Therapeutic Areas (ARGO)
Job Summary
Azurity Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Vice President, Head of Medical – Anti-Infective, Respiratory, Gastrointestinal & Other Therapeutic Areas (ARGO) to provide senior medical and scientific leadership across Azurity’s portfolio in global markets.
Key Responsibilities
Own and drive end-to-end medical strategy across cardiology, endocrinology, and other assigned therapeutic areas in global markets, ensuring alignment with Azurity’s enterprise medical vision and business objectives.
Define portfolio-level medical strategic imperatives, including unmet need, disease burden, scientific differentiation, evidence requirements, and lifecycle opportunities.
Ensure consistent medical positioning and strategic clarity across brands, indications, and treatment settings globally.
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Medical Leads supporting Anti-Infective, Respiratory, Gastrointestinal and other therapeutic areas (ARGO).
Establish clear frameworks, standards, and expectations for brand-level medical strategy development, execution, and measurement.
Partner closely with Commercial Brand Executives to align ARGO portfolio’s medical strategy with overall brand strategy, launch planning, and execution—while maintaining appropriate medical function’s compliance.
Collaborate with Franchise Portfolio Management to inform portfolio prioritization, indication sequencing and timing, formulation strategies, and long-range lifecycle planning across global markets.
Oversee medical contributions to integrated brand plans, launch readiness, post-launch optimization, and expansion strategies.
Guide evidence generation strategies across supported therapeutic areas, including alignment with Clinical Development, investigator-initiated studies (IIS), real-world evidence (RWE), registries, and post-marketing research.
Ensure medical strategies are grounded in robust clinical data, patient-reported outcomes, real-world insights, and evolving global standards of care.
Leverage insights (including evolving treatment landscape and new markets entrants) from MSLs, KOLs, advisory boards, and scientific congresses to continuously refine medical strategy.
Serve as the senior medical strategy partner across Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory, Clinical Development, Safety, and Global Medical Operations.
Provide medical leadership input into value, access, HTA, and reimbursement discussions for cardiology, endocrinology, and other portfolio products in global markets.
Support business development, due diligence, and portfolio evaluation activities related to these therapeutic areas.
Ensure all medical strategies and activities comply with global medical governance standards, regulatory requirements, and ethical principles.
Executive Influence & Representation
Qualifications
Advanced degree required: MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent medical/scientific degree.
15+ years of experience in Medical Affairs strategy roles within pharmaceutical or biotech organizations.
Expert understanding of life cycle management processes.
Demonstrated Medical Launch success within pharmaceutical and/or biotech organizations.
Significant experience in Anti-Infective, Respiratory, Gastrointestinal or related therapeutic areas.
Demonstrated leadership of portfolio- or franchise-based medical strategy, including oversight of senior medical leaders (e.g., Medical Leads).
Proven success partnering closely with Commercial Brand leadership and Portfolio Management in a compliant, matrixed environment.
Experience supporting multiple launches, indications, or lifecycle expansions in global markets.
Skills & Competencies
Strong scientific and clinical acumen across cardiometabolic and related therapeutic areas.
Strategic portfolio-level thinking with the ability to translate science into long-term medical and business value.
Proven people leader with experience developing Medical Affairs professionals.
Excellent executive communication, influence, and stakeholder-management skills.
High ethical standards, patient-centric orientation, and commitment to scientific excellence.