VP, Medical Affairs Americas

About the role

The VP, Medical Affairs – Americas will lead medical affairs strategy and execution across the US, Canada, and LATAM regions. This individual will oversee operations, budget, and tactical execution while maintaining medical affairs excellence, policies, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute medical affairs strategy aligned with commercial/marketing departments and corporate objectives within the clinical pipeline and commercial launches.
• Support Illuccix, Zircaix, and Pixclara launches through clinical mindshare, regional publication data gap needs, robust IIT strategy and execution end to end, reader training development and implementation success, medical information request follow up and support regional standard response letters within the respective region.
• Stay abreast of current guidelines, key publications, and competitive intelligence training across the medical affairs team for consistent communication.
• Develop and maintain strong communication plans and oversight around initiatives to internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and execute marketing materials, sales training, and Medical Review in Veeva for internal and external facing stakeholders within the respective region.
• Advance scientific engagement with key opinion leaders (KOLs), healthcare providers, professional societies, and deliver medical education and scientific communication.
• Identify data gaps for payors, HCP unmet need, guidelines, societies, lead publication strategy and timelines in collaboration with medical communications.
• Drive clinical trial recruitment strategies to accelerate on-time trial milestones, work closely with clinops to identify gaps with sites and patient accrual, and develop metrics to inform and stay on target.
• Lead scientific meetings, site engagement meetings, advisory boards, and investigator meetings with high collaboration and coordination with clinops. Capture, integrate, inform cross-functional strategies for lifecycle management.
• Lead Investigator-Initiated Research strategy and matrix alignment needs across development, regulatory, clinical, and marketing. Maintain a high-performance team with tactical execution, clear strategy, and operational excellence.
• Maintain a high level of team knowledge of and appropriately implement current local pharmaceutical regulation and ensure implementation of Telix policies and procedures. Ensure all MSL activities, including external interactions, are conducted in accordance with Telix objectives, compliance policies, and procedures as well as with legal and ethical standards.

Requirements

• Advanced scientific, healthcare, or medical degree (ex: PharmD, PhD, MD) required.
• 10+ years’ experience in biotech, pharma or related areas required.
• 5+ years in a leadership role required.
• Expertise in Prostate, Renal, and Neuro-Oncology radiopharmaceuticals strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success in fostering close partnerships across functions and diplomacy.
• Ability to travel of 50-75% regionally. International travel may be requested.
• Comprehensive knowledge of in-depth medical affairs activities including key pivotal trials and medical landscape of prostate, renal, and neuro-oncology.
• Experience in a pharmaceutical environment with strong knowledge of relevant compliance and regulatory environment.
• Proven track record in the areas of medical strategy, product launches, lifecycle strategy, data generation gaps, and thought leader engagement.
• Experience with package insert development, trial designs of EAP and Registries.
• Ability to lead, inspire, and influence a US MA team, functioning in a matrix structure, through vision and strategy setting.
• Self-reflective and aware of their own limitations, a great listener, open to feedback and self-improvement.
• Demonstrated business acumen; excellent people management and leadership skills, able to manage complex technical organizations.
• Prominent ability to execute and get results through leading others whilst leading by example.
• Demonstrated ability to build successful relationships and develop partnerships with key business partners and investigators.
• Strategic thinking and innovative mindset.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, forging relationships with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong multi-tasking, highly detailed oriented and organizational skills with great consistency is a must.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organization, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• Advanced scientific, healthcare, or medical degree (ex: PharmD, PhD, MD) required.
• 10+ years’ experience in biotech, pharma or related areas required.
• 5+ years in a leadership role required.
• Expertise in Prostate, Renal, and Neuro-Oncology radiopharmaceuticals strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success in fostering close partnerships across functions and diplomacy.
• Ability to travel of 50-75% regionally. International travel may be requested.
• Comprehensive knowledge of in-depth medical affairs activities including key pivotal trials and medical landscape of prostate, renal, and neuro-oncology.
• Experience in a pharmaceutical environment with strong knowledge of relevant compliance and regulatory environment.
• Proven track record in the areas of medical strategy, product launches, lifecycle strategy, data generation gaps, and thought leader engagement.
• Experience with package insert development, trial designs of EAP and Registries.
• Ability to lead, inspire, and influence a US MA team, functioning in a matrix structure, through vision and strategy setting.
• Self-reflective and aware of their own limitations, a great listener, open to feedback and self-improvement.
• Demonstrated business acumen; excellent people management and leadership skills, able to manage complex technical organizations.
• Prominent ability to execute and get results through leading others whilst leading by example.
• Demonstrated ability to build successful relationships and develop partnerships with key business partners and investigators.
• Strategic thinking and innovative mindset.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, forging relationships with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong multi-tasking, highly detailed oriented and organizational skills with great consistency is a must.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organization, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Skills

• Advanced scientific, healthcare, or medical degree (ex: PharmD, PhD, MD).
• 10+ years’ experience in biotech, pharma or related areas.
• 5+ years in a leadership role.
• Expertise in Prostate, Renal, and Neuro-Oncology radiopharmaceuticals.
• Demonstrated success in fostering close partnerships across functions and diplomacy.
• Ability to travel of 50-75% regionally. International travel may be requested.
• Comprehensive knowledge of in-depth medical affairs activities including key pivotal trials and medical landscape of prostate, renal, and neuro-oncology.
• Experience in a pharmaceutical environment with strong knowledge of relevant compliance and regulatory environment.
• Proven track record in the areas of medical strategy, product launches, lifecycle strategy, data generation gaps, and thought leader engagement.
• Experience with package insert development, trial designs of EAP and Registries.
• Ability to lead, inspire, and influence a US MA team, functioning in a matrix structure, through vision and strategy setting.
• Self-reflective and aware of their own limitations, a great listener, open to feedback and self-improvement.
• Demonstrated business acumen; excellent people management and leadership skills, able to manage complex technical organizations.
• Prominent ability to execute and get results through leading others whilst leading by example.
• Demonstrated ability to build successful relationships and develop partnerships with key business partners and investigators.
• Strategic thinking and innovative mindset.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, forging relationships with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong multi-tasking, highly detailed oriented and organizational skills with great consistency is a must.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organization, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Annual performance-based bonuses.
• An equity-based incentive program.
• Generous vacation.
• Paid wellness days.
• Support for learning and development.

Pay

Telix Pharmaceuticals offers competitive salaries and an equity-based incentive program.

Schedule

Hybrid and remote work options are available.

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