Senior Medical Director, Global Medical Lead, SMA/ALS

Responsibilities

• Provide talent development and performance management to a team of SMA/ALS Medical professionals.
• Build and maintain close partnership with key medical experts and healthcare providers to bring insights into the Global Medical affairs strategy.
• Provide expert medical input to guide clinical development, comprehensive evidence generation, and launch planning.
• Review key manuscripts and publications, acting as primary sign off where needed.
• Identify and advance productive collaborations with external stakeholders including healthcare and patient advocacy organizations.
• Create positive team climate in alignment with Biogen's culture.

Requirements

• Required Skills
• Advanced degree required: MD preferred, PhD or PharmD
• 8-10+ years' experience in Medical Affairs
• Relevant experience in SMA/Rare Diseases required
• Experience and expertise in developing, communicating, and executing comprehensive medical affairs strategy
• Demonstrated the ability to build productive collaborations with medical experts, and existing relationships in the Rare Disease areas
• Strong working knowledge of US and ex-US regulations as relevant to Medical Affairs
• Ability to be agile, a self-starter, and comfortable operating at times in a setting of ambiguity
• Excellent communication skills: verbal (interpersonal and presentations) and written
• Proven track record of delivering results that meet or exceed targeted objective
• Preferred Skills
• Experience with building & leading medical teams
• Experience of medical launches as well as products at different stages of the lifecycle
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and collaborate with global, regional and/or affiliate medical to ensure regional activities are executed in alignment with global medical strategy and ensuring the insights and needs from them are known and properly addressed
• Ability to manage projects and take initiative to solve complex and challenging problems
• Job Level: Management
• Additional Information
• The base compensation range for this role is: $278,000.00-$382,000.00
• Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
• Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
• In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees' and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being ; including, but not limited to:
• Medic

Benefits

Additional Information

About This Role The Global SMA/ALS Medical Lead will be a strategic partner providing medical leadership, people management and expertise to all related SMA/ALS portfolio activities to improve meaningful patient outcomes. You will build and maintain external relationships among medical experts globally and be accountable for the development and implementation of the Global SMA/ALS Medical Strategy in close collaboration with Global/ICOE/regional cross functional and medical colleagues. In collaboration with the relevant medical and cross-functional partners (R&D, V&A, Commercial, Program Leadership) at Biogen, you will ensure key medical insights relevant for data generation, publication efforts, and medical education strategy are understood and executed in a prioritized manner. You will lead the Global SMA/ALS Medical team, providing a balanced approach to oversight and growth opportunities. Biogen's priority is to continue to foster and enable a diverse and inclusive workforce - representing age, gender, sexual identity, race, ethnicity, Veterans, and people with disabilities - that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients who we serve.

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