Executive Director, Medical Affairs Strategy Excellence & Operations

Senior Director, Medical Affairs Strategy Excellence & Operations

As a senior leader of Medical Affairs, this person will use their deep understanding of industry trends, and in consideration of the vision, direction, and growth of Otsuka, will provide strategic direction and clear recommendations on best medical excellence capability for the company. The Senior Director, Medical Affairs Strategy Excellence & Operations will set the direction and ensure the organization is focused on achieving medical excellence critical priorities. The Sr. Director has a proven track of success in driving unprecedented changes that reflect medical excellence trends in the industry and inspires and motivates toward a compelling medical excellence vision for the organization. Sr. Director MA Excellence : key responsibilities include :

• Setting the overall direction of medical affairs excellence; making critical decisions that impact functions, MA, and therapeutic areas; and aligning with other TAs.
• Understanding how medical excellence goals and activities connect with and change the work beyond medical strategy function to drive joint outcomes.
• Keeping abreast of external environment-relevant trends and incorporating insights and best practices to inform functional decisions.
• Leading Medical Excellence for Med Affairs Strategy to ensure consistent best practices across programs and drive consistent methods of strategic and tactical planning and execution.
• Staying abreast of cutting-edge Medical Affairs best practices and ensuring the broader Med Strat team is continuously educated on the latest evolution of Medical Affairs.
• Providing guidance for team members as needed on Medical Affairs processes.
• Identifying agency of records for TA and managing key TA level vendors as applicable.
• Overseeing certain Medical Strategy operational aspects.
• Ensuring timelines and processes for cross-brand initiatives, such as annual medical strategy planning, 3-year roadmaps, SMART goals.
• Helping with annual budgeting (indirect and direct) for MA strategy and human resource needs including maintaining org charts, JDs, and identifying master service providers for CWs, vendors, and screening of candidates.
• Actively participating as a core team member of the Medical Strategy team.
• Liaise with and ensure awareness of Med Excellence activities with cross-functional stakeholders and Med Affairs leadership.
• Helping ensure the team is tracking to TA goals and ensuring program / individual goals are aligned.
• Ensuring assignment of Med Excellence activities / projects.
• Congress Strategy / prioritization, ensuring aggregation of congress plans (including meetings) and awareness cross functionally, responsible for disease booth coordination and execution.
• Developing and maintaining a calendar of important TA meetings across programs, including congresses and internal offsite meetings (US and Global) to ensure no conflicts and adequate resourcing; working with BSA to ensure meetings are added to calendars.
• May oversee Medical Managed Market strategy personnel.
• Developing and managing large teams driving a high-performance culture; understanding the required skillset needed within the medical excellence function to deliver best results.
• Building relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including industry partners.

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Salary Range : Minimum $225,490.00 - Maximum $337,180.00, plus incentive opportunity. The range shown represents a typical pay range or starting pay for individuals who are hired in the role to perform in the United States. Other elements may be used to determine actual pay such as the candidate's job experience, specific skills, and comparison to internal incumbents currently in role. Typically, actual pay will be positioned within the established range, rather than at its minimum or maximum. This information is provided to applicants in accordance with states and local laws.

Company benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, company provided basic life, accidental death & dismemberment, short-term and long-term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, a generous 401(k) match, flexible time off, paid holidays, and paid leave programs as well as other company provided benefits.