Director, Hematology Medical Engagement Lead (MEL) Intercontinental Region

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Primary Role of MEL

The primary role of MEL is to engage in meaningful peer-to-peer scientific dialog with healthcare system Regional / International Thought Leaders (RTLs) within Intercontinental Region Countries (mainly Brazil, Latin America including Puerto Rico, Canada, Turkey, KSA&Gulf and Israel). The MEL conducts critical activities that support advancing science, educating on evolving clinical practices, transforming science into patient care, and facilitating the development of new research collaborations (including Collaborative and Investigator led Trials and Real-World Evidence). The role collaborates with colleagues on capturing medical insights and acts as a therapeutic area resource to cross-functional partners. Engagement with TLs should be aligned with medical strategies, and the role should provide insight back to home office / global teams to inform regional and global strategy. This role is field-based and regional in scope. It is anticipated that the employee will spend ~ 50 to 70% of the time in the field interacting with external stakeholders, including investigators and clinical thought leaders while supporting internal stakeholders and maintaining a high level of therapeutic expertise.

External Scientific Exchange & Medical Strategy Advisory

Engaging in high-quality peer-to-peer scientific dialog with key Intercontinental Thought Leaders (TLs) in Hematology focused on pre- and peri-launch period.

Collaborates with Intercontinental Thought Leaders to identify and generate insights on evolving care paradigms to inform medical strategy.

Provides strategic input into education and communication materials, including conference symposia.

Provides strategic input into regional access and reimbursement strategy.

Serves as subject matter expert for internal education for key strategic team members of GPT and other governance bodies, commercialization cross-functional teams, WW medical team and Local Medical Teams.

Whenever needed support the regional clinical trial execution strategy especially for the priority trials.

Evidence Facilitation

Facilitates scientific partnerships and research collaborations with Global and Local medical teams, and other WW functions such as the Global Development Team (GDD).

Provides recommendations and insights to the clinical development team on study feasibilities and site selection within the therapeutic area based on knowledge of the field and through direct contacts with potential investigators, as agreed with home office medical and Global Development Operations (GDO).

Provides recommendations and insights to build best evidence generation plan to address specific regional gaps (incl. access and reimbursement needs).

Proactively discusses BMS major evidence readouts to investigators partnering with GDD. Reactively discuss major evidence readouts with other thought-leaders.

Liaises with Hematology experts and centers to understand clinical levers and barriers to patient access in the context of clinical trials and upon commercial availability of the product.

Medical Engagement

Effectively collaborates and communicates with Intercontinental Thought Leaders to gain insights into the clinical landscape.

Engages in scientific and clinical conversation to ensure the development of a product / disease area-focused medical plan that translates into effective launch and Life Cycle Maintenance (LCM) activities.

Responsible for conducting evidence read-outs with the most prominent institutions, e.g., pivotal top-line data.

Engages with medical societies, Patient Advocacy Groups, and guideline discussions as appropriate.

Engage Hematology decision makers in selected Academic Medical Centers to help identify barriers and solutions to improve patient care and outcomes.

Required Qualifications & Experience

5+ years of relevant experience

MD from top clinical practice and hospital-academic centers

Proven record of developing high impact peer-to-peer relationships and influence with high impact Regional Thought Leaders.

Strong Hematology experience required : - scientific or clinical area, patient treatment trends, clinical landscape - clinical trial design and process or pharma experience - national and regional (Europe) healthcare and access environment

Working in a scientific and / or clinical research environment.

Desired - Understanding of Intercontinental environment and needs. This position requires approximately 50% travel

Key Competencies Desired

Scientific Agility

Ability to engage in a peer-to-peer dialog about data in a fair and balanced way.

Expert knowledge of clinical practice and evolving healthcare delivery models.

Ability to understand and critically appraise scientific publications.

Knowledge of clinical trial design and methodology, including Good Clinical Practices and ethical, governmental, and regulatory requirements.

Understands treatment paradigms and can frame information in a convincing way that resonates with physicians.

Excellent communication and presentation skills to articulate scientific and clinical data in an easy-to-understand manner to help HCPs best serve their patients.

Has a strong learning mindset and passion for science. Prioritizes staying current with the latest data.

Patient Centricity

Understands the patient journey and experience.

Able to adopt a patient-focused mindset, making patients a top priority.

Exhibits genuine care for patients.

Customer / Commercial Mindset

Winning Mindset : results-oriented, positive, resilient attitude, able to quickly adapt in an ever-changing environment.

Demonstrated ability to drive organizational performance.

Experience identifying, engaging, and cultivating relationships with TLs.

Demonstrated an ability to influence matrix organization and problem-solving mentality.

Teamwork / Enterprise Mindset

Ability to work independently and act as a team player by developing strong rapport and working relationships with external and internal stakeholders.

Knowledge of the regional healthcare and access environments.

Deep knowledge and experience of RWE.

Be a representative of BMS in all interactions with external stakeholders.

Holds a high level of integrity and good judgment, in order to navigate the requirements of the role effectively and compliantly in accordance with BMS policies and procedures.

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