Senior Director, Medical Affairs, Neuromuscular

🕒 July 17

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👨‍⚕️ Medical Director

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Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio)

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2001

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

🧬 Biotechnology

Healthcare • Consulting • Biotechnology

Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio) is a leading gene therapy company focused on developing treatments for debilitating genetic diseases. Wholly owned by Bayer AG, AskBio specializes in adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies aimed at treating various neuromuscular, central nervous system, cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases. One of their notable developments is AB-1003 (LION-101), which has received FDA rare pediatric disease and orphan-drug designations for treating limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I/R9. AskBio is dedicated to advancing genetic medicine, with a robust portfolio of clinical programs designed to bring innovative therapeutic options to patients worldwide.

📋 Description

• Be a functional leader in the medical team with matrixed responsibility to IPT leadership; serve as co-leader of the IPT branding sub-team • Partner with Pipeline Commercial, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Corporate Communications, R&D, and other functions to develop and implement global Medical Affairs strategies for the Neuromuscular programs while maintaining the highest level of industry compliance, patient centricity and scientific standards • Collaborate with clinical study teams to enable recruitment and retention of clinical studies • Execute and support Medical Affairs activities including key opinion leader engagement, congress planning, advisory boards, publication planning, generation of standard response letters, post marketing data generation and HEOR analysis • Establish relationships and facilitate interactions with thought leaders and advocacy partners (professional and patient organizations) including scientific collaborations, speaker training, advisory boards, and regional/national/international conferences • Develop KOL engagement plan in collaboration with clinical operations and clinical development (incl. KOL mapping based on the needs of the early development program). • Develop congress strategy, including tactical execution about strategic planning of KOL meetings, impact of sessions, competitive intelligence and collection of insights feeding into clinical development program and generation of post-congress debrief reports. • Develop publication plans by conducting data gap analysis to inform publication strategy and publication mapping/planning and provide oversight of all publications including posters, abstracts, and manuscripts at the global level to ensure appropriate dissemination of scientific messages • Partner with internal and external stakeholders to review and edit publications and external communications to ensure content is scientifically accurate and of high quality • Lead the development and execution of medical educational initiatives in support of defined educational strategies • Develop Scientific platform to inform the development of publication plan, communication plan, proactive and reactive slide decks for KOL and advocacy engagements • Lead the medical review process for the Neuromuscular therapeutic area • Lead and execute global scientific engagement strategy and drive excellence in scientific engagement with all key stakeholders • Serve as scientific/clinical knowledge expert for Neuromuscular therapeutic area(s) and disease states to internal and external stakeholders • In collaboration with the External Affairs Team, support external initiatives in alignment with program and product strategies. • Generate a compelling strategy around not only patient advocacy but also professional advocacy • Develop and manage budgets and timelines for all Neuromuscular medical affairs initiatives as described in the Medical Affairs plan and in alignment with IPT’s overarching program strategy • Develop, execute and/or support Therapeutic Area Scientific/Clinical Advisory Board meetings

🎯 Requirements

• Doctorate level or higher degree and 12+ years’ experience working in the biopharmaceutical industry in Global Medical Affairs and/or Development with increasing responsibilities, complexity, and accountability OR Medical Degree (MD) with 8+ years’ experience working in the biopharmaceutical industry in Global Medical Affairs and/or Development with increasing responsibilities, complexity, and accountability • US, Global and major EU experience • Significant experience in developing medical strategies and publication plans in early stages of product life cycle (pipeline medical affairs) • Significant experience in advisory board planning from needs assessment, recruiting/contracting KOLs, determining the objectives of the Ad board, running the Ad board and finalizing the report is needed • Experience with phase I-IV clinical research • Strong understanding of drug development and commercialization concepts • Experience driving transformation within your organization in a cross-functional capacity • Successful product launch experience • Technical skills covering end to end lifecycle management, launch planning and execution, and disease area shaping • Experience creating high quality integrated evidence and scientific external engagement packages • Track record working within large, complex organizations influencing R&D and partnering with and understanding the global landscape • Cross-functional senior leadership experience leading strategies for different cross-functional medical affairs teams • Proficient in presenting new ideas, initiatives, and business rationale to Board and C-level leaders to gain alignment and update on progress • Track record for attracting and developing talent and optimizing team performance in direct and matrixed leadership roles • ~25% travel (Primarily US and Europe)

🏖️ Benefits

• AskBio Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected status prohibited under Federal, State or local laws. • All employment decisions are based on valid job‐related requirements. • If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our website, you may request a reasonable accommodation to express interest in a specific opening by calling us at (919) 561-6210 or sending us an email at [email protected].