Senior Director, Team Lead – Medical Affairs, Payers & Health Systems

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $210.4k - $331.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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MSD

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1891

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

🧬 Biotechnology

Healthcare • Logistics • Biotechnology

MSD is a leading biopharmaceutical company known as Merck & Co. , Inc. in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, and as MSD globally. The company focuses on scientific innovation to deliver medicines and vaccines for various health challenges, including oncology, vaccines, infectious diseases, and cardio-metabolic diseases. MSD operates multiple divisions, including Human Health, Animal Health, and Research & Development. With approximately 75,000 employees worldwide and a significant investment in research and development, MSD is committed to improving global health through its scientific advancements. Additionally, the company places a strong emphasis on diversity, inclusion, and corporate responsibility. MSD’s operations extend worldwide, offering opportunities in numerous regions and promoting diversity and innovation in all aspects of its business.

📋 Description

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of field-based health-systems Medical Affairs professionals • Recruit, onboard, train, coach, and evaluate Payer & Health Systems Medical Affairs Directors • Manage performance against objectives and competencies through field observation, coaching visits, discussions, feedback, and metric analysis • Develop and monitor individual development plans • Oversee portfolio product launches and in-line product medical affairs plans • Execute medical affairs plans and prioritize payer and health-system accounts • Provide insights to headquarters from internal and external health-system stakeholders • Coordinate with Commercial, Country Medical Affairs, V&I Global Medical and Value Capabilities, and Outcomes Research leadership • Oversee strategic account plans and medical account plans • Collaborate on national and regional medical account coverage • Monitor the healthcare landscape and allocate medical affairs resources • Facilitate communication with senior headquarters leadership for key accounts • Represent the Payer & Health Systems team on cross-functional workstreams • Ensure compliance with regulations, company policies, ethical guidelines, and standard operating procedures • Support development and execution of the Payer & Health Systems medical account plan across the portfolio and account segments • Lead medical account planning and management for prioritized health-system regional accounts • Contribute to annual resource development and medical meeting coverage plans • Provide project support to the Country Medical Affairs organization • Contribute to annual budget planning and support management of the team budget • Review and approve routine expense reports

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced health-care/science doctoral degree (e.g., MD, PharmD, PhD) • Minimum three (3) years in a customer-facing, field medical-affairs role or relevant experience • Deep knowledge of the health-systems environment, including payers and IDNs • Knowledge of medical account management principles and processes • Thorough knowledge of U.S. health-care delivery-system structure and function and population health • AI-first mindset and willingness to learn and implement AI-enabled approaches • Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills • Strong teamwork capabilities and ability to lead across a full product portfolio and multiple customer segments • Strong track record managing cross-functional leadership relationships • Personal integrity, collaborative mindset, business acumen, and customer focus • Understanding of U.S. regulatory entities, local regulatory agencies, and pharmaceutical-industry ethical guidelines • Ability to organize, prioritize, work effectively in a changing environment, and motivate a team • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access) • Ability to use technical platforms for collecting, reviewing, and disseminating medical information and team execution • Preferred: five years of experience in a field-facing role • Preferred: front-line management experience leading field-medical colleagues working with payers or health systems • Preferred: knowledge of pharmaco-economics, quality management, value-based payment, and health-care delivery policy and trends • Residents of the U.S. and Puerto Rico only • No visa sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual bonus • Long-term incentive, if applicable • Medical, dental, and vision healthcare benefits for employee and family • Other insurance benefits for employee and family • Retirement benefits, including 401(k) • Paid holidays • Vacation • Compassionate days • Sick days • Remote work arrangement • 25% travel requirement • No relocation required