Director, Field Medical Strategy & Operations, Neuroscience

Director, Field Medical (Fm) Strategy & Operations, Neuroscience

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The Director, Field Medical (FM) Strategy & Operations, Neuroscience, reports to the Executive Director, Strategy & Operations, Neuroscience Commercialization and is responsible for ensuing consistency in field strategy and execution across Neuroscience therapeutic areas. The Director, FM Strategy & Operations partners with the Neuroscience senior leadership team to understand FM priorities and functional expectations to support effective customer interactions and an efficient FM support model; Communicates and implements standards and processes, delivering projects and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement; Serves as a member of the US FM Neuroscience Senior Leadership team and is a liaison and key stakeholder to the broader Neuroscience Commercial and Medical teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops and manages a detailed project plan to support the mobilization and execution of Field Med's long-term and annual strategic and tactical plans.
• Designs launch planning strategies and the generation of an integrated evidence plan for therapeutic areas.
• Designs and implements integrated medical program strategy and tactics, including the monitoring of related medical budgets, reporting metrics for field activity and work with vendors for meetings.
• Oversees the development of global publications plans for assigned products and ensures optimal execution of plan.
• Directs cross-functional project teams to create medical affairs project plans (e.g. launch plans, external engagement plans, medical data generation plans, etc.).
• Leads project teams that support medical science liaison strategies and tactics, provides coaching and mentoring and manages performance.
• Oversight of strategy and operational support provided within each Neuroscience TA to ensure consistency
• Support of FM Leads in strategy and execution of within and cross-TA initiatives/activities:
• Leads/executes LT meetings
• Development and distribution of organization-wide communications
• Development and presentation of organizational scorecards to key stakeholders (senior medical and commercial leadership)
• Innovate and collaborate with Medical Analytics
• Coordinate congress attendance, congress summary creation and distribution process
• Leads planning of within-TA team organizational meetings in conjunction with Director, Portfolio Strategy & Execution
• Support of FM market research projects, working closely with Market Research vendor and Business Insights & Technology (BI&T)
• Oversight of FM Strategy support (Associate Director, FM Strategy & Operations and contractors)
• Liaise with capability functions supporting FM
• TA Lead for coordination of IT support and communications, working closely with Medical IT, Medical Engagement Operations, BI&T, CE3, and FM IT Points
• FM liaison for commercial meeting planning (e.g., POA)
• Oversight of needs, strategy, and execution with respect to FM systems and platforms

Experience Required:

• Relevant scientific and/or business background and expertise, field medical strategy & operations experience strongly preferred.
• A minimum of 5-10+ years of clinical and/or pharmaceutical experience with documented demonstration of exceptional performance in leadership and management of people.

Knowledge Desired:

• Understanding of field medical role, as well as the roles and responsibilities of functions supporting field medical (e.g. Medical Engagement Operations, BI&T, Home Office Medical, etc.)
• Proficiency with common FM systems and platforms (e.g., Veeva InterAct, MedSights, Tableau, etc.)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Applications (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Project management

Experience Desired:

• Relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work across the matrix; successfully lead large workstreams and projects
• Prior experience in a strategy & operations function desired, including defining strategic priorities and directions, setting short and long-term objectives, and leading operations
• Highly organized and motivated individual possessing strong project management skills, and excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical industry, understanding of pharmaceutical customers, competitors, medical and marketing functions
• Ability to evolve in a complex environment

Behaviors & Leadership Capabilities Desired:

• Demonstrate core BMS values
• Practice principles of integrity and honesty
• Act with an enterprise mindset
• Practice authentic leadership by cultivating honest relationships, seeking to understand blind spots, and staying true to own values and those of BMS, even in the face of challenge
• Possess a positive attitude and change agility during times of transition
• Demonstrate growth mindset and be open to innovation and process improvements
• Contribute to talent development by providing timely feedback, understanding what will enable team success, and maintaining a strong network
• Actively engage in live meetings and teleconferences
• Completion of all administrative aspects of the job

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