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Bristol Myers Squibb Director, Immunology European Medical Engagement Lead (MEL) in Field, Spain
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The Role:
The primary role of Director, Immunology European Medical Engagement Lead (MEL) is to engage in meaningful peer-to-peer scientific dialog with healthcare system Regional/International Thought Leaders (RTLs) within Europe.
The Director, Immunology European Medical Engagement Lead (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 Thought Leaders should be aligned with medical strategies, and the role should provide insight back to home office to inform strategy.
This role is field-based and regional in scope . It is anticipated that the employee will spend 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.
Key Responsibilities:
- Engaging in high-quality peer-to-peer scientific dialog with key European Thought Leaders in Pulmonary Fibrosis focused on pre- and peri-launch period.
Medical Strategy Advisory:
Collaborates with European 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.
Serves as subject matter expert for internal education for key strategic team members of GPT and other governance bodies, WW medical team and Local Medical Teams.
Evidence facilitation:
Facilitates scientific partnerships and research collaborations in collaboration with Global and Local medical team as well as 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)
Proactively discusses BMS major evidence readouts to investigators partnering with GDD. Reactively discuss major evidence readouts with other thought-leaders
Liaises with pulmonary fibrosis 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 European 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 Pulmonary Fibrosis decision makers in selected Academic Medical Centers to help identify barriers and solutions to improve patient care and outcomes.
Required Qualifications & Experience:
10+ 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 Immunology experience required:
scientific or clinical area, patient treatment trends, clinical landscape
clinical trial design and process
national and regional (Europe) healthcare and access environment
Working in a scientific and/or clinical research environment.
Deep understanding of European Thought Leaders' environment and needs.
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.
As this position requires the operation of a Company-provided vehicle, offers of employment are contingent upon the candidate meeting the requirements of Qualified Driver, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, including but not limited to the following: 1) at least 21 years of age; 2) a driver's license in good standing issued by your state of residence; and, 3) a driving risk level deemed acceptable by the Company.
The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed.
Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.
Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit our BMS Career Site (http://careers.bms.com/) .
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Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Req Number: R1582935
Updated: 2024-11-16 03:34:35.136 UTC
Location: Copenhagen-DK
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