Director, Medical Affairs - Pipeline
At Horizon Therapeutics, we define success by the number of lives touched, lives changed, and lives saved. Our global biotechnology company is made up of agile, out-of-the-box thinkers with a focus on delivering breakthrough medicines to those living with rare, autoimmune, and severe inflammatory diseases.
This is the heart of our global mission. Start a career that enables you to live up to your potential and help others live up to theirs. Join us.
The exceptional support we provide patients and communities equally extends to our employees. We offer industry-leading and award-winning benefits, compensation and rewards programs that positively impact all areas of our employees' personal and professional lives.
Position Summary : Reporting to the Sr Director, Medical Affairs - Pipeline, this role will help shape, in collaboration with new product and program asset planning teams, Horizon's global footprint by bringing therapies to patients and their treating physicians around the world.
Responsibilities : This role is responsible for providing strategic medical and scientific leadership for Horizon's pipeline assets while also spearheading various cross-portfolio deliverables and projects.
The successful candidate should have prior experience working in a cross functional dynamic environment with a focus on both strategic and tactical execution.
In addition, this pipeline role includes coordinating with New Product Planning and Program teams utilizing cross functional Medical Affairs resources to develop scientific platforms, conference / pub plans, HEOR / evidence generation, mapping KOL development, HCP disease state awareness, planning and go-to-market needs across target markets.
This individual will represent medical affairs on the program development and study teams for the pipeline assets to provide real world insights into the development plan.
Serving as the bridge between the R&D team and the rest of medical affairs for pipeline assets, this role will ensure bidirectional exchange for internal alignment, content, insight generation, KOL / advocacy engagements and site trial investigator recommendations.
Qualifications and Skills Required :
- M.D., PhD., or PharmD required
- Minimum 7+ years of Medical Affairs experience in the pharmaceutical industry
- Rare or complex disease experience preferred
- Experience in leading US or Global Medical Affairs teams preferred
- International launch experience desired, particularly in EU, JPAC and LATAM markets
- Travel up to 20%, may require travel outside of the US
- Experience with International alliances, partnerships and distributors is helpful
- Demonstrated self-starter with strong entrepreneurial mindset
- Professional, proactive demeanor
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Our Values
- Transparency : We value collaboration. Trusting teach other and tackling tough challenges can make a powerful difference.
- Accountability : We do what's right for our patient communities through quality decisions and owning our successes and failures.
- Growth : We fiercely innovate and evolve to better ourselves, our communities and our patients.
These three values come to life through our five Leadership Expectations that apply to all Horizon employees
- Enterprise Mindset : Look beyond one's team, brand or function to see the broader company and external perspective
- Exhibit Intellectual Curiosity : Seek to understand what you do not know; ask the right questions of the right people and sources
- Ensure Accountability and Courage : Step up to address difficult issues and hold self and others accountable to commitments
- Embrace Diverse Perspectives : Welcome others with a respectful attitude; integrate diverse perspectives into ways of working
- Develop Talent : Provide feedback, coaching and mentorship to help others be more effective in their role
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At Horizon, we know that disease does not discriminate. We embrace the bold ideas of one another, foster a sense of belonging, and value inclusion.
We attract and develop diverse talent because we believe that when people from different backgrounds and life experiences come together, we make lives better.
Horizon intends that all qualified applications are given equal opportunity, and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.
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