Health Systems Oncology Medical Affairs Director HSO MAD - Texas/Louisiana/New - MSD

Job Description

The Health Systems Oncology Medical Affairs Director (HSO MAD) is a therapeutic and disease expert who develops ongoing professional relationships with healthcare decision makers across key payer and provider organizations.

The HSO MAD provides accurate information across the full oncology product portfolio, clinical science, and quality management in a balanced and credible manner consistent with the regulatory environment and company’s ethical standards. This role also serves as a resource for the Medical Affairs (MA) management team on strategic planning and provides mentoring for other team members.

Location :

This is a REMOTE position, and the person must reside in the indicated territory (South/Southwest) with travel to Louisiana, Texas, and New Mexico.

Must reside in geographic area.

Up to 50% travel required with some overnight

Responsibilities and Primary Activities

Develops ongoing professional relationships with key decision makers in organized health systems to ensure access to medical and scientific information on the full oncology product portfolio and areas of therapeutic interest

Develops strategic account plans in partnership with the Integrated Account Management (IAM) Account Executive teams and executes medical activities in alignment with agreed plan

Serves as the primary resource for market dynamics within the territory to understand decision makers’ evolving information needs to feed into the ongoing value-proposition development process for oncology product and non-product offerings

Effectively communicates and coordinates with Regional Medical Scientific Director regarding medical and scientific support needs in key health systems accounts

Serves as a resource for the HSO MAD Team Lead, HSO Executive Director Medical Affairs, and other members of Country Medical Affairs on other relevant strategic planning

Attends and supports scientific and medical meetings and prepares post-meeting deliverables

Required Qualifications, Skills, & Experience

Minimum

MD, PhD, or PharmD

3 years of dedicated experience in a field-based MA role working with regional and/or national payers, integrated delivery systems, or scientific leaders OR 5 years of clinical oncology experience working within a health system OR the equivalent

Experience with organized healthcare system(s) or payer organization(s), including ability to develop peer-to-peer relationships with key decision makers

Thorough knowledge of clinical medicine, healthcare delivery system structure and function, pharmacoeconomics, disease management, quality management, value-based payment, and healthcare delivery policy and trends

Excellent interpersonal communication skills, ability to network, strong personal integrity, collaborative mindset, a