About This Role

The Medical Director - Neuropsychiatry role is a part of Global Medical, a strategic partner within Biogen, that helps inform medical practice across our therapeutic areas to improve meaningful patient outcomes.  As a key member of the Global Medical Director office team reporting to the Global Head, Neuropsychiatry, the Medical Director supports the development and implementation of the Global Medical Strategy for Biogen’s Neuropsychiatry (NP) therapeutic area assets and commercialized products. Biogen’s priority is to continue to foster and enable a diverse and inclusive workforce – representing age, gender, sexual identity, race, ethnicity, Veterans, and people with disabilities – that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients who we serve.

What You’ll Do

• Provide scientific & Medical leadership for NP products, including development of strategic & long-range medical plans, calling out specific unmet medical need, and identifying key data gaps.  Ensure robust execution of Global Medical NP tactics, in alignment with strategy & budgetary expectations. 
• Lead Ex-US Key Medical Stakeholder engagement strategy & tactics, including scientific exchange, advisory activities & medical Insight synthesis.  Build and nurture relationships with external stakeholders (including HCPs, healthcare institutions and advocacy groups) in NP therapeutic landscape.
• Serve as Global subject matter expert within Neuropsychiatry, providing scientific & medical expertise to cross functional teams & colleagues in Regulatory, Market access and Country-level teams.  Present data at Global Medical affairs events, including advisory boards and trainings as well as congresses & medical education events. 
• Develop the Ex-US relevant data generation strategy and lead specific data generation projects to address identified medical/scientific data gaps in close collaboration and alignment with Global NP clinical experts, Clinical Development, Real World Evidence Generation teams and R&D. Serve as expert Medical reviewer for NP collaborative research projects.
• Contribute to the development/adaptation of medical materials (e.g. presentations, trainings, medical briefs and talking points) for the Global Medical team according to DSMR requirements and manage submission processes. As content expert, review abstracts, publications, Medical Information letters & other medical documents for scientific use as needed. 

Who You Are

You are a scientific or clinical professional with a passion for science and deep scientific knowledge.  You are a strong leader with a strategic & innovative style, combining a flexible hands-on nature with a high- sense of urgency work style.  You have a marked curiosity about healthcare and business opportunities.  You keep patients, payers and physicians top of mind in your daily work and collaborate to solve critical scientific and business challenges.

Required Skills

• MD, PhD (life sciences), or PharmD required.
• Minimum of 5 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, preferably with prior work in Headquarters-based Medical Affairs role & Field Medical based role.  Substitution of industry work with relevant clinical practice experience in Neuropsychiatry may be considered.
• Relevant experience in depression & psychiatry. 
• Ability to manage multiple projects and take initiative to solve complex & challenging problems.  Demonstrated success with project management & vendor negotiation / contract management.  Experience in developing Key Performance Indicators & Impact measures for Medical Affairs activities. 
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with regional and/or affiliate medical to ensure regional activities are executed in alignment with global medical strategy and ensuring the insights and needs from them are known and properly addressed. 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills to include presentations.

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The base compensation range for this role is $187,200 to $312,000. Base salary  is determined by a combination of factors including, but not limited to, job related years of relevant experience, internal equity, and location of the job. Additionally, this role is eligible for participation in Biogen’s LTI grants and other incentive programs. Biogen offers a full range of benefits that include medical, dental, life, long and short-term disability insurances, vacation, end-of-year shutdown, and 401K participation and matching contributions

Why Biogen?

Our mission to find therapies for neurological and rare diseases is a unique focus within our industry and this shared purpose is what connects us as a team. We work together to overcome obstacles and to follow the science. We are resilient as we strive to make an impact on our patients’ lives and on changing the course of medicine. Together, we pioneer. Together, we thrive.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.