About the Role
The **Regional Medical Director, Southeast,** is a role created as a result of both the growth of ViiV Healthcare North American business and output of the ViiV Industry Leading Medical Affairs Initiative (VILMA).
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:
- Be a recognized expert in the field of HIV (including treatment and prevention);
- have exceptional communication, leadership, influencing and networking skills;
- be knowledgeable of relevant legal requirements and business processes;
- demonstrate a high level of commercial awareness/involvement;
- be highly committed to developing colleagues
Through their ability to demonstrate the above, Regional Medical Directors will be recognized as experts in the HIV therapy/prevention areas and be seen as a resource and educator both within and outside ViiV, and as such, they will be required to input into the longer-term strategy for a disease area. They may have effectively and credibly led cross-functional teams/projects (e.g., research studies or training programs), with successful management of stakeholders. They are collaborative and highly likely to be a mentor for or be seen as a ‘role model’ or resource by other employees. They should be highly perceived by senior management within ViiV NA and be expected to advise and influence regularly at this level.
Performing a Regional Medical Director role
- As an integral member of the HIV medical team, plays a key role in the planning, development and delivery of educational campaigns and materials.
- Provides analyses and reviews of ViiV products, therapy areas and competitor products, making recommendations, which assist in the determination of current and future strategic direction.
- Develops therapy area reviews, product monographs, slide sets, training packages etc. as appropriate to business and customer needs.
- Work with market access as required to prepare tailored responses to address payer and access issues.
- Ensures the medical information department and field medical group are up-to-date on new products etc by supporting medical training and by giving advice on complex clinical issues.
- Prepares and delivers presentations for sales force training programs and briefing sessions, ensuring that complex scientific data and medical concepts are understood and consistent with promotional strategy.
- Plays a leading role in the Key Evidence Generation process to identify data needs and options for generating evidence. May participate in the planning of clinical trials ensuring that they are aligned to short- and long-term business needs. Helps to identify opportunities for the exploitation of trial results for commercial benefit.
The **Regional Medical Director** will be recognized as an expert in the HIV therapy/prevention areas and be seen as a resource and educator both within and outside ViiV, and as such, will be required to input into the longer-term strategy for a disease area. Primarily this is US focused; however, as this is a North America role, the RMD may also participate in activities in Canada and Puert Rico. The RMD is an HIV specialist, and operates both individually and within cross functional teams:
- Medical Directors, Marketing, Market Access, Sales Force, Professional Relations, PR / Communications, Medical Science Liaisons, Business Development, Medical Information, Market Research, Clinical Research, Regulatory Affairs, Training Department, Customer Services, External Customers
The RMD does not hold a budget.
The RMD does not have line management responsibilities but may perform a mentoring role for others.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- Physician with 7 plus years of clinical experience
- Experience in the treatment and care of people living with HIV as well as the prevention of HIV
- 50% plus travel
Preferred Qualifications:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Be able to assimilate, interpret and disseminate scientific data and information on ViiV products and their competitors, and to communicate appropriate information to enhance current strategic and promotional activities
- Be able to quickly attain an extensive knowledge and understanding of those ViiV products, competitor products and associated disease areas that are his/her primary responsibility
- Be able to facilitate internal relationships within the NA Region, and be able to gain the credibility of senior managers and external opinion leaders / influencers
