Alcon
Director, Medical Affairs
The Director, Medical Affairs leads all field-based medical affairs activities across the Pharma portfolio, including clinical data collection, scientific presence at congresses, medical education, insights generation, and scientific support of key customers. The role involves managing a team of medical science liaisons, coordinating research activities, and ensuring effective communication and dissemination of scientific materials regionally.
Key Responsibilities
- • Lead and manage a team of Pharma & VC medical science liaisons.
- • Maintain in-depth functional clinical knowledge of the entire Alcon Pharma & VC portfolio.
- • Develop and execute complex key opinion leader (KOL) mapping, strategy and execution plan for region.
- • Conduct robust payer scientific exchange with US payers to enable medical access.
- • Coordinate and oversee investigator initiated research and group studies.
- • Ensure quality of Medical Affairs project execution and cross-functional coordination.
- • Lead Alcon's Pharma share of voice and podium presence at key scientific meetings across the region.
- • Lead medical intelligence across multiple congresses and scientific meetings.
- • Ensure close alignment between Pharma & VC franchises and regional business priorities in context of scientific customer interactions.
- • Lead customer-generated clinical data/insights gathering and customer research support activities.
- • Lead and train MSLs for medical advisory boards, executive presentations and clinical data certifications.
- • Responsible for strategic objectives and medium-term planning for the Pharma MSL team.
- • Internal and/or external influence of key stakeholders to achieve scientific objectives aligned with business objectives.
- • Apply negotiation and persuasion skills towards interactions with research sites to ensure timely completion of agreed milestones.
- • Planning, and executing clinical trials/research and data collection activities.
Required
- • Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +18 yrs; Assoc.+14 yrs; M.S.+7 yrs; PhD+6 yrs)
- • The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
- • 10 Years of Relevant Experience
- • 6 Years of Demonstrated Leadership
Preferred
- • MD, DO, OD or PharmD with specialization in Ophthalmology.
Benefits & Perks
- • Alcon provides a robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off and much more.
At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us?
Alcon is looking to hire a Director, Medical Affairs, who is responsible for all field-based medical affairs activities across the entire Pharma portfolio. This role is responsible for significant business impact activities including continued collection of clinical data to support the entire product portfolio, high scientific presence at major customer-facing congresses, medical education activities, insights generation and scientific support of all key customers across the region. In addition, the role is responsible for effective customer-facing communication and dissemination of scientific materials across the entire region.
This role is remote and a typical day would include:
A typical day will include:
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ATTENTION: Current Alcon Employee/Contingent Worker
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ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY
Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
Alcon is looking to hire a Director, Medical Affairs, who is responsible for all field-based medical affairs activities across the entire Pharma portfolio. This role is responsible for significant business impact activities including continued collection of clinical data to support the entire product portfolio, high scientific presence at major customer-facing congresses, medical education activities, insights generation and scientific support of all key customers across the region. In addition, the role is responsible for effective customer-facing communication and dissemination of scientific materials across the entire region.
This role is remote and a typical day would include:
A typical day will include:
- Lead and manage a team of Pharma & VC medical science liaisons. Maintain In-depth functional clinical knowledge of the entire Alcon Pharma & VC portfolio.
- Develop and execute complex key opinion leader (KOL) mapping, strategy and execution plan for region.
- Conduct robust payer scientific exchange with US payers to enable medical access. Data Generation: Coordinating and overseeing investigator initiated research and group studies
- Quality of Medical Affairs project execution and cross-functional coordination Data Dissemination: Lead Alcon's Pharma share of voice and podium presence at key scientific meetings across the region.
- Lead medical intelligence across multiple congresses and scientific meetings Ensure close alignment between Pharma &VC franchises and regional business priorities in context of scientific customer interactions.
- Insights Generation: Lead customer-generated clinical data/insights gathering and customer research support activities.
- Lead and train MSLs for medical advisory boards, executive presentations and clinical data certifications.
- Responsible for strategic objectives and medium-term planning for the Pharma MSL team.
- Internal and/or external influence of key stakeholders to achieve scientific objectives aligned with business objectives.
- Apply negotiation and persuasion skills towards interactions with research sites to ensure timely completion of agreed milestones
- Planning, and executing clinical trials/research and data collection activities
- Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +18 yrs; Assoc.+14 yrs; M.S.+7 yrs; PhD+6 yrs)
- The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
- 10 Years of Relevant Experience
- 6 Years of Demonstrated Leadership
- MD, DO, OD or PharmD with specialization in Ophthalmology.
- See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities
- Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!
- Alcon provides a robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off and much more.
- Travel 60%
- Sponsorship – No
See your impact at alcon.com/careers
ATTENTION: Current Alcon Employee/Contingent Worker
If you are currently an active employee/contingent worker at Alcon, please click the appropriate link below to apply on the Internal Career site.
Find Jobs for Employees
Find Jobs for Contingent Worker
ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND PARTICIPATES IN E-VERIFY
Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non-discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an email to alcon.recruitment@alcon.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
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