Senior Medical Director, Global Medical Affairs (Contractor)

Shionogi Inc. • Florham Park, NJ

5d • $150 - $225

About The Position

The role will support the Global Medical Affairs Lead for virology, and rare disease assets, with flexibility to expand as the portfolio evolves.

Requirements

• Medical Doctor PhD/PharmD level in biological sciences.
• Minimum 12 plus years relevant experience with a solid track record of achievement in a pharmaceutical company in Medical Affairs including experience in launching a new asset.
• Experience strategizing and overseeing development of publications and scientific communications.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Virology including COVID-19, Rare Disease and/or Vaccines is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advisory input to internal Medical Affairs leadership on scientific positioning for assigned assets
• Develop draft scientific materials (e.g., narrative outlines, slide content, publication concepts) for internal review and approval
• Offer expert consultation on evidence generation approaches and scientific best practices
• Support internal teams by reviewing and commenting on publication or congress plans (no ownership or approval authority)
• Prepare written recommendations or analyses in response to defined project requests
• Deliver services against clearly defined timelines and outputs, with internal teams retaining all final decisions, approvals, and compliance accountability
• Develop and maintain the global scientific narrative, scientific platform, and long-term positioning for assigned assets.
• Provide support and scientific input into evidence generation activities, including Integrated Evidence Plans and lifecycle evidence planning, in partnership with Evidence Generation and Development teams.
• Support under supervision external scientific engagement for assigned assets, including KOL strategy, advisory activities, investigator-initiated research, and partnerships with external experts and advocacy groups.
• Contributes to building global Medical Affairs capabilities and ways of working, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory, ethical, and quality standards.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Strong interpersonal, communications and presentation skills. Ability to effectively communicate with employees at all levels in the organization.
• Ability to be adaptive to switch therapeutic areas as deemed necessary.
• Strategic thinking and innovation mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and lead through influence in a matrixed environment and across geographies and culture.
• Weekly update including KPIs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree