Associate Director, US and Global Medical Information and Medical Review

Some opportunities happen only once in a lifetime
– like a job where you have the chance to change lives.

At Alexion, people living with rare and devastating diseases are our Guiding Star.

We are driven to continuously innovate and create meaningful value in all we do to help patients and families fully live their best lives.

We value the uniqueness and diversity of our employees and recognize that nurturing the diverse perspectives and strengths of our people translates into innovative breakthroughs for patients.

This is what you will do:

The Associate Director of Global Medical Information and Medical Review is responsible for managing US and Global Medical Information service functions within a given therapeutic area (TA), including but not limited to the medical review of promotional and scientific materials, and planning and implementation of medical information deliverables within set timelines via oversight of more junior staff and/or vendors.

This role is responsible for developing and maintaining current, broad, and in-depth knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, and clinical outcomes associated with assigned Alexion products and disease states.

As the TA representative for Global Medical Information and Medical Review, this advanced level of knowledge and awareness of US / Global medical inquiry trends are used to effectively influence strategic decision making in cross-functional meetings including but not limited to Medical / Legal / Regulatory (MLR) Committee Review meetings (eg., Promotional Review Committee (PRC) or Medical Review Committee (MRC), congress planning meetings, publication team meetings, and other Medical Affairs meetings within the assigned TA of expertise.

In addition, the Associate Director is responsible for providing accurate, timely, balanced and up-to-date medical and scientific information to internal and external customers, globally.

You will be responsible for:
Representing medical function in the MLR Review Committee and ensures scientific / medical / clinical accuracy, relevance and completeness of data, appropriateness of references cited and that promotional claims within materials are adequately supported by data.

Providing medical / scientific expertise to commercial teams for appropriate disease and product claims development.

Collaborating with US and Global Medical Affairs Leads and Medical Directors to ensure promotional and non-promotional materials are aligned to medical strategy
Maintaining an advanced level of therapeutic knowledge (clinical and theoretical) of pathophysiology, diagnosis, drug therapy, standards of care, competitive landscape and desired patient outcomes in assigned therapeutic Area (TA).

Delivering high-quality, balanced and timely written or verbal medical and scientific information upon the request of health care professionals and consumers.

Serving as the Global Medical Information and Medical Review expert in the given therapeutic area(s) (TA) and as the escalation point for triage of complex inquiries from junior team members; provides guidance to junior team members as needed.

Developing a strategy, prioritization and project plan for the development / maintenance and review / approval for global medical information response documents.

Autonomously planning and facilitating disease, product, response document and process-related training of medical information contact center associates.

Leading / directing medical information booth activities on behalf of medical personnel at professional scientific meetings; including ensuring adequate staffing levels, medical information resources are in-date, cross-functional colleagues are trained and post-congress reports are completed within a timely manner.

Proactively distributing important product and/or medical information to relevant internal Medical Affairs functions as necessary in support of product changes, safety issues and other sentinel events; enhances medical and product knowledge within the Sales Force, Marketing, Field Medical and other departments by disseminating relevant information on a consistent basis, as needed.

Systematically compiling / assessing / maintaining / communicating metrics that monitor Medical Information trends.

Has a detailed and in-depth understanding of historic trends and insights and is able to apply these analytics to the medical plan.

Achieving and maintaining compliance with all applicable regulatory, legal and operational rules and procedures by ensuring that all plans and activities for and on behalf of Alexion are carried out with the best industry practices and the highest ethical standards.

The duties of this role are generally conducted in an office environment.

As is typical of an office-based role, employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to: use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in