Sr. Field Medical Director

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the field medical strategy in alignment with overall Medical Affairs, clinical development, and corporate objectives.
• Build, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing field medical/MSL organization, including territory planning, coverage models, goals, metrics, and professional development.
• Ensure high-quality, fair-balanced, and compliant scientific exchange with key opinion leaders, investigators, academic centers, healthcare professionals, patient advocacy groups, and other external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the patient advocacy lead on the Medical Affairs team to support patient advocacy group outreach, including scientific education, disease-state engagement, community insights gathering, congress or advocacy meeting preparation, and coordination of compliant medical responses to advocacy-related needs.
• Translate field insights into actionable recommendations that inform medical strategy, evidence generation, clinical trial execution, lifecycle planning, and launch readiness.
• Partner cross-functionally with Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Commercial, Scientific Communications, Publications, and Compliance to ensure strategic alignment and operational excellence.
• Support clinical trial awareness, site engagement, investigator relationships, enrollment strategies, and study-related scientific communications in accordance with applicable regulations and company policies.
• Provide strategic input into investigator-initiated trials, research collaborations, compassionate use programs, advisory boards, congress plans, medical education, and external engagement activities.
• Maintain deep scientific expertise in relevant therapeutic areas, disease biology, mechanism of action, clinical data, competitive landscape, and standards of care.
• Contribute to development and delivery of field medical training, scientific platforms, communication materials, and congress preparation resources.
• Establish and monitor field medical performance objectives, impact metrics, budgets, and resource plans to ensure effective execution and continuous improvement.
• Ensure appropriate medical governance, documentation, and compliance oversight for all field medical activities and deliverables.
• Travel up to 50% time, based upon program, congress, advisory board, field engagement, and internal meeting needs.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements

• Advanced scientific or clinical degree required; MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent preferred.
• 12+ years of relevant experience in Medical Affairs, clinical development, or related biotechnology/pharmaceutical roles, including significant field medical leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success building, leading, and developing field medical or MSL teams in a matrixed, science-driven environment.
• Experience supporting clinical-stage assets, late-stage development, launch readiness, or specialty/oncology programs strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of medical affairs regulations, scientific exchange principles, promotional and non-promotional review processes, GCP, and relevant industry compliance standards.
• Proven ability to engage external experts, investigators, academic centers, and healthcare stakeholders through credible, balanced, and scientifically rigorous communication.
• Experience with one or more of; investigator-initiated trials, evidence generation, advisory boards, congress activities, medical education, scientific communications, and publication planning.
• Highly developed leadership, coaching, networking, communication, and influencing skills, with demonstrated ability to work effectively across functions and geographies.
• Ability to synthesize complex clinical, scientific, and field insight data into clear strategic recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills for internal teams, field personnel, external experts, and scientific audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple initiatives, manage resources, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced, evolving biotechnology environment.
• Highly motivated, decisive, collaborative, and results-oriented leader with the flexibility and creativity to contribute to a rapidly growing company.