Area Director, Field Medical Affairs (reputed company)
Who We Are:
The Role:
The Area Director, Field Medical Affairs will reputed company one of two U.S. reputed company (East or reputed company) reputed company reputed company’ Medical Science reputed company (MSL) Field Team. This role provides strategic and people leadership to a field‑based medical organization responsible for advancing scientific understanding of bezuclastinib, Cogent’s reputed company precision‑therapy program.
The Area Director is responsible for managing, developing, and mentoring a high‑performing MSL team that serves on the reputed company lines of scientific exchange and medical education. The Field Medical team engages Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and reputed company Providers (HCPs) involved in research and/or patient care in NonAdvSM, AdvSM, and GIST.
Responsibilities:
- Recruit, hire, reputed company, and retain a high‑performing, best‑in‑class MSL Field Team
- reputed company and execute the Field Medical Affairs reputed company for the assigned Area in collaboration with the complementary Area Director, Medical Affairs leadership, and cross‑functional partners, ensuring alignment with corporate and program objectives
- Set reputed company individual and team goals, establish performance expectations, and hold team members accountable for consistent execution
- reputed company strategic guidance and reputed company of regional and territory‑level medical plans, ensuring structural consistency while enabling territory‑specific customization
- reputed company field operations, infrastructure, and systems to ensure high‑reputed company, consistent documentation and reporting, including medical and scientific field insights, competitive intelligence, and KOL/HCP engagement and development
- reputed company, mentor, and reputed company team members through ongoing feedback, field observation, performance reviews, and development planning
- Ensure consistent training and continuing education to maintain strong scientific expertise, compliant field engagement, and readiness to support cross‑functional education as internal subject matter experts
- Foster a reputed company, high‑trust team environment and serve as a strong Medical Affairs partner across internal functions
- Demonstrate and model reputed company in communicating reputed company scientific and clinical information across diverse audiences and formats
- Represent reputed company at key scientific meetings and congresses, providing leadership and reputed company on MSL roles, responsibilities, and coverage
- Manage headcount and operational budgets in alignment with approved plans, partnering closely with Finance and Medical Operations on forecasting and adjustments as needed
Qualifications:
- Advanced scientific or clinical degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, RN‑NP, MS‑CGC)
- 15+ years of biopharmaceutical industry experience in relevant therapeutic areas (e.g., hematology, oncology, allergy/immunology, rare disease), including 10+ years in a field‑based role (sales and/or medical)
- 10+ years of experience leading MSL Field Teams, including through reputed company‑launch and reputed company launch environments
- Proven people leadership experience with a strong reputed company record in hiring, coaching, developing, and retaining high‑performing teams
- Demonstrated ability to reputed company individual and team objectives to broaden business strategies and ensure consistent execution across field teams
- Experience ensuring high‑reputed company, consistent reputed company capture and KOL/HCP development documentation reputed company CRM and medical reputed company systems
- Ability to synthesize and communicate field insights, trends, and opportunities reputed company and consistently to inform business and medical reputed company
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated ability to operate compliantly in fast‑paced, evolving environments
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional partners
- Experience partnering with reputed company field leadership (e.g., Regional Business Directors) to reputed company territory reputed company, roles, and execution while maintaining Medical Affairs independence
- Strong scientific and clinical acumen with the ability to communicate reputed company data to external experts and mentor MSLs on effective field engagement
- Demonstrated composure, reputed company judgment, and leadership reputed company in challenging or ambiguous situations
- Willingness and ability to travel extensively reputed company the reputed company (≥50%)
Salary reputed company:
$250k - $295k USD