VP, Regional Medical & Scientific Affairs

Job Purpose:

The VP, Regional Medical & Scientific Affairs is responsible for creating and executing in collaboration with the Senior Vice President, Business development & Head of Biotech to achieve goals (NBA) set for the region. As a member of Medical & Scientific Affairs, they will play a key role in expanding the understanding of Parexel Biotech and the specific benefits of the designated biotech to work with the Parexel Biotech vs. a niche CRO or competing biotech divisions of the larger CROs. Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Interacting directly with senior leaders (C-level) biotech/ pharmaceutical companies to build relationships and advance collaboration.

• Perform the role of Executive Sponsor to key sponsors within the region of responsibility.

• Working with and advising clients/pharmaceutical companies on medical strategies and innovations that inform company direction.

• Advise on all areas of drug development internally and externally.

• Provide drug development knowledge and apply that knowledge to give high-level input to protocol design and medical practice for key proposal preparation.

• Participate in BPMs to provide executive support to the assembled global team.

• Share product development experiences able to assist in guiding biotech clients on how to develop their compound globally – build up the road map with clients together.

• Willing to be a speaker to give a talk and even chair session in DIA Asia or other relevant Biotech or Disease-related conferences including Investment Forums for health sectors.

Key Accountabilities:

Accountability Supporting Activities

• Provide executive and senior leadership with updates on drug development trends future perspectives, challenges, important advances, and relevant growth potential in therapeutic areas related to the region.

• Provides recommendations for how to approach the sponsors and thought leadership (KOLs).

• Develop a strategy for expanding new and repeat business.

• Work with and advise clients/pharmaceutical companies on medical strategies and innovations that inform company direction.

• Interact directly with senior leaders at clients/pharmaceutical companies to build relationships and advance collaboration.

• Leverage medical expertise and industry network for the benefit of Parexel by influencing and interacting with a wide range of Parexel stakeholders.

• Ensure that teams provide appropriate and timely support for commercial, proposal, and/or marketing activities as requested.

Leadership • Maintain a positive, results-oriented work environment that is globally focused, inclusive, collaborative, and respectful.

• Provide leadership and development to franchise colleagues to advance medical and scientific capabilities to ensure their performance meets and/or exceeds both the business and their own personal goals and objectives.

QualificationsSkills:

• Proven ability to work well with small teams, often under significant time constraints.

• Ability to lead, direct and motivate a team of commercial and medical professionals.

• Strong ability to understand implications of recommendations, decisions and their impact on clients, patients and Parexel.

• Experience making presentations at conferences and meetings.

• Business acumen, with understanding of financial and marketing principles.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills needed to collaborate, negotiate and influence effectively with diverse medical and non-medical stakeholders.

• Fluent in English, with excellent writing skills.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Proven and applied expertise in clinical drug development at a senior level position (VP of Operations, R&D, in the CRO and/or pharmaceutical industry.

• Previous CMO of a Biotech preferred but not necessary.

• Prior academic/clinical patient care experience within the TA.

• Experience in clinical research, as an investigator or sub-investigator; but not mandatory.

• Experience with relevant regulatory requirements and guidelines for drug development in the Region they in which they are applying to work.