Senior Medical Director, Portfolio

Lead the medical strategy behind a growing eczema portfolio, shaping the future of innovative treatment in the U.S. market. 

Your Role: 

As Senior Medical Director, Eczema Portfolio, you will lead the U.S. medical strategy across key assets, guiding lifecycle planning and shaping a cohesive, insight-driven approach to the portfolio. You will operate as a senior scientific and strategic leader within Medical Affairs—connecting data generation, external engagement, and cross-functional priorities to support both development and commercialization. In close partnership with U.S. and Global stakeholders, you will ensure the medical voice is clearly represented while providing leadership to a high-performing eczema medical team. 

This is a hybrid role based out of LEO’s Madison, NJ office.  

Your Responsibilities: 

• Provide support and guidance to the Medical Directors in shaping the US Medical Strategy and tactics for the portfolio, and provide medical input to strategic plans such as lifecycle, launch, brand and global business plans. 

• Provide medical/scientific strategic and operational expertise for core scientific affairs activities, including scientific data generation and communication, competitive landscape analysis, utilization of insights, and competitive intelligence. 

• Advise the Global Product Teams on US priorities related to life-cycle management of eczema portfolio and identify U.S. medical needs and gaps to strengthen scientific affairs activities. 

• Maintain strong relationships with KOLs across the portfolio and ensure effective and appropriate medical communication and collaboration with external partners. 

• Support U.S. medical advisory boards and participate in publication planning across the product lifecycle (manuscripts, congress abstracts, symposium and poster presentations). 

• Present medical data, review documents requiring medical input, and contribute to appropriate external action with regulatory, pharmacovigilance, health economics, etc. 

• Identify training needs and support mentoring and training of internal and external stakeholders, while being accountable for planning medical affairs activities and managing assigned budget. 

Your Qualifications: 

• Advanced degree required (MD or PhD highly desirable), with a specialization in dermatology strongly preferred. 

• Demonstrable experience, within the pharmaceutical industry and/or in clinical research.  

• In-depth knowledge of clinical development programs, with a comprehensive understanding of compliance and regulatory frameworks.  

• Demonstrated expertise in business strategy development, coupled with exceptional commercial acumen, experience managing budgets and allocating resources effectively.  

• Proven ability to collaborate and influence cross-functional stakeholders, including commercial, legal, regulatory, and medical communication teams; along with the ability to lead teams in healthcare, clinical, or research environments.  

• Extensive experience in facilitating medical advisory boards and fostering productive Key Opinion Leader (KOL) relationships.  

• Proven success in publication planning and strategic communication initiatives.  

• Highly skilled in synthesizing and presenting complex clinical and scientific data to diverse audiences in a clear, compelling manner.  

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%, both domestically and internationally. 

You are a results-driven professional with strong decision-making skills and a consistent track record of achieving objectives within set timelines. You bring exceptional leadership capabilities in managing and driving results within complex, global, cross-functional team environments, and are known for your outstanding verbal and written communication skills, complemented by strong interpersonal abilities for building lasting professional relationships. 

Your New Team: 

You will report to the Vice President, Medical Affairs – Region North America and lead a team of Medical Directors aligned to the eczema portfolio. In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional partners across Global Medical, Marketing, and Regulatory, as well as external experts including Key Opinion Leaders, to advance the portfolio. 

Compensation:  

The base salary range for this position is $250,000 – 300,000 per year. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the LEO Pharma range for this position. Salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. In addition, some positions may include eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and / or individual performance. 

Let’s pioneer together! 

At LEO Pharma, we help people with skin diseases live fulfilling lives by advancing dermatology beyond the skin. We drive dermatology with our knowledge, collaboration, and curiosity, and we are at the forefront of science in developing new medicines. For us, pioneering together is about constantly improving and extending what’s possible for each other, our company, and our patients.  

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates because we believe that our different perspectives, backgrounds, and attitudes are what enable us to make the best decisions for LEO Pharma and meet the needs of the wonderfully diverse marketplace we operate in.