Senior Medical Director, Rare Disease

Your Role: 

The Senior Medical Director (Rare disease) will be responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of US medical strategy and tactics for LEO Pharma’s US Rare Disease products - currently Spesolimab, which is licensed for generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) and being studied in an ongoing phase 3 program for pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). The individual will provide medical and scientific expertise across core medical affairs functions, including data generation, scientific communications, competitive landscape assessment, insight utilization, and Key Opinion Leader engagement. The Rare Disease Medical Director team and the Scientific Affairs Manager will report directly into the Senior Medical Director.  

The individual will provide leadership, oversight, and support as a cross-functional lead, will collaborate closely with the commercial and development teams, as well as with Global medical teams to ensure successful US development and commercialization of the LEO rare disease portfolio. 

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 rare disease portfolio, and support the Medical Directors in U.S. medical advisory boards and other engagements relating to rare diseases and the associated products. 

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

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

• Provide medical input to strategic plans such as lifecycle plans, strategic launch plans, brand plans and global business plans, and provide expertise to support LEO’s patient‑centric approach, contributing to identification and investigation of unmet patients’ needs 

• Identify U.S. medical needs, gaps and assist in establishing or strengthening scientific affairs activities. 

• Participate in publication planning throughout the product lifecycle (including manuscripts, congress abstracts, symposium presentations and poster presentations) in collaboration with both local and global teams. 

• Present medical data at both internal and external meetings and training events as needed. 

• Reviews all documents requiring medical input, including but not limited to proposals, protocols, manuscripts, posters, and standard response letters. 

• Acquire and inform organization on competitive intelligence. 

• Train internal and external stakeholders as needed, and identify internal training needs, coordinating induction, mentoring, and training. 

• Contributes, through medical expertise, to any appropriate external action with regulatory, pharmacovigilance, health economics, etc. 

• Accountable for planning of scientific affairs activities and managing assigned budget. 

Your Qualifications: 

• At least 10 years experience within the pharmaceutical industry. 

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

• Demonstrated expertise in business strategy development, coupled with exceptional commercial acumen. 

• Proven ability to effectively collaborate and influence cross-functional stakeholders, including commercial, legal, regulatory, and medical communication teams. 

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

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

• Exceptional leadership capabilities in managing and driving results within complex, global, cross-functional team environments, and results-driven professional with strong decision-making skills and a consistent track record of achieving objectives within set timelines. 

• Extensive experience in facilitating medical advisory boards and fostering productive Key Opinion Leader (KOL) relationships, and 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, and outstanding verbal and written communication skills, complemented by strong interpersonal abilities for building lasting professional relationships. 

• Ability to perform all necessary functions of the role effectively, with or without reasonable accommodations. 

The base salary range for this position is $240,000 - $290,000 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.