Global Advisor / Senior Global Medical Advisor

Description

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

The Senior Global Medical Advisor (SR GMA) designs the global Medical affairs strategy for the compounds and leads global strategic initiatives, providing guidance to regional and local medical initiatives. The incumbent is the medical ambassador for the asset to internal and external stakeholders. The position holder takes an active role in shaping the Evidence Strategy and Generation by working closely with the Evidence Lead and the Evidence Sub-Team.

In some cases, the SR GMA may assume the responsibility of an Evidence Lead in the Asset Teams, leading the creation and execution of a holistic evidence generation strategy and integrating the deliverables of all medical functions as the leader of the Evidence team. The incumbent will drive patient value, patient voice and quality of life & outcomes in line with Medicine Excellence goals.

This position can be filled in different countries:​

If you want to apply for the position in Germany, please use this link: (Senior) Global Medical Manager Oncology (Breast & Lung Cancer)

If you want to apply for the position in USA click "Apply now"

Requirements

GMA Requirements:

• MD, PhD or similar (specialist in the respective Therapeutic Area) from an accredited institution.
• With preferably two to five (2-5) years of experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Medical Department).
• Successful track record in planning, conducting and publication of Basic Science and/or Clinical Research.
• Sound medical and scientific leadership to drive high-priority projects in collaboration with global matrix teams, regional/local counterparts and external partners.
• Ability to act with grace and resilience under pressure.
• Strong project management skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills and ability to work in virtual teams.
• Excellent presentation, training and facilitation skills.
• Strong external focus to the international scientific community, top level medical experts and all relevant stakeholders.
• A clear understanding of the relevant indication, key stakeholders, key competitors, solid experience in study design and data analysis are required.

Senior GMA Requirements: 

• Advanced degree in Medical or Life Science, PhD.
• Accomplished industry professional with a broad knowledge of all phases of drug development
• Market-relevant experience, including external stakeholder engagement in the therapeutic area (Global, Regional or local).
• Entrepreneurial mind-set and passion to build the asset for success.
• For early Medical Affairs: Past exposure to all the activities involved in successfully developing and launching assets and brands.
• Sound therapeutic area background with a minimum of ten (10) years in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Medical Affairs and/or Clinical Development roles, roles in combination with market knowledge and savviness, Management experience considered a plus).
• For roles in Early Medical Affairs: Track record in product launch activities in the medical function.
• Medical and scientific leadership to drive high-priority projects in collaboration with global matrix teams, regional/local counterparts and external partners.
• Ability to establish strong partnerships at eye-level with top-level external experts, international societies and other relevant international stakeholders. Ability to influence the scientific space.
• Ability to listen to customers and patients and understand their needs to bring them into the organization.
• Successful track record in planning, conducting and publication of Basic Science and/or Clinical Research and in Epidemiology and Real-World Evidence and its use for various audiences.
• Excellent communication & influencing skills.
• Excellent presentation, training and facilitation skills.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills and ability to work in virtual teams and influence across matrix environment.
• Ability to act with grace and resilience under pressure.
• Ability to handle and lead complex projects & programs.
• Strong leadership skills.

Duties & Responsibilities

GMA Responsibilities

• Provides strategic medical input to support efficient, scientifically sound commercialization from launch through lifecycle.
• Acts as Team Member Medical Affairs (TMMA) and collaborates cross-functionally (Clinical Development, Regulatory, Safety, Marketing, PPSS, Legal, etc.).
• Develops and implements Global Medical Affairs Strategy, Brand Plan, Publications Plan, Core Medical Communication Points, and PMO.
• Plans Phase IV and non-interventional studies; guides global IIS program aligned with scientific platform and PMO.
• Approves studies with (A)HoM/CEG, interprets data, and supports analysis and data management planning.
• Manages budgets for Phase IV, IIS, and global medical projects.
• Supports educational programs, symposia, and promotional campaigns with scientific expertise.
• Maintains Scientific Platform; provides product-specific training and updates to countries/regions.
• Contributes to global PV and RA activities; authors and reviews publications and regulatory documents (e.g., Medical Expert Statements, Investigator Brochures, Clinical Overviews, PSURs, ASRs).
• Represents Medical Affairs in internal committees and conferences.
• Engages with external stakeholders (HAs, KOLs, patient groups, payers); monitors competitive landscape and informs scenario planning.

Sr GMA Responsibilities

• Leads medical strategy from early development through full asset lifecycle; ensures medically adequate commercialization.
• Shapes brand strategic goals and contributes to clinical development and evidence generation plans.
• Develops the medical narrative to guide evidence generation and communication strategy.
• Leads strategic initiatives (e.g., publication planning, data roll-out); oversees execution of cross-functional tactical plans.
• Oversees content development for medical communications; manages Medical Communications Content Manager.
• Strategically plans and oversees studies per Integrated Asset Evidence Plan.
• Develops and executes global medical communication strategy; advises on regional/local medical initiatives.
• Acts as BTR where applicable; ensures market feedback is reflected in global strategy.
• Provides guidance to countries on resourcing and planning 3–5 years pre-launch.
• Leads expert identification and engagement; plans advisory boards and consultancy meetings with Scientific Relations and PAR.
• Represents BI at international scientific forums (Advisory Boards, panels, roundtables).
• Maintains deep understanding of competitor landscape; leads issue preparedness and scenario planning.
• Designs competitive simulation exercises to challenge BI strategy vs. current/future competitors.

Additional Duties & Responsibilities

Patient benefit & Payor value:

• Closely cooperates with the Market Access/HEOR colleagues to establish the pharmacoeconomic value of the compound, contribute to payer engagement and integrated healthcare solutions as well as developing programs to grant patients with no further therapeutic options early access.

Evidence & insights Generation:

• Engages actively with Key External Experts (KEE) exchanging scientific and medical data to collect insights and inform compounds development plans and global brand strategies.
• Ensures the Medical Narrative is leveraged to inform the planning and execution for Evidence Generation.
• In case the Sr. Global Medical Advisor acts as Evidence Lead, a strategy to cover identified Evidence needs is defined and the optimal source of evidence defined (Randomized Clinical Trial, Real-World Evidence, Market Research and others).
• Brings the needs and expectations of a broad range of customers, including patients and HCPs insights into the asset team to inform strategic direction of asset development (e.g., make sure Target Product Profile is validated with external experts and reflects patient’s needs and inform Clinical Trial Protocols). This includes services and solutions beyond the product supporting patients and caregivers in managing the disease.
• Leads the development of strategies to further establish the clinical benefits and risks beyond initial clinical development in line with the Medical narrative and PMO and in close collaboration with the members of the Evidence Team and Clinical Operations where appropriate. This can include coordination and guidance for investigator initiated studied (IIS), external collaboration research (ECR), design of phase IV trials Compassionate-use/Early-access Programs. The development and roll-out of non-interventional (NIS) and real-world studies happens in close alignment with Global Medical Affairs.
• If part of the Asset Evidence sub-team or acting as the Evidence Lead, oversees Clinical Development strategy for the respective asset.

Cross-functional cooperation:

• Closely collaborates with all relevant internal global functions (e.g., Marketing, PPSS (Product Pipeline Scientific Support), PAR, Corporate Communications, Legal, Epidemiology & RWE, early and late-stage Clinical Development teams, Regulatory Affairs, Drug Safety, Digital).

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Compensation

This position offers a base salary typically between $170,000 and $269,000 for the GMA role and between $250,000-$394,000 for the Sr GMA role.  The position may be eligible for a role specific variable or performance based bonus and or other compensation elements.  For an overview of our benefits please click here.