Global Medical Director, Epilepsy Pipeline

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +2 more locations.

📋 Description

• Oversee the Medical FMT for ABS-1230 and assist with the epilepsy pipeline, including prospective new indications.

• Collaborate with US and EUR/INT Medical Affairs teams to comprehend the needs of regional customers, patients, healthcare providers, and healthcare systems.

• Represent medical viewpoints within global cross-functional teams and governance forums, such as EDT, LDT, GPT, PGC, and DPRC.

• Contribute to early development initiatives, including the formulation of Target Product Profiles, clinical trial design, and lifecycle management.

• Ensure that regional insights and requirements are integrated into clinical development, evidence-generation efforts, and lifecycle planning.

• Maintain alignment of Medical Affairs with clinical development programs.

• Leverage knowledge of the competitive landscape to guide evidence-generation strategies and internal development choices.

• Spearhead the creation, upkeep, and implementation of Integrated Evidence Generation Plans for ABS-1230 and other assets in the pipeline.

• Collaborate with teams across Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, HEOR, RWE, Commercial, and other cross-functional entities.

• Lead and support investigator-sponsored studies, real-world evidence projects, health outcomes research, and Phase IV interventional trials.

• Craft the scientific narrative for the Epilepsy pipeline and enhance the interpretation of pivotal trial results.

• Direct publication strategies alongside Medical Communications, ensuring alignment with regional evidence requirements and scientific priorities.

• Assist with scientific communications, congress planning, advisory board meetings, and external engagement activities.

• Serve as an epilepsy subject matter expert for internal cross-functional stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive (10+ years) experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, or related roles within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology sectors, ideally in epilepsy and neuroscience disorders.

• Strong clinical or scientific expertise in the epilepsy therapeutic area.

• Proven experience in developing and executing evidence-generation strategies, publication plans, and engaging with external scientific communities.

• Comprehensive understanding of clinical research, evidence generation, and the drug development process in neuroscience.

• Demonstrated ability to influence without formal authority and to navigate effectively within complex matrix organizations.

• Strong strategic thinking skills combined with excellent operational execution capabilities.

• Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities.

• Capacity to foster productive partnerships across regions and functions while effectively representing diverse stakeholder perspectives.

• Proven capability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience in lifecycle management of epilepsy/neuroscience indications is highly desired.

• Evidence of success in matrix organizations and a track record of high-performance behaviors, including independent critical thinking, initiative, and execution under pressure with competing priorities.

• Self-awareness and emotional intelligence demonstrated through previous experience in successfully navigating complex matrix environments.

• An advanced scientific or healthcare degree is required (PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent).

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation.

• Discretionary equity grants through the Long Term Equity Incentive Plan.

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• 401k retirement savings plan.

• Flexible paid vacation.