Vice President - Medical Affairs, Neurology

We are seeking a transformational Vice President, US Medical – Neurology to lead a highly strategic and complex medical organization focused on advancing innovation, scientific leadership, actively incorporating population health principles that lead to measurable patient impact across the neurology portfolio.

This leader will shape and execute a modern medical affairs vision that is externally informed, enterprise aligned, patient-centered, and grounded in scientific excellence. The VP will serve as a key member of the US Medical Leadership Team and a trusted partner to the Head of US Medical and peers, helping to advance enterprise priorities, organizational excellence, and a high-performing culture.

The ideal candidate brings strong external orientation and scientific credibility within the Neurology practitioner community while also demonstrating exceptional ability to align across internal stakeholders, including Genentech US Medical therapeutic area leaders, global medical leadership, and cross-functional enterprise teams. Success in this role requires balancing strategic leadership for Neurology with enterprise thinking, collaboration, and organizational alignment.

This role requires an accomplished and agile leader who thrives in complexity by creating clarity, leads with optimism and accountability, builds strong partnerships, and helps enthusiastically shape the future of US Medical through innovation, collaboration, and transformational leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Medical Leadership

• Develop and execute an integrated medical strategy for the neurology portfolio aligned with enterprise and patient priorities

• Shape the future direction of neurology medical affairs through innovation, scientific leadership, and operational excellence

• Drive launch readiness years ahead of anticipated launches, and lifecycle medical strategy across the portfolio

• Translate scientific, patient needs/care gaps, and clinical insights into measurable, impactful medical strategies that improve patient outcomes and healthcare delivery

• Anticipate and addresses emerging trends in neuroscience, evidence generation, digital health, and stakeholder engagement 

• Ensure medical strategies are aligned with broader US and Global Medical priorities and organizational objectives without hesitation 

Enterprise & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as an enterprise leader within US Medical, contributing beyond Neurology to advance organizational priorities, culture, and capabilities across Genentech USM

• Build strong collaborative partnerships across therapeutic area leaders to drive alignment, share best practices, and foster a unified “One Medical” mindset

• Partner effectively with global medical leadership to ensure strategic alignment and strong coordination across US and global priorities

• Collaborate closely across Medical, Clinical Development, Marketing, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR, Regulatory, Safety, Patient Advocacy, Public Affairs, and Field Medical organizations

• Operate with enterprise perspective and organizational agility, balancing therapeutic area priorities with broader business and patient needs

• Build strong alignment with the Head of US Medical Affairs and help translate organizational vision into execution, culture, and measurable impact

• Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, accountability, and shared success across headquarter teams and field medical teams

Scientific & External Engagement Leadership

• Maintain existing, establish new critical relationships/partnerships, and maintain strong scientific credibility with healthcare professionals, community and academic institutions, patient advocacy groups, and key external stakeholders across neurology 

• Lead external engagement strategy and represent the organization at scientific congresses, advisory boards, and other key forums

• Drive high-quality scientific exchange in deep collaboration with field teams, and evidence dissemination with integrity and patient focus

• Ensure external insights are effectively translated into actionable medical strategy and organizational learning across the enterprise

Evidence Generation & Innovation

• Oversee integrated evidence generation strategies that are multimodal in approach and includes customized approaches to real-world evidence, investigator-sponsored research, health outcomes research, and publication planning and other appropriate approaches 

• Champion innovative approaches to medical insights, digital engagement, analytics, and evidence generation

• Advance modern medical affairs capabilities including AI-enabled insights, omni channel engagement, and data-driven decision-making in close collaboration with teams within the enterprise 

• Ensure medical strategies incorporate patient perspectives and evolving healthcare system needs

• Drive continuous improvement and modernization of medical affairs capabilities and operating models

Organizational Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead and demonstrate what a high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative neuroscience medical organization operates like within the “One Medical” context 

• Build a culture grounded in accountability, agility, collaboration, inspiration with action to make it real, innovation, transparency, and continuous learning

• Develop future leaders and strengthen organizational capability through coaching, mentorship, and talent planning

• Create clarity, alignment, and energy during periods of change and organizational evolution

• Inspire teams and colleagues with a positive, solutions-oriented, and forward-looking leadership approach

• Foster a safe environment where teams are empowered to innovate, collaborate, and challenge legacy thinking constructively

Leadership Expectations & Ways of Working

The Vice President, Medical Affairs – Neurology is expected to:

• Lead with an enterprise-first mindset

• Build alignment across US and Global Medical organizations

• Collaborate effectively across therapeutic areas and functions

• Operate with transparency, collaboration, accountability, “One Medical” mindset, and agility to translate ambiguity in clarity with speed and in alignment with the team

• Bring forward solutions and create momentum during complexity and change

• Foster an inclusive, high-performing, and optimistic culture

• Challenge legacy thinking objectively and help transform medical affairs capabilities for the future needs

• Balance strategic vision with operational execution

• Lead through influence, trust, and partnership rather than hierarchy alone

• Serve as a role model for collaboration, resilience, innovation, and enterprise leadership

Leadership Profile

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• A strong enterprise mindset and commitment to organizational success beyond individual functional priorities

• Exceptional ability to align and collaborate across Genentech US Medical therapeutic areas and global medical leadership teams

• Strong external orientation and knowledge with the ability to translate scientific and healthcare trends into actionable medical strategy

• A positive, “can do” leadership style grounded in accountability, agility, and execution

• The ability to navigate complexity and drive alignment across highly matrixed organizations

• A future-focused mindset that embraces innovation and continuous evolution rather than relying on legacy approaches

• Strong emotional intelligence, executive presence, and influencing skills

• A passion for developing people, building culture, and advancing patient impact

• The ability to create momentum, build bridges across organizations, and inspire teams through transformation and change

We are seeking a leader who is energized by possibility, motivated by impact, consent vs consensus, and committed to shaping the future of Medical Affairs through partnership, alignment, enterprise leadership, collaboration, and innovation.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Advanced scientific or clinical degree required (MD, PhD, or equivalent); MD preferred

• Minimum 15+ years of biopharmaceutical industry experience with significant medical affairs leadership responsibility

• Deep expertise in neurology/neuroscience and recognition in this practitioner environment 

• Proven success leading complex, matrixed medical affairs organizations

• Demonstrated experience in launch excellence, lifecycle strategy, and evidence generation

• Strong understanding of the evolving healthcare ecosystem including payer, policy, and patient dynamics

• Exceptional leadership, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills

• Demonstrated ability to influence across highly matrixed US and Global organizations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading organizational transformation or capability modernization initiatives

• Experience integrating digital innovation, analytics, and AI-enabled approaches into medical affairs highly preferred 

• Global or international leadership experience 

• Track record of building high-performing teams and inclusive cultures

• Experience collaborating across multiple therapeutic areas within enterprise leadership structures

• Demonstrated success driving cross-functional alignment and enterprise change initiatives

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role will include:

• Evolving a best-in-class neurology medical organization recognized for scientific excellence, collaboration, and innovation

• Creating strong enterprise alignment within US Medical and across Global Medical, and cross-functional stakeholders

• Developing high-performing teams and future leaders

• Advancing modern medical capabilities and data-driven decision-making that incorporate enterprise goals and population health needs

• Strengthening external scientific credibility and stakeholder trust

• Driving meaningful patient and healthcare system impact

• Helping shape a culture of agility, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and optimism across US Medical

Why Join Us

This is an opportunity to help define the future of neurology medical affairs within an organization committed to innovation, patient impact, population health and transformational leadership.

You will join a collaborative leadership team focused on building modern capabilities, advancing science, developing people, and creating meaningful change for patients and healthcare systems.

We are looking for leaders who are optimistic, agile, enterprise-minded, and energized by the opportunity to build what comes next.

Location

• This position is based in South San Francisco, CA

• Relocation assistance is available.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $356,160 - $467,460. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.  This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

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