Vice President

Regeneron Global Medical Affairs is organized in an optimally aligned matrix structure for the delivery of therapeutic and functional area expertise. Our medical affairs physicians and scientists are experts on our medicines and form an extremely valuable part of our global development organization. They serve as important contacts between Regeneron and the external scientific and healthcare community.

The Vice President, Medical Affairs for the General Medicine Franchise (GMF) will report to the Head of Internal Medicine for Global Medical Affairs with primary responsibility to lead and ensure successful execution of all relevant medical affairs programs and functions associated with General Medicine assets in clinical development, including the obesity program. In addition to leading the strategy and executional elements of phase IV (post-marketing) studies, and coordinating activities related to investigator-initiated/collaboration studies, the role includes being a thought partner with our clinical development colleagues for the purpose of driving innovative development strategies, as well as being a collaborator with commercial colleagues, helping to ensure commercial strategies benefit from the medical insight of an experienced team of clinicians. Lastly, the role will include oversight of many programs instrumental to the successful medical introduction of new products, and the important medical support of these programs during their commercialization.

This senior role provides day to day people leadership to a growing team responsible for the planning and execution of medical affairs studies, programs and projects supporting development activities and commercialization needs for assigned products and assets. This individual will be a key representative of Medical Affairs to a range of audiences, including executive leadership, development partners if applicable, and will be a member of the Global Development Strategic Project Teams of the assigned assets.

A typical day in this position might look like:

• Provide deep therapeutic area subject matter expertise to an expanding and advancing portfolio that will cover several molecules, therapeutic platforms, and disease areas.
• Collaborate and provide sound therapeutic area subject matter expertise to key stakeholders across Regeneron (and alliance partners as needed) including internal scientific colleagues, the Strategic Program Teams, as well as colleagues responsible for commercial strategies.
• Ensure that scientific rigor and innovation continue to be integrated into all medical affairs-related development and commercialization strategies. Maintain excellent scientific standing among peers and the ability to address issues with an extremely high level of scientific rigor and creative solutions.
• Develop a world-class General Medicine medical affairs team; ensuring that our medical team is being challenged and developed to be ready to take on new roles and programs as the pipeline evolves.
• Responsible for the timely planning and execution of medical affairs strategies addressing the development and/or commercialization needs for pipeline products.
• Guides the medical affairs team to think broadly as it creates innovative medical affairs strategic options.
• Provides robust career development plans for the team members to ensure they understand how they can continue to develop their careers.
• Ensures that the best practices and learnings from the wide variety of general medicine programs are shared across the team to minimize “reinventing the wheel” and to promote a vibrant collaborative environment.
• Standing or ad-hoc membership for various cross-functional and cross-alliance teams; providing medical perspectives to the global and US strategic and medical organizations.
• Development and cultivation of long-term strategic partnerships with clinical experts, societies, collaborative groups, advocacy groups, and other external stakeholders representing Regeneron.
• Champion of high standards of compliance, ethics, and patient safety, putting patients at the center of all actions.
• Staying abreast of current developments within pertinent medical and scientific therapeutic area through familiarity with current literature, attendance at medical society meetings, involvement with professional associations, and other avenues.
• Serves as principal spokesperson for the medical affairs function on highly significant matters pertaining to the General Medicine GMF.

This role might be for you if:

• Board-certified physician with a strong preference for an individual who has expertise in multiple therapeutic areas, including leading teams in these areas.
• At least 10 years of pharmaceutical experience, in either a clinical development role or in a medical affairs role. A preference will be for individuals with substantial medical affairs experience supporting global drug launches.
• Experience leading teams with demonstration of successful collaborative efforts across various groups, including commercial and clinical development.
• Experience in rare diseases would be a valuable attribute.
• Ability to identify the most critical data points to appropriately drive innovative and effective solutions.
• Knowledgeable in current and potential future trends, technology, policies, practices, and information of the competitive landscape of drug development and global health authority requirements for drug approval and successful commercialization.
• Excels at bringing the creative ideas of others forward and knows how to manage and cultivate the creative process of others; encourages diverse ideas and open conversations.
• Is aware of and provides challenging stretch assignments that are aligned with each team member’s career aspirations; hold frequent feedback and development discussions.