Executive Director, North America Head of Medical Field Teams
About the role
Summary of Job
The NA Head of Medical Field Teams is a senior Medical Affairs leadership role responsible for the strategic leadership, oversight, and performance of the North America Field Medical organization. This role plays a key part in building and evolving the North America Field Medical function, including shaping the operating model, core processes, governance, and standards of excellence for MSL and HEOR field activities as the organization continues to grow.
The role oversees several MSL teams across different therapeutic areas, as well as a Medical Value Outcome Liaison (MVOL) team, ensuring high quality, compliant scientific and health economic exchange aligned with regional and global Medical Affairs strategy.
The NA Head of Medical Field Teams is accountable for defining the field medical and HEOR engagement vision, operating model, and standards of excellence across therapeutic areas, while enabling strong execution, insight generation, and cross-functional collaboration. The role partners closely with Therapeutic Area leadership, HEOR leadership, Medical Affairs Operations & Excellence, Scientific Communications, and Global Medical Affairs to ensure integrated scientific and value-based engagement across the product lifecycle and is responsible for effectively communicating the value of Field Medical and Medical Value and Outcomes Liaisons (MVOL) team to senior leadership and other stakeholders through advanced analytics and reporting of outcomes and impact.
Essential Functions
Field Medical & HEOR Strategy and Leadership
- Define and own the North America Field Medical and Medical Value Outcome Liaison (MVOL) Field strategy across multiple therapeutic areas, aligned with regional and global Medical Affairs objectives.
- Provide strategic leadership and direction to several TA MSL teams and Medical Value Outcome Liaison (MVOL) team, ensuring clear role differentiation while maintaining consistency in standards, expectations, and ways of working.
- Translate medical and HEOR strategy into field engagement models, priorities, and annual plans across therapeutic areas and assets.
- Serve as the senior field medical and Medical Value Outcome Liaison (MVOL) voice within North America Medical Affairs leadership forums.
People Leadership & Talent Development
- Directly lead and develop MSL and Medical Value Outcome Liaison (MVOL) people managers across therapeutic areas.
- Build a high-performing, patient-centric Field Medical and Medical Value Outcome Liaison (MVOL) organization through coaching, performance management, and professional development.
- Oversee hiring, onboarding, training, and succession planning for MSL and Medical Value Outcome Liaison (MVOL) teams.
- Foster a culture of scientific excellence, value-based thinking, compliance, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Scientific, HEOR & External Engagement Excellence
- Ensure high quality, non-promotional scientific and health economic exchange with healthcare professionals, payers, decision makers, and other external stakeholders.
- Oversee field medical and HEOR engagement.