Associate Medical Director - Paris - Cytokinetics

Description

Cytokinetics is a late-stage, specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class muscle activators and next-in-class muscle inhibitors as potential treatments for debilitating diseases in which cardiac muscle performance is compromised. As a leader in muscle biology and the mechanics of muscle performance, the company is developing small molecule drug candidates specifically engineered to impact myocardial muscle function and contractility.

At Cytokinetics, each team member plays an integral part in advancing our mission to improve the lives of patients. We are seeking tenacious, compassionate, and collaborative individuals who are driven to make a positive impact.

Reporting to the Senior Medical Director France Benelux, the Associate Medical Director France role will not only be customer facing with medical field team responsibility for roll out but also strategic, to support implementation and execution of the devised medical launch strategy for CYTK products in France.

The Associate Medical Director will serve as national lead of a team consisting of scientific professionals who serve as a key field-based scientific resource for healthcare providers, patients, industry partners and internal colleagues. In this role, the individual will lead field medical operations and manage a field-based French Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team.

The Associate Medical Director will collaborate and actively support the cross-functional team with the execution of the medical strategy in France and provide input relevant to France and Europe, based on their local expertise and insights.

The Associate Medical Director will be a key role in the ongoing build out of the wider planned French medical affairs team.

Responsibilities

• Subject matter expert in HCM disease state and its management in France as well as on aficamten and its competitors
• In collaboration with the French Benelux Sr. MD, strategize on the development of the country medical affairs plan and implementation of a field Medical Affairs vision and strategy, in alignment with the company's corporate strategies and objectives.
• Lead field medical operations as the company's field-based Medical Affairs team leader, participating directly in KOL/HCP development and engagement as well as supporting ongoing early and late-stage clinical trials in the region.
• Lead field medical launch-related planning for aficamten (a cardiac myosin inhibitor) being developed for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM).
  • Ensure the MSL team is continuously trained on emerging aficamten data as it's presented at congresses & via scientific publications and incorporate such data into the MSL aficamten Communication Plan.
  • Foster a compliant, cross-functional, customer-centric team approach between the TMS team and other Cytokinetics field-based teams/roles as the company transitions from Research & Development to a Commercial organization.
• Manage and mentor a MSL team while providing strong leadership to develop and motivate the MSL team to meet and exceed key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Clearly communicate national and local TMS goals, objectives, and KPIs. Actively support the TMS team and their efforts by advocating and promoting collaboration within the team, across internal working groups, and with customers.
  • Guide and assist the TMS team in key opinion leader and expert cardiologist engagement in the field and with internal stakeholders.
  • Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with targeted scientific leaders to develop potential scientific and clinical therapeutic ideas related to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and heart failure (HF), including coordination/support of investigator-initiated, non-registration pre-clinical and/or clinical studies.
  • In close collaboration with international and global team establish a CRM system in France and be the responsible person for this in France.
  • Ensure that all MSL interactions and activities adhere to corporate and healthcare compliance guidance, including those related to scientific interactions with internal and external groups, responses to unsolicited requests for medical/scientific information, and discussion of external research.
  • Collect insights from the field and sensitize the MSLs on competitive intelligence.
  • Facilitate a training strategy for disease state and portfolio/pipeline products to enhance MSL team knowledge.
• Maintain clinical, scientific, and technical expertise in cardiovascular medicine.
• Serve as a scientific resource to internal functional areas within Cytokinetics including serving as a member of cross‑functional teams as required.
• Work with Medical Affairs and other internal, cross‑functional colleagues on initiatives including congress planning, medical information, publications, medical education, and speaker training, as well as align priorities around areas of research interest.
• Train and organize the MSL team to effectively support congress activities like booth duty, scientific session coverage, KOL engagement, competitive intelligence collection, etc.
• Support planning, execution and leadership of French advisory boards to gather feedback and input on study design, clinical trial data, clinical experience and medical education.
• Provide medical input and support to the commercial and market access activities for France.
• Ability to travel regularly as required, region wide and globally, as necessary for business needs and development support.
• Collaborate and work closely with all necessary related and associated departments including Marketing, Regulatory, Legal, Market Access and Pharmacovigilance.
• Ensure that any associated needs of health care professionals and other key customers in France are known, understood and addressed in right time and in a compliant manner.

Qualifications

• Advanced Medical or scientific degree (MD, PhD, PharmD)
• 10+ years working at Medical Affairs Manager/Ass. Director level within pharma/biotech
• Demonstrated leadership skills, with a successful track record in managing/coordinating field-based medical teams or medical science liaisons (MSL).
• Experience in Cardiology or related specialities and/or in rare cardiovascular diseases is advantageous.
• Launch experience/expertise, ideally in specialty care is highly advantageous.
• Strong understanding of the healthcare landscape, regulatory environment, and medical practices within France.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in both French and English, with the ability to effectively convey complex scientific information to diverse audiences.
• Proven expertise in KOL engagement, medical strategy, and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with KOLs and HCPs.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and manage time efficiently.
• High ethical standards and familiarity with compliance guidelines in medical affairs.
• Ability to work on their own, take initiative and accountability.
• Strong ability to work remotely and adapt to a changing environment.
• Ability to travel mostly national and, if required, in EU or globally.
• Experience with Veeva or another CRM system.

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