National Medical Account Director - US Medical Affairs

About this role

The National Medical Account Director (MAD) role is a part of the Medical Market Access Team in US Medical Affairs, a strategic partner within Biogen, that helps inform medical access and care across our therapeutic areas and pipeline to improve meaningful patient outcomes. The National MAD combines scientific expertise with knowledge of US managed care organizations, health care policy as well as health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) to serve as the medically accountable lead for National Payor/Health System Accounts.

This role leads scientific engagement & HEOR Medical strategy and supports business objectives with assigned US healthcare systems and National payer related organizations. As a key member of the Medical Market Access Team, this individual will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders (US Market Access & Reimbursement, Medical Director and Commercial leaders across therapeutic areas, Global Value & Access, Scientific Value & Communications, and Evidence Generation) to enhance overall department asset strategies and department goals, processes and objectives that improve patient outcomes.

Biogen’s priority is to continue to foster and enable a diverse and inclusive workforce – representing age, gender, sexual identity, race, ethnicity, Veterans, and people with disabilities – that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients who we serve.

• Anticipate, identify, and address population level scientific, outcomes research, and health policy needs to develop the long-range planning and execution of the US Medical Market Access strategy for National Accounts.

• As a member of the US Medical Market Access Team, responsibilities include departmental level strategy development and departmental level initiatives.

• Serve as the Medical lead for assigned National Accounts to help drive strategy development and the account engagement and plans together with US Market Access & Reimbursement.

• Engage in appropriate proactive and reactive scientific exchange to disseminate scientific and health economics/outcome information to national health systems, leveraging scientific expertise, work experience, and knowledge of managed care to achieve desired access goals.

• As a medical and scientific expert, you will build strong relationships to help Biogen understand customer needs and facilitate approaches to real-world evidence (RWE) consistent with approved therapeutic area research plans.

• Collaborate with cross-functional field-based and home office-based medical and commercial colleagues to orchestrate and elevate Biogen’s ability to meet customer needs with the highest levels of quality and customer-focused support.

• Be highly accountable to qualitative and quantitative medical excellence performance goals, standards and measurements. Deliver against engagement plans for key decision makers by managing and deploying resources in collaboration with field and non-field colleagues.

• Capture and report medical insights with the highest level of consistency and accuracy to help inform the medical and clinical strategies.

You are a scientific or clinical professional with a passion for science and expertise in health systems delivery and National-level payers of patient care. You have a marked curiosity about healthcare and business opportunities and an ability to translate scientific priorities to access strategies that improve the care of patients. You keep patients, payers and physicians top of mind in your daily work and collaborate to solve critical scientific and business challenges.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a Managed Care/PBM, VA/DoD, CMS, State Medicaid, health care consulting, pharmaceutical industry or related environment with a managed market /outcomes focus.

• Experience in a field based Medical Affairs or Market Access role working with payers.

• Advanced scientific or clinical degree (preferred Pharm
  
  D, PhD, MD, DNP).

• Excellent communication and formal presentation skills, organizational skills and ability to effectively manage several projects simultaneously.

• Able to work independently in field location (with 60%…