Therapeutic area head

Overview

The Therapeutic Area Head (TAH) is a core member of Genentech’s Scientific Leadership Team and responsible for providing strategic leadership and deep medical insights to drive scientific innovation for the company’s therapeutic portfolio. This is a Vice President-level role and operates in an equivalent capacity as the Chief Medical Officer of a sizable biopharma enterprise.

Overview of US Medical: In US Medical we focus on identifying medical care gaps, answering novel important scientific questions, and educating providers and payers. As a key pillar in the broader Genentech organization, Medical has a pivotal role in bridging internal partner functions (including Research, Product Development, Commercial, and Government Affairs) and collaborating across the dynamic health ecosystem to ultimately identify and close care gaps and deliver better patient outcomes, while making care more accessible and equitable for all.

Summary of the Role of Therapeutic Area Head (TAH): The Therapeutic Area Head (TAH) is a core member of Genentech’s Scientific Leadership Team and responsible for providing strategic leadership and deep medical insights to drive scientific innovation for the company’s therapeutic portfolio. This is a Vice President-level role and operates in an equivalent capacity as the Chief Medical Officer of a sizable biopharma enterprise.

The TAH:

• Plays a key role in new product planning and evaluation of new pipeline opportunities in partnership with our internal partners (Marketing, Market Access)
• Applies an in-depth understanding of the medical strategy and relevant clinical, market and access landscapes, and leads the development of Therapeutic Area-specific priorities and relevant Strategic Medical Plans (SMPs) which are updated annually.
• Partners with the Medical Pipeline Strategy Leadership Team within the Medical Network on realizing our Pipeline Strategy and Pipeline Investment Model.
• Leads the Medical Network (Medical Directors aka Therapeutic Area Leads (TAHs), Medical Science Directors) in developing evidence to understand appropriate use and the potential health economic impact of our medicine, advance comprehensive knowledge of our medical strategy and relevant clinical, market and access landscapes
• Provides critical scientific input as a member of the Therapeutic Area Squads and as a partner to Commercial in terms of scientific expertise.
• Cultivates scientific relationships with Therapeutic Area experts and provides input to advocacy efforts with professional societies, Key Opinion Leaders, and guideline groups. The TAH serves as a key medical spokesperson internally and externally.
• Understands and evaluates the organization’s near- and long-term opportunities and constraints, and builds capabilities with a collaborative, enterprise mindset.
• The TAH is expected to be a coach, strong servant leader, and individual contributor depending on needs of the organization, with demonstrated ability to build high performing teams.

(*) A Therapeutic Area Squad is a small cross-functional team of senior leaders (usually 5 members) responsible for a therapy area or set of products that is accountable for generating the 5-year vision, integrated customer plan, identifying 90-day priorities and enabling small, self-governing teams to design and develop the best solution for the patient/customers. Team composition includes members from Medical, Field, Access, Marketing, and Commercial functions.