Senior Medical Director, Medical Affairs; Virology and Rare Diseases

The Senior Medical Director, Medical Affairs (Virology and Rare Diseases) (Finance)

The Senior Medical Director provides global medical/scientific leadership for assigned assets, serving as a subject matter expert and strategic partner across cross‑functional teams. This is a global individual‑contributor role with asset‑level accountability, responsible for executing medical strategy in alignment with global therapeutic area and global medical affairs strategies. The role has primary responsibility for virology, and rare disease assets, with flexibility to expand as the portfolio evolves.

The Senior Medical Director partners with Global Medical Affairs leadership and regional teams to support Medical Affairs objectives, while portfolio‑level prioritization and cross‑asset decisions remain with Global Medical Affairs leadership.

• Provide end‑to‑end global scientific leadership and medical strategy for assigned assets, including accountability for asset‑level Medical Affairs budgets, tracking, and compliance in alignment with Global Medical strategy.
• Develop and maintain the global scientific narrative, scientific platform, and long‑term positioning for assigned assets.
• Lead global scientific dissemination for assigned assets, including publications, congress strategy, and core scientific content modules, in alignment with publication governance.
• Provide medical leadership and scientific input into evidence generation activities, including Integrated Evidence Plans and lifecycle evidence planning, in partnership with Evidence Generation and Development teams.
• Provide medical leadership and input into clinical development programs, including early opportunity assessment, regulatory‑facing activities, and lifecycle management for assigned assets.
• Lead external scientific engagement for assigned assets, including KOL strategy, advisory activities, investigator‑initiated research, and partnerships with external experts and advocacy groups.
• Provide medical leadership across cross‑functional teams to ensure global launch readiness and effective enablement of global and regional Medical Affairs teams.
• Contribute to building global Medical Affairs capabilities and ways of working, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory, ethical, and quality standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Medical Doctor PhD/Pharm
  
  D level in biological sciences.
• Minimum 12 plus years relevant experience with a solid track record of achievement in a pharmaceutical company in Medical Affairs including experience in launching a new asset.
• Experience in Virology including COVID‑19, Rare Disease and/or Vaccines is strongly preferred.
• Experience strategizing and overseeing development of publications and scientific communications.
• Willing to be flexible regarding specific product responsibility.

• Strong interpersonal, communications and presentation skills. Ability to effectively communicate with employees at all levels in the organization.
• Ability to be adaptive to switch therapeutic areas as deemed necessary.
• Strategic thinking and innovation mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and lead through influence in a matrixed environment and across geographies and culture.

• Willing to travel - approximately 20‑25% - domestically and internationally.
• Must live a commutable distance to the US Corporate Headquarters in Florham Park, NJ. Office presence required 50% per month, at least 2‑3 days per week.

The base salary range for this full‑time position is $280,000 – $325,000. Individual pay is determined by several factors, which include but are not limited to: job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The range does not include the comprehensive benefits, bonus, long‑term incentive, applicable allowances, or any additional compensation that may be associated with this role.

Shionogi Inc. is an equal opportunity employer supporting individuals with disabilities and veterans. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment opportunities based on valid job requirements without regard to race, color, religion, sex…