Global Head Medical Strategy, Operations & Governance

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Global Head Medical Strategy, Operations & Governance Company:

Ipsen Pharma (SAS)
About Ipsen:

Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas:
Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation. Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries.

We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

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Job Description:

The Vice President of Medical Strategy, Operations & Governance leads a team and plays a pivotal role as a key member of the Medical Leadership Team. In this capacity, they head strategic initiatives to transform and evolve Medical to a Best-in-Class function across all functions and Ipsen's therapeutic areas:
Oncology, Neuroscience, and Rare Diseases. They collaborate closely with R&D, commercial, legal, IT, Quality and corporate communications to ensure co-development and alignment to overall company strategy. This individual will regularly act as a liaison, representing both the function and the company to senior management and external healthcare professionals and supporting the CMO & MLT on strategy, prioritization & decision support.

This key leadership role will play an integral part in our mission supporting the three therapeutic areas, the enabling functions and commercial regions. The successful candidate will oversee a variety of critical functions within the Medical department, ensuring efficient operations, compliance, and strategic alignment. He/she will be responsible for managing the Medical Evolution Roadmap, the annual objectives and KPIs, the budget, the Global Field Medical Strategy, the Medical Governance bodies, overseeing multiple projects, all crucial to the successful implementation of medical strategy.

This individual will need to influence cross-functional teams, develop and execute strategic & operational plans, Field medical excellence and ensure adherence to regulatory standards. Strong leadership, project management, and compliance skills are essential to excel in this role.

Main responsibilities / job expectations Strategic direction of the Medical Roadmap and support the development of the MLT and CMO-Assists the Head of CMO with the development of Global Medical Department strategy, and implementation of Ipsen strategy-Assists the Medical Leadership Team (MLT) to execute, deliver and address organizational needs.

-Builds relationships across the CMO Department and assists with high performance MLT team development and a fully integrated Global Medical department-Lead and/or contribute to CMO transformation/evolution and drive change management within the Global Medical group, ensuring alignment with other DivisionsMLT operational activities

Chairs MLT meetings and with his team ensures appropriate minutes, actions and decisions are captured.  Responsible for structuring offsite meetings to address key topics. Works closely with the CMO EA to ensure effective MLT meeting scheduling and prioritisation. With the engagement of the MLT, drives execution of CMO goal setting and monitoring.  Works closely with the CMO and MLT to ensure CMO priorities and goals are understood and followed, responsibilities are delegated to key staff, and staff are held accountable for their deliverables.  

Ensure that all initiatives identified are worked on and then successfully executed.

Work closely with CMO Communications to ensure effective and efficient communication within CMO and with external stakeholders. Project Management:

Through the team, support the Asset Medical Strategy Coordinate between respective medical teams to ensure effective management and conclude on ongoing projects on time and on budget

In charge of supporting the Therapeutic Areas for the budget, LRP, F1/F2

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to monitor budget performance, identify cost-saving opportunities, and ensure financial transparency

Lead and oversee multiple concurrent projects within the Medical Affairs department, ensuring adherence to timelines, milestones, and objectives

Mitigate risks and implement strategies to overcome project-related challenges

Medical governance oversight:
Oversees governance strategies and the framework of planning, prioritizing, conducting, tracking, and reporting on medical activities that includes:

Due diligence support on acquisitions,Lead on cross functional collaboration…