Senior Director, Team Lead - U.S. Medical Affairs, Payers & Health Systems

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## Senior Director, Team Lead - U.S. Medical Affairs, Payers & Health Systems Apply:
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End Date:
October 7, 2026 (13 days left to apply):
R418888
** Job Description
** The Senior Director, Team Lead (TL) U.S. Medical Affairs (USMA) for Payer & Health Systems (PHS) position resides in the Value & Implementation (V&I) organization, which includes Global Medical and Scientific Affairs as well as Outcomes Research.  The primary role of this position is the leadership, management and accountability of a team of PHS  Medical Affairs Directors (PHS MADs). The PHS TL drives strategic clarity, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration to enable impactful scientific engagement and insight generation.

They are a key leader responsible for guiding, coaching and developing PHS MADs to execute high-quality scientific and medical activities in alignment with USMA and enterprise priorities. This position holds responsibility for the field execution of the PHS medical affairs strategy, and prioritization of the company’s portfolio across various payer and health-system accounts [e.g., health plan, pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), integrated delivery network (IDN)].

A critical part of the role is the ongoing interface with other medical affairs and commercial account management leadership around medical account management and execution.  The PHS TL ensures all work reflects our company’s commitment to scientific integrity, ethical leadership, and patient-centered value.
** Responsibilities and Primary Activities*
* ** Leadership and Management*
* * Recruits, onboards, trains, leads and manages a team of field-based health systems Medical Affairs (MA) professionals.
* Manages all aspects of the performance management process, including assessment of PHS MAD performance to objectives and competencies. Accomplishes assessment via field observation/coaching visits, call discussions, feedback, and field metric analysis. Develops and monitors personal development plans for each PHS MAD.
* Oversees portfolio product launches and in-line product medical affairs plans, including the execution of the plans by the team, ensuring appropriate, balanced support of the PHS portfolio prioritization and account segmentation via the PHS MA plan (MAP).
* Provides insights back to headquarters (HQ) from internal and external stakeholders across the entire health-systems continuum.
* Effectively communicates and coordinates with Commercial, Country MA, V&I Global Medical and Value Capabilities (V&I GMVC), and V&I Outcomes Research (V&I OR) leadership to oversee strategic account plans and associated medical account plans; ensures execution of medical activities in alignment with agreed plans.
* Collaborates with Commercial colleagues to ensure national and regional medical account coverage in the evolving health-systems landscape.
* Maintains a macro view of the healthcare landscape to appropriately develop and allocate our company MA resources to best address key opportunities and threats.
* Facilitates communication with senior HQ leadership to ensure successful execution with key national and regional accounts.
* Represents PHS team on internal cross-functional work streams.
* Ensures that all team members comply with the intent and application of regulations and company policies in the field environment.
** Strategic Planning and Project Management*
* * Supports the PHS Executive Director Medical Affairs (PHS EDMA) and PHS Payor & Access Strategy Lead (PHS PASL) in developing and executing the PHS MAP across the full company portfolio and across key account segments (e.g., payer, IDN, government).
* Leads the medical account planning and management process across…