Scientific Director, Fertility

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join EMD Serono. Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans — so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet.

That’s why we are always looking for curious minds see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us. United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life.

Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe. This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Location:

The Scientific Director, Fertility is remote position based in the United States. Up to 50% domestic and international travel will be required for this role.

Your Role:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Scientific Director to join our Fertility US Medical Affairs team, to support the Fertility organization across in-market and launch products. Reporting to the Senior Medical Director, Fertility, this role will be pivotal in driving local scientific evidence generation, planning and execution that complement global clinical and real-world evidence that will deepen our scientific leadership in the fertility market.

The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of the fertility landscape and proven track record in data generation and medical affairs. By leading evidence generation activities, the Scientific Director will enhance the understanding of the fertility portfolio value proposition, supporting portfolio success in a competitive market.

• Lead US Fertility Strategic Evidence Generation Planning:
  Collaborate closely with the Fertility TA Head, Fertility Medical Director team, North America Evidence and Value Development team, Clinical Development (R&D), and Global Medical Affairs, to develop and implement comprehensive evidence generation strategies for the Fertility organization across clinical studies, real-world evidence studies, and patient experience focused studies; includes short- and long-term strategic planning to evaluate and address evidence gaps using a multitude of evidence generation approaches including company-sponsored studies (CSS), collaborative research studies (CRS), and investigator-sponsored studies (ISS);
  
  set strategically aligned, annual areas of interest for ISS; strategic contributor to annual Medical Affairs brand plans.
• Lead Clinical Evidence Generation Execution:
  Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including clinical development and clinical operations, to execute and monitor US-driven/supported CSS, CRS and ISS, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and alignment with company objectives.
• Engage with External Experts:
  Cultivate relationships with researcher, authors, editors and key opinion leaders (KOLs), academic institutions, professional societies, patient advocacy groups and other external parties to gather insights on evidence needs and facilitate their involvement in clinical studies and execute the publication strategy.
• Present at Conferences and Meetings:
  Represent the organization at scientific conferences and meetings, delivering presentations on research findings and advancements in fertility, while engaging with the scientific community to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange.
• Analyze and Interpret Data:
  Proactively identify data gaps within existing clinical trial, real-world study, and patient experience data to inform and drive strategic research…