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Global Medical Alliance Lead

Israel · Full time

About The Position

Medison is a rapidly growing global pharmaceutical company with a strong global presence, operating in 4 continents and over 35 countries. Our mission is to provide access to highly innovative therapies to patients who suffers mainly from cancer and rare diseases, in many international markets. If you are passionate about making a difference and want to be part of our mission, join us!

The Global Medical Alliance Lead is responsible for leading the medical relationship with assigned strategic partners and ensuring alignment of Medical Affairs activities across Medison's markets. The role serves as the primary medical point of contact for partner organizations and works in close collaboration with the Commercial Alliance Lead and cross-functional Alliance Teams to deliver consistent, high-quality, and value-driven partnership experience.

The Global Medical Alliance Lead drives partner-related medical strategy, planning, and execution throughout the lifecycle of assigned assets, ensuring seamless collaboration between Medison, partner organizations, and local market teams. This includes oversight of medical plans, business reviews, scientific exchange, medical education, insight generation, training initiatives, congress activities, and lifecycle management activities.

The role is responsible for coordinating medical aspects of partner onboarding, product launches, lifecycle management initiatives, periodic governance meetings, and ongoing portfolio optimization efforts. Working closely with regional and local stakeholders, the Global Medical Alliance Lead ensures effective execution of Medical Affairs activities and supports successful commercialization through medical excellence and scientific leadership.

The position collaborates extensively with Medical Affairs, Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory, and other enabling functions to ensure a One Medison approach to partner engagement and asset planning.

The Global Medical Affairs Alliance Lead reports to the Vice President, Medical Affairs.

Responsibilities

  • Serves as the primary medical point of contact for alliance partners, ensuring effective medical collaboration and strategic alignment between partner organizations and Medison.
  • Represents Global Medical Affairs in cross-functional Alliance Team meetings and governance forums, as required.
  • Leads the medical strategy from launch preparation through launch and across the full product lifecycle, ensuring continuous adaptation to evolving evidence, stakeholder needs, and market dynamics. Works cross-functionally to develop and implement significant Global Medical Affairs activities for assets under Therapeutic Area’s scope
  • Collaborates cross-functionally to develop and execute Global Medical Affairs strategies and activities for assets within the assigned Therapeutic Area.
  • Drives alignment on medical strategy, scientific content, and key messaging across functions and regions to ensure a consistent and scientifically robust approach.
  • Leads the design, implementation, and continuous optimization of Medical Affairs initiatives and activities.
  • Develops and maintains the Medical Affairs components of brand plans in alignment with Alliance Leads, partners, and country stakeholders.
  • Oversees the implementation of Medical Affairs activities at the local level through appropriate channels, including scientific events, educational materials, digital platforms, and other engagement initiatives, while monitoring effectiveness and impact.
  • Supports strategic medical education, scientific exchange, insight generation, and evidence-generation initiatives to advance the understanding and value of assets within the assigned Therapeutic Area.
  • Develops and coordinates the Medical Affairs strategy for scientific congresses, advisory boards, symposia, and other medical events within the assigned Therapeutic Area.
  • Provides medical leadership in engagements with alliance partners, key opinion leaders (KOLs), advisory boards, academic institutions, scientific societies, patient advocacy groups, and other relevant stakeholders.
  • Establishes, develops, and manages collaborative relationships with external stakeholders, alliance partners, and vendors to support Medical Affairs objectives.
  • Provides scientific and Medical Affairs expertise to cross-functional teams through the review of medical deliverables, medical information materials, scientific communications, and promotional materials, as applicable.
  • Reviews and approves assigned brand-related medical content, educational materials, scientific communications, publications, and KOL engagement plans.
  • Delivers medical-scientific training and education to internal and external stakeholders, as appropriate.


Requirements

  • Advanced Degree in life sciences such as M.D, PhD or PharmD or DVM
  • At least 6 years of demonstrated regional or global leadership in a pharmaceutical Medical Affairs role.
  • Experience working in the field of cardiology, and Highly Innovative therapies is mandatory
  • M.D with specialty and experience  in the field of cardiology is advantage
  • Experience working on Global Products, engaging with International KOLs, and delivering on a global value proposition for the assets under the Therapeutic Area scope
  • Deep knowledge of pharmaceutical industry dynamics and trends, including a good understanding of the life cycle of a brand from cross-functional perspectives (e.g. marketing, pricing and reimbursement, supply chain).
  • Previous medical affairs experience in product launches, planning across markets and cross-functional coordination,
  • Project management skills and good business acumen.
  • Fluency in English
  • Proven experience in and understanding of multiple regional/country markets
  • Deep understanding of the brand(s)/therapeutic area and the stakeholders’ needs
  • Mobile, willing to travel as needed.
  • Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills, including proven success in communicating ideas to build collaborative work relationships
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to successfully maintain professional and trusting relationships.
  • Advanced interpersonal and negotiation skills, including clear achievements in positively influencing key stakeholders
  • Ability to proactively predict issues and solve problems
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively in complex matrix environments. Ability to drive decision-making and communication within multi-disciplinary, multi-regional, matrix teams
  • Diplomacy and positive influencing abilities
  • Ability to work with senior members of Medison Partners, international vendors, etc.
  • Systemic and strategic approach
  • Ability to learn.
  • Ability to work both as part of a team and independently
  • Creative mind set
  • Great interpersonal skills and ability to build effective connections
  • Ability to be agile handle well with changes
  • Ability to lead in a matrix organization and motivate employees
  • Good  presentations skills  to an audience – in English
  • Good work ethics