Global Medical Lead Digital Health Solutions

Neurological diseases are highly complex, devastating, and there are still significant challenges in how we understand and treat them. At Biogen Digital Health (BDH), we aspire to transform patients’ lives by making personalized & digital medicine in neuroscience a reality. Leveraging data-science and digital technologies, we drive solutions to advance research, clinical care, and patient empowerment. We stand with our colleagues at Biogen developing pioneering treatments in neuroscience. We believe that now, more than ever, biology and technology should go hand-in-hand to better meet patient needs, while enabling a shift towards more prevention-focused, affordable, and equitable care.

Our team at Biogen Digital Health rejects the status quo and lives by agile principles.

We strive for impact through excellence, innovation, and collaboration. We bravely go where others won’t.

Our people are interdisciplinary, passionate, and champion caring deeply, working fearlessly, and changing lives.

About the role

As Global Medical Lead Digital Health Solutions you will be responsible for Global Medical Affairs activities within the Biogen Digital Health Solutions Team, including the development and implementation of the medical strategy and tactics for BDH Solutions to advance precision and personalized medicine. You will work closely with BDH cross-functional partners and Worldwide Medical Leads (Global, Regional and Local) to execute strategic priorities in data generation, medical education, medical expert engagements, and clinical insights.

With a deep understanding of Digital Health, and extensive Medical Affairs experience in Neurology, you must demonstrate agility to navigate the complexity of our business, in order to identify unmet medical needs within the external landscape and to find solutions in line with the Solutions Playbook across discovery, concept, development, validation and launch.

In this role it is of key importance to achieve the strategic vision and objective to make Biogen a recognized leader in digital health solutions, hence contributing to our corporate vision & strategy – you will report to the BDH Solutions Head of Medical Affairs.

Location: hybrid work from Baar office, Switzerland

What you’ll do

Scientific and medical leadership throughout the development of Solutions with internal and external stakeholders

• Operate as a strong leader to demonstrate how medical can add value for cross-functional colleagues and leaders
• Provide scientific and clinical leadership for external Digital Health partnerships and investments and take a leadership role in innovation discovery assessment
• Partner with internal colleagues as a medical and digital health expert throughout product development including the discovery, design, validation and launch phases
• Develop strong external partnerships with leading KMEs, DOLs, HCPs, PAGs and Payers, in close alignment with BDH and Worldwide Medical colleagues
• Provide and obtain clinical insights to identify and prioritize unmet medical needs aligned to Biogen core strategies through scientific engagement and global medical advisory boards
• Educate the BDH Solutions Team with strong scientific and medical knowledge in Neurology and clinical care pathways

Develop and execute the medical strategy and launch plan across BDH Solutions

• Create a medical education plan, executes global activities and supports affiliate initiatives to support the launch and clinical integration of Solutions
• Identify RWE opportunities using BDH Solutions to address data gaps relevant to Biogen core
• Collaborate with Regulatory on developing and executing post-launch data generation plans for each Solution to meet Digital Medicine / Digital Health platforms requirements
• Manage a publication plan and supports all relevant publication materials, medical communication materials, medical information letters and internal/external medical materials, in partnership with BDH communication colleagues

Optimize the positive impact of BDH Solutions across the globe

• Establish and maintain good working relationships with Global, Regional and Affiliate medical leadership
• Centrally develop and provide resources, materials and tools for regions & countries in partnership with BDH communication colleagues
• Support effective Solutions launches across the regions through go-to-market launch planning in collaboration with BDH Operations Team
• Support reimbursement and market access efforts as appropriate
• Collaborate closely with colleagues (e.g. Legal, Compliance) and partner to solve challenges that will be faced in an innovative and rapidly evolving landscape

Operate in a lean and agile manner

• Manage allocated budget in a prudent and scalable manner
• Identify opportunities for standardization and improved efficiency of processes
• Find creative ways to deploy resources more efficiently

• Education: MD, PharmD, PhD
• Intrinsic passion for advancing human disease understanding and transforming healthcare using digital technologies
• More than 10 years Pharma/Biotech industry experience, including medical affairs (+/- clinical development) or alternatively extensive leadership experience in neurology academic/clinical centers of excellence
• Extensive expertise in the field of Neurology
• Proven capabilities in digital health
• Ability to drive delivery of high-quality results in a demanding growth environment
• Proven external and internal stakeholder management skills
• Deep neurology medical and scientific knowledge and strong medical affairs experience
• Solution driven and proven capacity to deliver and execute complex programs/projects
• Proven ability to define a set of requirements that pinpoint business challenges and identify technical and business changes required to address them.
• Strong work ethic with the drive and willingness to go the extra mile
• An entrepreneurial spirit and creativity that sparks your capacity for building and growing business - we love seeing those side projects and design Experiments
• Experience in managing programs with digital technologies/therapeutics
• Fluent in English

Why Biogen?

Our mission to find therapies for neurological and rare diseases is a unique focus within our industry and this shared purpose is what connects us as a team. We work together to overcome obstacles and to follow the science. We are resilient as we strive to make an impact on our patients’ lives and on changing the course of medicine.

Together, we pioneer. Together, we thrive.