VP, International Medical TTR

Reporting to the Head of Medical Affairs, the VP Medical Affairs – International - TTR will be a member of the Medical Affairs Leadership Team, and responsible for leading the Medical Affairs TTR team in the International region. The successful candidate will lead the medical team, be accountable for the development and execution of country medical plans in the region, and partner with the commercial organization..

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight of the country medical TTR teams in the International region
• Partner with Global Medical Affairs Leaders to ensure country medical plans are developed in alignment with global medical strategy
• Partner with commercial leadership including the country general managers.
• Partner with key stakeholders to define operating principles to guide evidence-based medical affairs activities and ensure all activities are compliant with local laws and regulations
• Set performance metrics for country medical teams, ensuring effective execution of local medical plans in support of global medical strategy
• Partner with global leadership on post-approval evidence generation (e.g. phase 4, investigator-initiated studies, chart reviews) in the international region, aligned with the global evidence generation strategy to address strategic data gaps (e.g. payer data needs)
• Partner with local/regional stakeholders both internally and externally to support reimbursement applications and patient access
• Represent medical affairs team at the International TTR Leadership level and contribute to the development of regional strategy
• Provide medical expertise as needed to assist in the development and execution of compliant commercial activities
• Partner with global medical team and other R&D functions to provide medical affairs input on clinical trial design and support clinical trial enrollment, and execution of early access programs.

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree (PharmD, MD, PhD) with significant demonstrated high-level professional knowledge and skills in the areas of medical affairs and R&D in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry
• Substantial experience in leading teams in medical affairsand managing a diverse team of country leads
• Demonstrated success in fostering effective relationships with KOLs and ability to support the development and execution of medical strategies for multiple products through their life cycle management
• Capable of managing shifting priorities in a rapidly changing and environment
• Demonstrated reputation as a well-respected, dynamic team player
• High degree of professionalism, maturity, and confidentiality
• Strong written and verbal communication skills as well as strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated reputation as a well-respected, dynamic team leader, player and coach
• Capable of managing shifting priorities in a rapidly changing and environment
• Ability to deliver on company global program goals and objectives as they pertain to medical affairs
• Ability to affect positive organizational change at the company and team levels
• Travel will be required (approximately 30%)

About Alnylam: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ALNY) has led the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a whole new class of innovative medicines with the potential to transform the lives of people afflicted with rare and more prevalent diseases. Based on Nobel Prize-winning science, RNAi therapeutics represent a powerful, clinically validated approach to treating diseases at their genetic source by “interfering” with mRNA that cause or contribute to disease. Since our founding in 2002, Alnylam has led the RNAi Revolution and continues to turn scientific possibility into reality.

Our culture: Our people-first culture is guided by our core values: fiercely innovative, open culture, purposeful urgency, passion for excellence, and commitment to people, and these values influence how we work and the business decisions we make. Thanks to feedback from our employees over the years, we’ve been fortunate to be named a top employer around the world. Alnylam is extremely proud to have been recognized as one of Science Magazine’s Top Biopharma Employers, one of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2024 by Newsweek, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and UK – among others.

At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. We are dedicated to building an environment where employees can feel that they belong, can bring their authentic selves to work, and achieve to their full potential. By empowering employees to embrace their unique differences at work, our business grows stronger with advanced and original thinking, allowing us to bring groundbreaking medicines to patients.