• Job Description

  Req#: 202312-128670

  Medical Affairs Executive Director, National Accounts

  Position Overview

  From the beginning, Genentech has been a team of highly dedicated, passionate individuals. We are a place where people are united around a single purpose and an ambitious vision. Together, we aspire to deliver ever better health outcomes for patients while lowering overall healthcare costs.

  The Medical Affairs Executive Director, National Accounts is a cross-portfolio role, accountable for co-creating and driving an overarching medical strategy across organizations with national scope, including Payers, Federal, National Comprehensive Cancer Network / pathway vendors, Channel, Hospital and Distribution customers with the goal of shaping strategies for optimized access and formulary positioning of Genentech products while at the same time seeking to improve patient outcomes and customer experience. In addition, they will identify opportunities to advance the care continuum and the delivery of healthcare through broad clinical and population health research opportunities that include Real World Evidence (RWE) and the ability to leverage the suite of Roche assets across Flatiron Health, Foundation Medicine, and Roche Diagnostics as appropriate.

  The Medical Affairs Executive Director, National Accounts will have field accountability for key customers and will be responsible for collaborating closely with MED roles focused on local healthcare regions to gain alignment and execute against shared medical goals and ensure national decisions are pulled through at the local level. The Medical Affairs Executive Director, National Accounts will work in close partnership with their commercial National Accounts counterparts to ensure shared accountability across the designated accounts, being fully accountable for delivering on the medical aspects of the business and the overarching customer experience. The Medical Affairs Executive Director, National Accounts is also responsible for leading change management, supporting people development, and identifying enhanced competency opportunities for their team.

  The Medical Affairs Executive Director, National Accounts will provide medical leadership for defined teams to deliver an enhanced end to end customer experience and greater engagement in the delivery of health care solutions, inclusive of patient outcomes, customer satisfaction, and joint value.

  Key Accountabilities:

  1. Deeply understand the unique medical needs of each customer in their clinical, research, and business goals to increase satisfaction, improve outcomes and lower overall healthcare costs

  2. Connect with key medical customers to co-create solutions leveraging Genentech/Roche capabilities (inclusive of our medicines, services, technology, talents) along the healthcare continuum

  3. Prioritize relationships with key access decision-makers in healthcare systems, managed care organizations, payers, and government programs to optimize appropriate coverage policy, pathway inclusion, patient identification algorithms; further developing medically driven mitigation strategies to remove barriers impacting patients access to Genentech products

  4. Define the strategic near and long-term medical vision and direction for the defined National Accounts in order to identify opportunities for collaboration which enhance patient outcomes and experience

  5. Lead and influence national field medical discussions across therapeutic areas to identify and elevate medically focused opportunities, resources, and strategic action across the nation

  6. Act with executive ownership mindset with a focus on a comprehensive medical strategy in order to achieve optimal outcomes for patients

  Key Activities & Responsibilities:

  ● Primary medical point of contact for defined National Accounts to co-create, prioritize,

  plan, and implement mutual beneficial, cross portfolio or population health initiatives that

  are aligned with account and U.S. Medical Affairs (USMA) priorities

  ● Lead development and execution of medical strategy and vision (with local healthcare

  region medical partners) aligned with the broader organization and provide ongoing

  visibility of account plans to all relevant stakeholders

  ● Foster amongst team ongoing awareness of cross-functional disease area leadership

  team and USMA objectives and strategy to integrate into account plans across the

  nation

  ● As needed, facilitate and coordinate Therapeutic Area MSL (TA MSL) touchpoints to

  optimize medical engagements with defined National Accounts customers. Partner with

  TA MSLs for discussions that require deep scientific, technical expertise

  ● Help determine allocation of resources and make investment decisions to maximize

  patient outcomes and customer engagement while delivering value for Genentech

  ● Ability to provide high level scientific engagement across the Genentech portfolio of

  products, to include pipeline presentations across all key disease and therapeutic areas

  ● In partnership with the commercial National Accounts team, establish and manage

  senior stakeholders and C-suite relationships across the defined National Accounts in

  order to better understand their needs and identify insights and opportunities for medical

  collaboration

  ● Identify and co-create research collaboration opportunities across National Accounts

  customers to address key questions in the delivery of patient care

  ● In conjunction with the National Accounts field team:

  ● Identify and establish health outcomes and RWE collaborations that leverage

  capabilities of the nation

  ● Identify scientific research priorities with local healthcare region medical partners,

  other national health services researchers, or through appropriate internal

  stakeholders (medical teams, health outcomes research teams, development,

  etc.)

  ● Collaborate with commercial National Accounts team to ensure appropriate triage

  of commercial opportunities while leveraging medical staff for appropriate

  discussions and support

  ● Support national healthcare market opportunities (e.g., Oncology Care Model)

  ● Represent cross portfolio customer needs, insights and knowledge to other parts of

  Genentech including senior leadership and other internal partners (i.e. cross-functional

  disease area leadership team, medical teams, health outcomes research teams, etc.) in

  order to advance shared goals between Genentech and the customer

  ● Identify, facilitate, and pull through training needs for defined National Accounts team

  and beyond to ensure team members are competent in evolving market landscape

  ● Track National Accounts customer experience, both formally and informally, and use this

  information to enhance customer engagement and medical strategy

  ● Develop and track metrics across the medical portfolio in partnership with commercial

  National Accounts team, when appropriate to include – total number of clinical trials by

  disease area, performance across clinical trials, delivery on research initiatives, clinical

  pathway and guideline implementation and utilization, formulary status, etc. Identify

  opportunities through analytics and ongoing business reviews and using agile

  approaches to adapt medical plans where required

  ● Create and foster a culture that is collaborative and customer centric, and a team that is

  curious about possibility and empowered for action

  ● Lead change and encourage a mindset of experimentation and innovation to continually

  refresh and enhance the customer experience

  ● Attend and represent Genentech through advisory panels, advisory boards and other

  professional and/or policy-making forums to influence the healthcare debate and

  advance Genentech’s mission to be the leading biotechnology company in the U.S.

  ● Comply with all laws, regulations and policies that govern the conduct of Genentech

  activities

  ●This position may be accountable for covering more than one National Account pending

  business needs

  Qualifications

  ● Advanced clinical science degree required (MD, PharmD, MsRPH, PhD, MSN, NP, PA,

  etc.)

  ● 10 years related work experience strongly preferred (managed care/health plan, hospital

  administration, clinical pathway or formulary decision maker, industry experience, etc)

  with demonstrable evidence of successfully partnering with customers and achieving

  shared goals and outcomes

  ● Developing and implementing strategy across complex healthcare environments with an

  ability to influence without authority and mobilize colleagues to action around shared

  goals

  ● Ability to lead complex cross-functional account teams and operating under ambiguity

  without a set playbook, including aligning teams

  ● Strong ability to lead, influence, and work in a matrixed environment regardless of

  reporting structure

  ● Ongoing investment in developing self and others to enable others to achieve their

  potential, deliver ambitious goals or achieve excellence

  ● Excellent understanding of external laws, codes and company policies that apply to the

  healthcare industry

  Genentech Operating Principles

  ● I put the patient first, always.

  ● I am obsessed with meeting customer needs.

  ● I act on behalf of the whole company, not just my team.

  ● I am inclusive.

  ● I build a culture of trust.

  ● I have a growth mindset.

  ● I act with urgency.

  ● I am accountable.

  ● I radically simplify & prioritize for impact.

  ● I follow the science.

  ● I build our reputation.

  Complies with all laws, regulations, policies and procedures that govern the conduct of Genentech activities.

  This position requires significant driving of either a company provided or personal vehicle as

  well as prolonged periods of sitting, both of which are part of the essential duties and

  responsibilities of the role. As a result, Genentech, Inc. (Company) from time to time will check your motor vehicle record for purposes of determining your eligibility for driving a Company vehicle or driving any vehicle on Company business.

  This is a field-based position. Must be willing to travel overnight to meet with customers, internal stakeholders, and attend relevant conferences up to 70% time.

  Colorado applicants are not eligible.

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  Genentech is an equal opportunity employer, and we embrace the increasingly diverse world around us. Genentech prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status and veteran status.

• About the company

  Genentech, Inc., is an American biotechnology corporation which became a subsidiary of Roche in 2009.

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