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Position reports to the Executive Director of Medical Communications within WW Medical Neuroscience, Global Medical Affairs and is responsible for the strategy and execution of medical education plans.

Key Responsibilities

The Sr. Manager of Medical Education is accountable for the following:

• Works with Executive Director of Medical Communications & the MA AIMS leads in the identified therapeutic area to collaborate across functions and within the medical matrix to develop and execute aligned medic educational activities.
• Supports innovation, idea generation, and execution of objectives to continually evolve processes, and enhance the value of Medial Communication and Medical Education.
• Works collaboratively and demonstrates leadership within the grants team and the grant review committee(s).
• Supports the development of Medical Communication strategy in the assigned therapeutic area through identifying global medical educational needs/gaps. with consideration of proposed educational needs assessments, learning objectives, adult HCP learner preferences, instructional design, evaluation, and outcomes.
• Reviews medical education grants against approved strategy, utilizing standardized criteria; independently analyzes medical education grants and provides recommendations to management; may decline or approve grants within granted authority.
• Assists with monitoring supported medical education activities and enduring materials, identifying any medical inaccuracies and works with Legal on communication to providers for needed corrective actions, if identified.
• Reviews educational outcomes, identifying key medical insights and unfilled educational gaps to support additional educational needs and resources across medical.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant information sources and key continuing medical education landscape events which may impact medical education policies and procedures (e.g. provider accreditation status changes posted by the ACCME, academic medical center policies).
• Interacts with various functional groups and key stakeholders at mid and senior management levels; develops and maintains collaborative relationships.
• Develops an expertise in medical science for the assigned therapeutic areas, with the ability to translate this expertise into medical education strategy aligned with enterprise needs.
• Medical Education Provider Interfacing and Assessment, in collaboration with the Medical Communications Director: Management/oversight of medical education vendors.
• Communicates with external medical education providers as needed and directed on operational issues, to ensure receipt of interim and final project outcome reports within pre-established timelines and guidelines, disseminating to AIMS leads as needed.
• Tracks status of each project, ensuring receipt of program details prior to activity launch
• Ensures maintenance of live calendar medical education events for Project Coordinator to populate on medical education SharePoint site and to send calendar invites to colleagues.
• Maintains grant and provider historical data, including all grant-related information (outcomes reports, publications, etc.,) evaluations, and monitoring forms.
• Analyzes program outcomes for provider adherence to proposal learning objectives, proposed outcome levels, and estimated vs actual attendance.
• Ensures development and maintenance of medical education therapeutic area-specific activity guides

Expected Areas of Competence

• Demonstrates a high degree of independence, requiring minimal supervision from management to accomplish complex project work assignments. Proactively identifies projects and initiatives for self, and eagerly accepts challenges and new responsibilities.
• Capable of prioritizing multiple tasks to meet project deadlines.
• Able to work effectively in an environment of changing priorities and goals.
• Anticipates needs and emerging issues and proposes solutions, based upon gathered insights and established strategy.
• Engages and energizes employees through communication of goals, priorities, and other business critical information.
• Understands key congresses across the multidisciplinary team.
• Participates in training and understands policies from BMS US Healthcare Law and Compliance to ensure medical education role supports programs that are consistent with ACCME, OIG and FDA guidelines.

Qualifications & Experience

• Advance scientific degree, PharmD, PhD or MD preferred
• 3-5 years of experience working in the pharmaceutical and/or medical education environment.
• Medical Education experience preferred.
• Strong leadership capabilities and project management skills
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a matrixed organization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with direction from management.
• Demonstrated track record of being a team player.
• Ability to successfully interface with senior level colleagues in medical and commercial organization.
• Creativity and innovation displayed in past accomplishments.
• Previous work experience and medical knowledge of the desired therapeutic area preferred, but not required.
• In-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, medical education, and/or medical practice.
• Strong medical or medically related experience to better understand healthcare practitioner educational needs.
• Understanding of ACCME, OIG and FDA requirements for continuing medical education /independent medical education
• Understands medical, legal, compliance environment and changing dynamics for medical education which may impact how responsibilities are conducted.

The starting compensation for this job is a range from $119,820 - $145,200, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility).

The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed.

Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

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