Field Medical Director

Position Summary

The Field Medical Director (FMD) is a field-based healthcare professional with extensive knowledge of the infectious disease, medical, and clinical practice environment. The FMD develops and maintains professional relationships with prioritized integrated delivery networks (IDNs), national reference laboratories, Centers of Excellence, and Centers of Reference. The FMD develops and executes strategic partnerships with professional societies (IDSA, SHEA, ASM, SIDP, MAD-ID, etc.) and organizations (CDC, APHL, ARLG, etc.) through collaboration, insights gathering, and evidence generation activities. They are responsible for gathering insights and providing strategic direction for medical plan development and execution in North America. 

This role is instrumental in nurturing relationships with key opinion leaders (infectious disease, microbiology, molecular, and immunoassay), supporting medical priorities related to pipeline and launched medical diagnostic solutions across disciplines to demonstrate medical value for prioritized disease states. The FMD supports internal stakeholders in Global Medical Affairs, Market Access, and Government Affairs, among others. They function strategically and advise complex healthcare networks in value-based care initiatives across our portfolio. The FMD is instrumental in capturing the voice of healthcare providers, synthesizing feedback to inform active participation in the product development, launch, and implementation process. 

Primary Duties

1. Lead strategic clinical liaison efforts with professional societies and advanced healthcare systems.
2. Provide strategic North America Medical Affairs support for Global Medical Affairs, Government Affairs, and Market Access.
3. Support customer-centric success for pre-market and peri-launch bioMérieux products and collaborations. 
4. Gather insights and lead refinement of global medical plans to reflect U.S. priorities, ensuring capabilities and resources are available to execute strategies. 
5. Support Key Opinion Leader development, retention, and output. 
6. Host and facilitate scientific engagements to build relationships with the clinical community.
7. Engage with professional societies to represent bioMérieux and map influencers. 
8. Support external partnerships with third-party collaborators focused on elevating medical value for patients (CDSS companies, CROs, NGOs, etc.). 
9. Bolster evidence and education to build commercial competencies for Antimicrobial Stewardship with a focus on implementation, evidence generation methods, and Data and IT solutions. 
10. Guide evidence generation activities to support strategic plans for diagnostic and software solutions. 
11. Advise customers on medical value and impact of data services across our portfolio. (CLARION, FIREWORKS, MAESTRIA, TRENDS, EpiSeq, CDSS, etc.) 
12. Provide strategic inputs for education development, articulating an effective engagement strategy. 
13. Maintain professional licenses and certifications. Stay up-to-date on relevant scientific content via conference attendance and continuing education. 
14. Complete all required training, compliance, professional development, and performance evaluations in a timely manner. 
15. Perform all work in compliance with company quality procedures and standards.
16. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education, Training & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required in life sciences, healthcare or clinical sciences.
• 7+ years of relevant clinical, laboratory, or healthcare experience, with experience demonstrating progressive leadership, influence, or responsibility.
• Clinical or clinical laboratory experience required. Relevant clinical experience may include patient-focused practice in areas such as infectious disease, critical care, emergency medicine, pharmacy, or other hospital/health-system settings. Relevant clinical laboratory experience includes roles involving clinical microbiology, diagnostic testing, laboratory medicine, or oversight/management of a hospital clinical laboratory.

Preferred Education, Training and Experience

• Advanced degree strongly preferred: PhD, PharmD, NP, PA, DCLS, MD/DO, or similar relevant advanced degree.
• MSL/field medical affairs experience preferred, particularly experience involving HCP/KOL engagement, scientific/medical education, insights gathering, and field-based medical strategy.
• Clinical microbiology board certification or similar relevant clinical laboratory credential is preferred for candidates whose background is primarily in clinical laboratory medicine.
• Experience in infectious disease diagnostics, microbiology, molecular diagnostics, immunoassay, or related diagnostic areas is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

• Consistently upholds and reflects the core ethical principles and values that bioMérieux promotes.
• Perspective to see the world from another person's viewpoint thus gaining new insights and finding creative solutions to challenges. 
• Leading without authority through influence and guidance of others towards a common goal by using expertise, persuasion, and personal qualities to inspire action. 
• Priority setting that aligns with business objectives. 
• Learning agility to be able to learn from experiences and apply that knowledge to new situations. 
• Problem solving to find solutions to complex business challenges.
• Skilled in MS Office tools to include but not limited to Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel. Intermediate: applies skills independently in most situations; handles moderately complex tasks with occasional guidance.
• Situational awareness to internal and external customers within accelerated and emerging business environments. 
• Ability to lead in a matrix environment; managing without authority. 
• Presentation and advanced communication skills in a B2B and B2C environment; comfortable and proficient with presenting to executive leadership groups. 
• Strategic thinker, persuasive idea advocate, persistent pursuit of priorities, creative problem solver. 
• Self-directed work ethic. 

Working Conditions

• Ability to remain in stationary position, either sitting or standing, for prolonged periods.
• Ability to ascend/descend stairs, ladders, ramps, etc.
• Domestic Travel: 40%
• International Travel: 5%