Senior Vice President, Global Chief Medical Office

Do you want to help people with allergy? Is ensuring the highest standards of patient care to the benefit of people living with allergy your passion? ALK is the world leader in allergy immunotherapy and has for a century developed and provided allergy vaccines to children and adults. We are looking for a global thought leader who wants to shape ALKs future by providing visionary medical leadership and setting the strategic direction for medical services. 

The position
We are seeking a highly experienced and dynamic medical executive to join our Global Research & Development organisation in a newly established senior leadership role as SVP, Global Chief Medical Office (GCMO). In this role, you will act as scientific advisor to the EVP of R&D and the Global R&D leadership team, and your primary objective will be to ensure “one global medical voice” for ALK internally and represent the medical voice of ALK externally. You will be responsible for 2 Medical Affairs teams, 1 team located in the US and 1 team located at our Headquarters in Denmark, and you will be part of the Global R&D leadership team, reporting to the EVP of R&D.

Your primary tasks will be to:

• Provide visionary medical leadership, set the strategic direction for medical services, including patient focused drug development initiatives and ensure alignment with Global R&D strategy. 
• Build strong relationships with the allergy community and promote healthcare initiatives to the benefit of the people living with allergy. 
• Be the medical expert in allergy, immunology and related disease areas. 
• Be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of patient care, maintaining regulatory compliance, and driving medical excellence across ALK.
• Act as a knowledgeable and credible expert and peer in collaborations with external Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), Medical Associations and Regulatory Authorities.
• Chair global advisory boards and Co-chair future global portfolio board.
• Support Commercial Operations as the medical spokesperson in interactions with HCPs.
• Establish a strong collaboration with Medical Affairs teams in Commercial Operations across US, Europe, International Markets and Partner Markets.
• Participate in strategic planning processes, contribute to the development of healthcare programs and services, and evaluate the impact of new initiatives on patient care including shared decision making.
• Stay abreast of all relevant healthcare regulations, guidelines, and industry trends and ensure ALK’s compliance with all relevant regulations and maintain accreditation standards.
• Build and mentor a high-performing organisation, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and collaboration.
• Develop and manage the GCMO functional budget effectively.

Your profile
We expect that you:

• Have a Medical Doctor (MD) degree, Board Certification in a relevant medical specialty (e.g. allergy, dermatology, paediatrics, pulmonary), and eligibility for medical licensure. 
• Are recognised as a global thought leader, a leading voice in defining treatment guidelines and a trusted individual who is called upon by regulators and medical associations to speak and participate in workshops.
• Have strong knowledge of healthcare regulations, reimbursement, and market access. 
• Have proven leadership experience in a senior medical management role within a healthcare organisation and/or biopharmaceutical company. 
• Demonstrate strong, inclusive leadership skills, including the ability to effectively lead, motivate and engage a diverse team of healthcare professionals.
• Possess a visionary mindset and the ability to think and act strategically.
• Have excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and external partners.

Become a part of ALK
At ALK, we go to work every day to make a difference for the many people with allergies around the world. We build upon our strong heritage as a pioneer in allergy immunotherapy, when we continue to innovate, develop and market new products and solutions to help improve the health of people with allergies. Every day, we contribute to our aspiration of becoming the world leader in allergy by doing our best in the pursuit of providing new and better allergy treatments and solutions. We work in a high-energy, international setting where it is imperative that our people thrive and develop. Creativity, influence and equal opportunities are key elements in developing our people.

ALK is a global company with R&D located at our sites in Denmark, Spain, China, Canada and the US. ALK was founded in Copenhagen in 1923 and today we employ around 2,900 people around the world. We are driven by a high level of professionalism and integrity, an innovative and open-minded approach and a strong scientific mind-set contributing to making a difference to people living with allergy.

If you want to learn more about ALK, we encourage you to visit us at www.alk.net. 

Apply
Please apply by attaching your CV and a short letter of motivation.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. Hence, we prefer that you do not add images in your application documents. As we evaluate applications and call for interviews on an ongoing basis, don't wait to apply, we look forward to hearing from you! We reserve the right to take down the job advert when we have found the right candidate.

For further information about the SVP, CMO role, please contact Charlotte Bjørn Armitage, Director/Global P&O Business Partner on +45 21 17 39 41.