Senior Director, Medical Affairs - Respiratory
InsmedNJ Corporate Headquarters$273k – $372kPosted 9 March 2026
Job Description
At Insmed, every moment and every patient counts — and so does every person who joins in. As a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with serious and rare diseases, you’ll be part of a community that prioritizes the human experience, celebrates curiosity, and values every person’s contributions to meaningful progress. That commitment has earned us recognition as Science magazine’s No. 1 Top Employer for five consecutive years, certification as a Great Place to Work® in the U.S., and a place on The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list in the UK. For patients, for each other, and for the future of science, we’re in. Are you? About the Role: We’re looking for a Senior Director, Medical Affairs - Respiratory to help us expand what’s possible for patients with serious diseases. Reporting to the Vice President, Global Medical Strategy & Communications, the Senior Director will develop, implement, and lead therapy strategy and planning for Medical Affairs across all geographic regions ensuring a cohesive approach. The Senior Director will also develop and lead medical affairs activities ensuring partnership within the team (medical strategy, scientific communications and publications) all key Medical Affairs functions (Medical Excellence, HEOR, Field Medical, Medical Information) as well as maintaining a high-level cross-functional collaboration across the organization to ensure alignment and One Insmed approach. What You'll Do: In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to establish and shape medical strategy ensuring this fits within the overall company strategy and that cross-functional alignment is attained. You’ll also: Drive the development and execution of Medical Affairs plans by ensuring strategy is reflected in medical plans and that these deliver on critical identified milestones in launch planning. Provide medical leadership input for cross functional partners including clinical, operations, HEOR, and commercial to ensure that there is a strong medical voice represented. Build an external relationship network across therapy area (respiratory) to support the franchise and gain advice. Develop data generation strategy including gap analysis, to evolve product data generation plans and ensure there is a OneMedical strategy. Review publications, help create medical backgrounders, FAQs and standard responses, and develop internal training approach. Develop full thought leader engagement strategic approach and ensuing plan. Partner with Medical Strategy, Regions, and Finance to plan and manage annual budget for medical activities. Ensure a comprehensive and synergistic approach by collaborating across Medical Affairs, Regions, and other functions including Commercial and Development; drive a “One Insmed” and Respiratory Franchise approach. Partner with stakeholders to identify and integrate innovative ideas and best practices into strategies, plans, and activities. Who You Are: You must have an MD with previous experience in pulmonology, leadership experience across Medical Affairs, and 8+ years of overall pharmaceutical or biotech experience. Additionally, you have: Strong knowledge of Medical Affairs and a robust understanding of medical affairs planning with previous launch experience. Demonstrated ability to develop innovative approaches within Medical Affairs. Ability to work independently and thrive as the Medical Affairs representation within cross functional teams. Previous leadership experience in medical affairs and ability to lead by influence within a matrixed team. Proven track record of leading process and operational excellence and developing planning standards. Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders and functions. Strong attention to detail; strategic thinker with ability to connect multiple components. Proven history of effectively driving change. Strong communication skills (written and verbal). Passion for and demonstrated experience in enabling creative p ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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