Therapeutic Area Head Rare Disease

**Title**:
Therapeutic Area Head Rare Disease (f/m/d)

**Company**:
Ipsen Pharma GmbH

Ipsen is a dynamic and growing global specialty-driven biopharmaceutical company focused on innovation and specialty care. We aim to make a sustainable difference by significantly improving patients’ health and quality of life and providing them with effective therapeutic solutions for unmet medical needs through differentiated and innovative medicines in Oncology, Neurosciences and Rare Diseases.

The patient is at the heart of everything we do, and we also care for our employees because they are the ambassadors who truly make the difference. We attract and develop bold, agile, entrepreneurial individuals who take full ownership of their decisions; leaders drawn by a purpose to make a direct impact through their work in people’s lives.

We offer employees a wealth of fulfilling challenges & growth opportunities, and the chance to contribute within a fast-moving organisation, an organisation that is genuinely game-changing. To support our Medical Team in Munich, we are looking for support as:
**Therapeutic Area Head Rare Disease (f/m/d)**

Focus will be on
- Supervise and develop Medical Managers and MSLs, ensuring continuous training and fostering a performance-driven environment
- Manage team objectives, provide feedback, implement KPIs, and improve efficiency through management measures and sharing best practices
- Lead the development and implementation of medical-scientific activities and projects in the corresponding indication area of RD, collaborating with internal colleagues
- Develop and execute the medical-scientific strategy, including evaluating and implementing study and project requests
- Direct and oversee medical science activities such as medical education programs, data collection, investigator-initiated research projects, and phase IV studies
- Ensure successful implementation and communication of planned medical projects and studies within defined timelines and budgets, collaborating with relevant stakeholders
- Build and maintain a network with medical/scientific opinion leaders and researchers, represent the company externally, and ensure appropriate communication of medical/scientific information

Qualification requires
- Human or veterinary medicine or biomedical university degree with doctorate
- Knowledge of internal medicine, gastroenterology, physiology, and Rare Disease (preferred in liver disease)
- Familiarity with drug interactions and relevant international and national laws
- Extensive knowledge of drug approval procedures and regulatory authorities
- Experience in designing and conducting preclinical and clinical studies, particularly in the field of RD (Gastroenterology)
- Experience as an information officer
- Experience in successfully leading and managing a medical/scientific team
- Several years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, specifically in Medical Affairs
- Strong leadership skills and ability to effectively lead and inspire a team
- Excellent coaching and mentoring abilities
- Fluent in German and English

**Offer**:

- A permanent employment contract in an international future-oriented and dynamic company
- A meaningful job with real added value for society and patients
- Personal development and the opportunity to actively contribute to the company's success
- A pleasant and personal working atmosphere
- Communication at all levels and an open corporate culture
- Up to 36 days off and vacation
- Hybrid working and flexible working hours
- Attractive and performance-related payment
- Company health management, sports offers and pension scheme
- Allowance for additional benefits such as mobility, canteen and childcare
- Underground parking and many other benefits