M5M5 — Senior Director
Director / Senior Director
Director or senior director with responsibility for overseeing the entire Medical Affairs function and contributing to corporate strategy.
What this level means
Leads multiple functions or a large department; drives multi-year strategy.
- Scope
- Multiple functions or a large department
- Autonomy
- Owns multi-year strategy for the area
- Complexity
- Org-level trade-offs and investment
- Impact
- Multi-function results
- Decision rights
- Owns investment and org design across functions
- Leadership
- Leads directors and managers
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Oversee the entire Medical Affairs function.
- Contribute to corporate strategy and decision-making.
- Develop advanced regulatory strategies and ensure compliance.
- Oversee Medical Affairs function
- Contribute to corporate strategy
- Develop regulatory strategies
- Ensure compliance
- Influence decision-making
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Corporate strategy development
- Executive leadership
- Advanced regulatory strategy
- Compliance management
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Leadership
- Analytical skills
- Corporate strategy development
- Executive leadership principles
- Advanced regulatory strategies
- Compliance management
- Industry standards
- Clinical development
- Business acumen
- Regulatory frameworks
- Corporate Strategy
- Executive Leadership
- Advanced Regulatory Strategy
What good looks like
- Advanced degree in a life sciences or medical field
- Experience in executive leadership and corporate strategy
- Experience in advanced regulatory strategy
- Strong influence in industry standards
Common titles
Senior Director, Medical AffairsMedical Affairs Senior DirectorDirector / Senior Director
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 19-0000 — Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations (inferred)