**The Position** In this strategic Medical Affairs role, you will lead market development initiatives that shape clinical adoption, support healthcare professional education, and prepare the market for successful product launches. A core responsibility is to identify and optimize external partnerships with clinical research networks, academic institutions, and healthcare organizations to accelerate evidence generation and maximize patient impact. Collaborating cross-functionally with R&D, commercial, regulatory, and regional affiliates, you will ensure medical insights and patient needs are embedded into early asset strategy and global planning. **Tasks & responsibilities** + Proactively identify, evaluate, and engage with key external stakeholders—including academic institutions, clinical research networks, and healthcare organizations—to establish impactful partnerships that support evidence generation and accelerate clinical trial execution. + Oversee the identification and onboarding of high-potential clinical trial collaborators in alignment with the Integrated Asset Evidence Plan, ensuring strategic fit with therapeutic area priorities and geographic needs. + Champion early identification of pipeline assets or indications requiring market shaping. Conduct comprehensive landscape assessments and implement tailored strategies to influence clinical and policy environments. + Design and drive brand-specific market development programs to enhance HCP education, clinical adoption, and launch readiness. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support the planning and execution of evidence generation activities in alignment with strategic imperatives. + Partner with the publication manager to support publication planning and development of high-quality scientific content. Ensure alignment with the overarching medical strategy and facilitate impactful data dissemination. + Actively contribute to brand strategy development by integrating medical insights with commercial objectives, fostering cross-functional alignment and supporting successful product positioning. **Requirements** + Hold an MD or PhD with comprehensive medical affairs background, a solid foundation in clinical drug development, and extensive experience in both international and country-level roles within the pharmaceutical industry, preferably in the US + Bring expertise in fostering external partnerships or driving market development initiatives + Leverage a strong background in Oncology, with in-depth knowledge of the therapeutic landscape and the ability to adapt to evolving treatment paradigms + Demonstrate a track record of success in planning, conducting, and publishing scientific and clinical research, including expertise in epidemiology and real-world evidence (RWE) generation tailored for diverse audiences + Ability to build and maintain strategic relationships with global key opinion leaders (KOLs), international societies, and other external stakeholders to drive influence and collaboration + Exhibit a strong customer and patient-centric mindset, translating insights into actionable strategies that align with organizational goals + Combine an analytical mindset with data interpretation skills to identify treatment gaps, inform strategic decisions, and enhance care delivery + Embrace ambiguity with an entrepreneurial spirit, identifying and evaluating emerging opportunities across new indications, geographies, and customer segments **Ready to contact us?** If you have any questions about the job posting or process - please contact our HR Direct Team, Tel: +49 (0) 6132 77-3330 or via mail: hr.de@boehringer-ingelheim.com Recruitment process: Step 1: Step 1: Online application - The job posting is presumably online until Oct. 17th, 2025. We reserve the right to take the posting offline beforehand. Step 2: Virtual meetings end of September / early October Step 3: On-site interviews beginning mid / end of October All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.