.**Overview**At the heart of QIAGEN's business is a vision to make improvements in life possible.We are on an exciting mission to make a real difference in science and healthcare. We are still the entrepreneurial company we started out as and have today achieved a size where we can bring our full power to many initiatives and to our presence across the globe.Our most valuable asset are our employees - more than 6000 in over 35 locations around the world. Our ambition is to ensure we have outstanding and passionate people working in the best teams and we are constantly looking for new talent to join us.There are few players who have shaped the world of modern science and healthcare as much as QIAGEN,and we have only just started.If you are looking to advance your career, are seeking new challenges and opportunities, enjoy working in dynamic, international and diverse teams and want to make a real impact on people's lives, then QIAGEN is where you need to be.Join us. At QIAGEN, you make a difference every day.**Position Description**The Senior Director, Medical Affairs- Infectious Diseases primary role is to provide medical and scientific leadership in positioning QIAGEN's molecular & immune diagnostic platforms a within the infectious disease area across three business franchises. The position will also ensure coordination of medical safety and medical information services under the supervision of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO). The incumbent will also oversee and work with medical directors in provision of internal and external education, identification of Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) in the field and execution of an Investigator Initiated Study programme (IIS).The position is an exciting opportunity for MD, PharmD,microbiologist or life science graduate with experience in infectious diseases management including diagnosis and understanding of patient pathways. The incumbent will work very closely with all business areas and regions and be part of a Global Medical Affairs team with direct reporting to the CMO.**Key Responsibilities****_ Ensure & Provide Medical Knowledge and Evidence across franchises (immune, PCR, syndromic) in coordination of area specific Medical Director_**- Provide formal presentations on clinical utility and value of QIAGEN's ID molecular diagnostics solutions to hospital, laboratories and other settings of relevance in support of medical directors- Lead specific scientific and medical areas within the Global Medical Affairs Team ensuring state of the art scientific insights and assessments.**_ Establish and oversee a medical safety board across clinical,medical and regulatory functions _**- Responsible and accountable for establishment of a medical safety board to be chaired by CMO and comprehensive of clinical, medical and regulatory functions- Coordinates medical director input into complaint handling and contributes to optimal benefit-risk profile
