Associate Director, Medical Affairs

Accountabilities

• Serve as a scientific subject-matter expert, translating clinical evidence, stakeholder insights, and emerging scientific developments into balanced, actionable recommendations for Medical Affairs strategy.


• Develop and maintain compliant relationships with key thought leaders (KTLs), healthcare professionals, and other external scientific experts.


• Plan and conduct scientific exchanges, advisory boards, roundtables, consensus initiatives, and other external engagements aligned with Medical Affairs objectives.


• Develop KTL engagement plans, define interaction objectives, document scientific insights, and coordinate appropriate follow-up with Medical Affairs leadership.


• Provide scientific coverage at national and selected regional congresses, including program assessment, session prioritization, coverage planning, KTL preparation, insight capture, and post-congress reporting.


• Lead the scientific strategy and execution of Medical Affairs booths, including educational content, scientific exchange, medical inquiry routing, insight collection, and post-congress analysis.


• Partner with Medical Affairs Operations on congress logistics, vendors, contracts, and budget administration.


• Lead or support scientific communications, including medical education materials, congress resources, presentations, standard response letters, FAQs, and other non-promotional materials.


• Support publication activities such as publication planning, literature reviews, abstracts, posters, manuscripts, and white papers in accordance with applicable governance processes.


• Conduct literature surveillance and synthesize relevant scientific, clinical, safety, and competitive developments, identifying implications for evidence generation, education, and stakeholder engagement.


• Aggregate and analyze insights from KTL interactions, congresses, advisory boards, Medical Information, surveys, and research activities to identify evidence gaps, educational needs, stakeholder barriers, and strategic opportunities.


• Represent Medical Affairs on cross-functional teams and provide scientific expertise to Regulatory, Quality, Commercial, and other internal stakeholders as appropriate.


• Serve as a trained and designated backup for defined Pharmacovigilance, Medical Information, and Product Complaint activities, including medical inquiry review or escalation, safety information escalation, and selected product complaint assessments.


• Support continuous improvement across Medical Affairs processes while maintaining high standards of scientific quality, compliance, and risk management.

• Advanced scientific or healthcare degree such as a PharmD, PhD, MD, DO, or another relevant advanced degree.


• Four or more years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience preferred, including experience within Medical Affairs.


• Strong scientific and clinical acumen, including knowledge of medical terminology, clinical study design, biostatistics, evidence appraisal, and interpretation of clinical and real-world evidence.


• Demonstrated ability to critically evaluate and synthesize complex scientific, clinical, safety, and technical information and translate findings into clear, balanced recommendations.


• Strong scientific writing and communication capabilities, including experience developing medical education materials, evidence summaries, abstracts, posters, manuscripts, presentations, and other scientific content.


• Working knowledge of publication standards, copyright requirements, scientific exchange principles, and applicable Medical Affairs laws, regulations, industry guidance, and internal requirements.


• Ability to establish credible and compliant relationships with KTLs, healthcare professionals, and external scientific experts.


• Strong presentation skills and the ability to adapt complex scientific information for scientific, executive, and cross-functional audiences.


• Strategic thinking, sound judgment, and the ability to connect scientific evidence and stakeholder insights with broader Medical Affairs priorities.


• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence cross-functional stakeholders while maintaining appropriate Medical Affairs independence.


• Strong project and program management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities, complex workstreams, and time-sensitive deliverables.


• Ability to aggregate and synthesize insights to identify evidence gaps, educational needs, stakeholder barriers, and strategic opportunities.


• Strong awareness of quality, compliance, and risk, including the ability to recognize and appropriately escalate safety, product quality, and compliance information.


• Prior experience in Pharmacovigilance, Medical Information, or product complaints is preferred; the ability to complete role-based training and provide designated backup support is required.


• Experience with KTL engagement, scientific exchange, congress planning or coverage, and scientific communications is preferred.


• Strong organizational, stakeholder-management, communication, and presentation skills.


• High degree of accountability, adaptability, integrity, discretion, and commitment to continuous improvement.


• Ability to work independently within a lean, cross-functional environment and exercise sound judgment when managing competing priorities and potential risks.


• Fluent English communication skills and willingness to travel overnight up to approximately 20%, including for scientific congresses and external stakeholder engagements.


• Flexibility to occasionally work evenings or weekends when required by congress schedules or external engagements.

• Competitive base salary range of $150,000–$180,000, depending on experience, education, skills, and geographic location.


• Eligibility for an annual performance bonus.


• Comprehensive employee benefits package.


• Remote working arrangement.


• Approximately 20% travel, providing opportunities for scientific congress participation and external stakeholder engagement.


• Opportunity to take visible ownership of high-impact Medical Affairs programs.


• Exposure to scientific strategy, evidence generation, external engagement, and the full product lifecycle.


• Opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals in a collaborative, purpose-driven healthcare environment.


• Meaningful opportunity to contribute to the development and support of potentially life-saving healthcare products.


• Strong scope for scientific leadership, cross-functional influence, and professional growth.

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