Medical Affairs Director – Movement Disorders

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic medical leadership for Multiple System Atrophy (MSA).

• Support launch readiness and execution across the U.S. Medical Affairs organization.

• Shape and advance U.S. medical strategy utilizing scientific evidence and insights from external stakeholders.

• Collaborate with Commercial, Patient Advocacy, Market Access, Regulatory, Clinical Development, Pharmacovigilance, and other stakeholders to co-create launch strategies.

• Assist in launch readiness, lifecycle planning, and integrated evidence generation strategies.

• Convert clinical data and scientific insights into stakeholder engagement and brand-planning strategies.

• Establish and maintain relationships with investigators, KOLs, advocacy leaders, and healthcare professionals.

• Represent U.S. Medical Affairs in scientific forums and stakeholder engagements.

• Keep track of disease-area trends, competitor activities, and policy developments.

• Develop and implement an integrated U.S. medical communications strategy.

• Co-create the scientific narrative, clinical value story, lexicon, data story, key messages, evidence summaries, and communication themes in collaboration with Global Medical Affairs.

• Oversee U.S.-specific publication strategies and priorities.

• Organize and implement U.S. congress activities, including data rollouts, abstracts, posters, oral presentations, symposia, booths, and communications.

• Create stakeholder mapping and engagement plans.

• Manage U.S. medical materials, slide decks, FAQs, scientific response documents, congress assets, field medical materials, training content, data visualizations, and digital scientific content.

• Support Field Medical scientific readiness and training.

• Act as a medical reviewer in the promotional review process.

• Oversee medical writing agencies, publication vendors, freelancers, congress vendors, budgets, timelines, and deliverables.

• Drive cross-functional alignment, scientific excellence, external engagement, and execution of the U.S. medical strategy.

⛳️ Requirements

• Accredited advanced scientific or clinical degree (MD, PharmD, PhD or MS).

• 5+ years of progressive, non-field-based Medical Affairs experience within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, or at an agency supporting these sectors.

• A minimum of 2+ years contributing to medical strategy development, launch readiness, scientific communications, publication planning, and congress management.

• Experience in designing and executing Medical Education programs (CME and non-CME).

• Strong understanding of clinical trial data, evidence generation, publication practices, and therapeutic-area strategies.

• Experience in developing publication plans, congress materials, scientific platforms, and medical content.

• Knowledge of compliance requirements, publication ethics, and medical/legal/regulatory review processes.

• Experience serving as a medical reviewer for promotional materials.

• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making capabilities.

• Proven experience in building collaborative cross-functional relationships and influencing without formal authority.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Exceptional communication skills for articulating complex scientific information clearly and persuasively.

• Demonstrated integrity, professionalism, and a commitment to ethical standards.

• Authentic, long-term engagement within the rare disease community.

• Capability to collaborate with patient advocacy groups, patients, caregivers, clinicians, and industry stakeholders.

• Deep understanding of rare disease best practices, access and policy considerations, media engagement, and patient support ecosystems.

• Strong external network among rare disease leaders, clinical societies, and alliances.

• Highly proactive and adaptable leadership in evolving, data-limited environments.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 35% domestically; occasional international travel may be required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for a 25% bonus target based on company and individual performance.

• Opportunity to participate in the company’s long-term incentive plan.

• Flexible paid time off (PTO).

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision health benefits.

• Company match for 401k contributions.

• Reasonable accommodations during the employment application process.

• Commitment to equal employment opportunity in the workplace.