General Description:
The Associate Director, Medical Affairs will support the Medical Affairs Department by managing and/or working as part of a multidisciplinary team in activities relating to research studies (Investigator Initiated Studies), educational grants and continuing medical education programs, medical information services, KOL development, and publications. This role will interface with many internal and external stakeholders, including the medical science liaison (MSL) team, commercial personnel, R&D personnel, senior management, research institutions, and outside medical experts. This person will be responsible for successful implementation and optimization of a variety of projects and processes, which may require management of multiple vendors and collaboration with internal and external constituencies. The ability to create, critically review, and track/manage medical and scientific-based communications is central to success in this position.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversee Medical Information, Educational Grants, Investigator Initiated Study, and Publication activities and documents across numerous therapeutic areas. This includes, but is not limited to: creating, reviewing and editing medical documents (i.e. standard response letters, slide decks); establishing, coordinating and participating in grant and research protocol review processes; managing, updating, and refining a central tracking system for activities across the Medical Affairs department
• Manage Medical Affairs budget and contracting, including implementing or developing review and approval processes
• Manage multiple medical education and medical communication vendors  and projects, which includes significant interaction with personnel at professional medical societies
• Participate in projects/relationships with academic institutions, key opinion-leaders and advocacy groups
• Provide comprehensive Medical Affairs updates to senior management and other internal stakeholders
• Participate in Advisory Boards and KOL relationship management

Requirements:

• PhD, PharmD or advanced degree in a relevant therapeutic area
• Significant experience as a Medical Science Liaison is a strong plus
• Minimum 4 years pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience
• Strong scientific writing and editing skills
• Ability to move fluidly between multiple therapeutic areas and multiple departmental functions
• Candidate must be creative, flexible, team-oriented, and have an enthusiasm and energy level commensurate with a fast-paced, small company environment
• 10-20% travel

Please include your name and the position title in the subject line and send your resume to: hr3 [at] questcor [dot] com

Questcor provides competitive salary, bonus and a full range of benefits (100% paid for employee & 90% paid for dependents), 401(k), ESPP and stock options. For more information, you may view our website at benefits.

No recruiters please.