Associate Director, Medical Affairs (West Coast)

BIOCODEX•Los Angeles, CA

21h•$160,000 - $200,000•Remote

About The Position

Biocodex is a French family-owned pharmaceutical company headquartered in Gentilly, near Paris, France. The company was founded in 1953 to develop and market the world’s first probiotic yeast strain, Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745®, discovered in 1923. Building on relationships established for nearly 70 years with healthcare professionals, the Biocodex teams work daily for the health of all and focus their activities around three main areas: Microbiota, Orphan diseases, Women’s health. With more than 1,800 employees, Biocodex generated net revenues of above €634 million in 2024, including 32% in France and 68% internationally. The group is present in more than 100 countries through wholly owned subsidiaries in 17 countries and a network of distributors worldwide. Associate Director, Medical Affairs This position is REMOTE West Coast Territory includes California, Washington, Oregon Candidates must reside within the territory with preference given to those residing in the Los Angeles area. Act with Purpose. Innovate with Care. At Biocodex, we believe we can be global without being impersonal, demanding without being rigid, and innovative without losing sight of care. As a human-sized pharmaceutical company, we operate with high standards, a strong team mindset, and a clear ambition: to create meaningful, lasting impact. Here, you can own your role, grow your expertise, and be fully yourself. We’re not looking for cookie-cutter profiles. We’re looking for strong expertise, fresh thinking, and people who want to build something that matters. Why This Role Matters: The Associate Director, Medical Affairs will serve as a liaison to the medical/scientific community and will be responsible for establishing, developing, and maintaining relationships with prominent experts in pediatric neurology and in epilepsy within the geographic area of coverage. This position reports to the Director, Medical Affairs.

Requirements

A reliable team-player with strong organizational, project management, detail oriented, and communication skills
Proactive work style
Ability to be resilient, flex, and adapt to internal and external change
Work collaboratively across the organizations
Autonomous and ability to work in fast-changing and multi-tasking environment
Ability to manage and communicate in a scientific and medical environment
Strong management and leadership capabilities
Excellent writing skills
A valid unrestricted driver’s license
The US Field-Based position is associated with a minimum of 60% time in the field while- customer facing
Advanced scientific degree preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD), and will consider DNP, or clinically equivalent if appropriate experience (e.g., APRN, PA , RPh)
Minimum of 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry (preferred) as a field-based medical position (MSL or similar) to provide strategic and scientific/medical direction to national/regional business unit functions
Knowledge of FDA Regulations and Medical Affairs SOPs and Guidelines
Ability to respond appropriately to needs of key stakeholders and manage expectations; excellent project management skills and follow through
Excellent data analysis skills; strong understanding of clinical databases
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and exceptional interpersonal skills
Ability to work under deadline in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of flexibility
Excellent problem-solving skills required
Ability to effectively facilitate meetings and cross-functional teams
Project management experience (timelines, documents, reporting) preferred

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience in rare disease; and/or neurology or pediatrics.

Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and manage professional relationships with Key External Experts (KEEs) to organize networks at state levels within their designated region
Ensure the appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding marketed and pipeline compounds in a timely, ethical and health care provider (HCP)-focused manner
Implement clinical and educational strategies in collaboration with other company colleagues for designated HCPs/KEEs. This includes organizing medical and scientific training sessions, conferences and symposiums in medical centers and during scientific congresses in the US
Contribute to an efficient organization of medical communication activities for the marketed drug
Execute and support department projects as directed by the Medical Officer.
Report pharmacovigilance (PV), product quality (PQ), or medical information (MI) requests within 24 hours, per the Standard Operating Procedures for PV, PQ, and MI reporting
Ensure competitive and scientific intelligence is communicated to medical and leadership team
Input of all KEE/HCP interactions in company’s software platform(s) in a timely manner. The minimum requirement is weekly input
Work to pair our KEE/HCP educational and research questions with the latest emerging data in response to specific healthcare professional inquiries
Providing clinical and value-based input into Biocodex communications and materials, as directed by Medical Officer
Medical Affairs Insights Lead with report generation
Specialty Pharmacy data generation and Medical Affairs liaison
Standard HCP (Health Care Provider) Response Letters: organization and updates
Recurring updates to Medical Affairs deck updates
Medical Affairs lead on Inpatient ordering program
Medical Affairs lead reviewer for PRC (promotional review committee) and MRC (medical review committee)
Expanded geography and key HCP responsibilities