Associate Director, Medical Affairs

Harrow, Inc.

3d•Remote

About The Position

The Associate Director of Medical Affairs will provide strategic and scientific expertise to support the company’s portfolio and pipeline while playing a key role in the execution of Medical Affairs strategy and tactics. This individual serves as a subject matter expert for assigned products while maintaining expertise throughout the company’s entire portfolio. They will be responsible for developing and executing medical plans, engaging with key opinion leaders (KOLs), supporting evidence generation, and ensuring the alignment of medical strategies with clinical and commercial objectives. The role requires a balance of scientific knowledge, strategic thinking, and the ability to build strong relationships both internally and externally.

Requirements

Terminal Degree MD/DO/OD/PhD/PharmD required.
Extensive ophthalmic experience required.
A minimum of 2 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in an internal strategic Medical Affairs role required.
The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English required.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with broad product portfolios is highly preferred.
Successful record of designing and executing clinical trials preferred.
Experience in scientific presentations and medical writing preferred.
Broad knowledge of product development, regulatory requirements, payer landscape, and life cycle management preferred.
Proven ability and experience to develop and foster peer-to-peer, credible relationships with Medical Experts/decision makers.
Working knowledge of the Healthcare System and of the research procedures as well as the ICH guidelines, GCP, and other ethical guidelines.
Strong analytical skills, ability to interpret scientific/clinical literature.
Proficient with MS Office applications.

Responsibilities

Work with medical leadership to develop and execute medical strategies to support Harrow’s product portfolio/disease areas of interest, maintaining alignment with corporate objectives.
Manage Competitive Intelligence reports, tracking clinical studies, publications, and editorials of products in relevant fields of interest for Harrow, providing regular updates and assessments to key internal stakeholders.
Provide medical and scientific input into brand planning, lifecycle management, and clinical development activities.
Serve as a scientific expert across cross-functional teams, ensuring consistent and accurate communication of data and messaging.
Develop high quality analysis of Investigator Initiated Study grant requests to ensure alignment with strategies, acceptable risk/benefit ratios, impact on current and future scientific landscape, and fair market budget assessments.
Partner with Medical Commications and relevant internal and external colleagues to oversee dissemination of scientific data through publications, congress presentations, advisory boards, and symposia.
Serve as reviewer in Medical/Regulatory/Legal panel for all assigned materials to ensure scientific accuracy, alignment with strategic messaging, and that materials are fair and balanced.
Build and maintain strong relationships with KOLs, investigators, medical societies, centers of excellence, and other external experts in partnership with Field Medical.
Represent the company at scientific congresses, advisory boards, and medical education events in partnership with Field Medical.
Provide scientific and medical expertise to external stakeholders, ensuring timely and accurate information exchange in partnership with Field Medical.
Manage Harrow Science’s online and social media presence.
Maintain compliance with all legal, regulatory, and ethical standards.