Director Scientific Communication & Medical Information Int'l Partnership

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals • Princeton, NJ

120d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director will play a critical role as Medical Affairs primary point of contact for international partnerships (Named Patient Sales [NPS] program) in assigned geographies outside of North America and Europe for Acadia products, particularly rare diseases franchise. This individual will be managing Medical Affairs initiatives of the international NPS program; ensuring appropriate medical content are shared for scientific exchange as well as for responding to escalated Medical Information inquiries. This multi-skilled role will be a key cross-functional interface between Acadia headquarters and partner markets. The successful candidate will be both strategic and operational and participate in regional/key market activities.

Requirements

• Requires a PharmD, PhD, or MD degree in a scientific discipline.
• Targeting 7 years of Medical Affairs experience in pharmaceutical/biotech experience required, with 5 years in Medical Affairs/Scientific Communications/Medical Information.
• An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.
• International experience within Medical Affairs/Sci Com/Med Info is preferred.
• Experience with rare disease/neurology is preferred.
• Ability to work across multiple functions, geographies and business cultures.
• Experience in literature searches, literature evaluation, and drug information concepts.
• Experience in developing medical content for scientific exchange and in response to Medical Information requests.
• Experience in MLR and MRC.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of the legal and regulatory environment of pharmaceutical industry desired.
• Thinks and acts with urgency while considering the broader impact on the organization.
• Confidently executes on and communicates decisions and rationale.
• Anticipates risk and implements strategies to avoid potential problems. When appropriate, elevates to supervisor and other appropriate functional leaders as needed.
• Ability to travel, including international travel.

Responsibilities

• Manages Medical Affairs initiatives with partners of the international NPS program; ensuring Medical strategies are shared and discussed for alignment
• Works across matrix teams and regions to ensure relevant insights are considered for overall strategy development
• Coordinates with Learning & Development on training needs (onboarding as well as continued training as new data becomes available)
• Maintains and coordinates transfer of appropriate Medical Content for scientific exchange and for responding to Med Info inquiries for international partnerships
• Manages escalated Med Info inquiries from partner markets and ensures accurate and timely responses
• Coordinates with Medical Affairs colleagues and internal stakeholders in the development, review and approval of Medical Content for partner markets, as needed
• Maintains understanding of product knowledge and labeling, associated disease states, relevant literature, treatment guidelines, competitor information, and marketing strategies and tactics for assigned therapeutic area(s)
• Acts as a subject matter expert to the partners to provide timely up-to-date scientific and clinical information necessary to make impactful business decisions
• Contributes to the development, review and implementation of long and short-term strategies to optimize assigned partner markets for future and current products
• Develops and maintains a strong working relationship with the partners, ensuring alignment with program objectives, timelines, and quality standards aligned to global and medical affairs strategy
• Collaborates with local, regional and global cross-functional teams to address program requirements and challenges
• Collaborates learnings and best practices with leadership, headquarters and with partners
• Other responsibilities as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees