Executive Director, Scientific Communications

Travere Therapeutics•San Diego, CA

2d•$246,000 - $332,000•Remote

About The Position

Be a part of a global team that is inspired to make a difference in the lives of people living with rare disease. At Travere Therapeutics, we recognize that our exceptional employees are vital to our success. We are a dedicated team focused on meeting the unique needs of rare patients. Our work is rewarding – both professionally and personally – because we are making a difference. We are passionate about what we do. We are seeking talented individuals who will thrive in our collaborative, diverse, fast-paced environment and share in our mission – to identify, develop and deliver life-changing therapies to people living with rare disease. We stick by our values centered on patients, courage, community, and collaboration to pursue our vision of becoming a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the delivery of innovation and hope to patients in the global rare disease community. At Travere Therapeutics, we are in rare for life. We continue to courageously forge new paths as we move toward a common goal of elevating science and service for rare patients. Position summary: The Executive Director, Scientific Communications, provides portfolio-level strategic leadership and governance for Travere's scientific communications function, ensuring publications, medical education, congress planning, and scientific content are aligned to advancing Global Medical Affair’s (GMA) medical objectives. This individual will be a member of the GMA Leadership Team and will serve as the senior point of contact for the function with cross-functional leadership, sets the multi-year scientific communications plan and builds scalable infrastructure to support current and future pipeline assets.

Requirements

PharmD, PhD or MD in a related life sciences discipline. An equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered
12+ years’ experience within a scientific communications or medical affairs function, with demonstrable portfolio-level leadership spanning multiple assets, preferably in rare diseases or nephrology
Significant breadth of experience across publications, medical education, and congress strategy
Embodiment of Travere’s Core Values: Courage, Community Spirit, Patient Focus and Teamwork
Ability to travel 30% of your time domestically and internationally and perform face-to-face work with colleagues and onsite presence in San Diego

Responsibilities

Portfolio-level scientific communications strategy
Lead the strategy and integration of scientific communications across publications, medical education, and congress planning, ensuring a unified, portfolio-level dissemination approach aligned to lifecycle and regulatory priorities
Establish and maintain a multi-year scientific communications plan aligned to pipeline milestones, label expansions, and evidence generation plans
Ensure consistent scientific positioning and narrative alignment across indications, setting the enterprise narrative framework within which GMA operates
Define the function’s approach to digital dissemination, modular content, and responsible adoption of AI-assisted workflows
Synthesize competitive intelligence across the portfolio to inform narrative evolution and dissemination priorities
Own the Scientific Communications function budget, including annual planning, financial forecasting, and expenditure tracking across publications, content, med ed, congress planning, and agency partners
Scientific content development and dissemination
Direct the strategic sequencing and prioritization of publication plans across indications against portfolio-level objectives and regulatory milestones
Set the strategic framework within which congress strategy and medical education operate, ensuring alignment with the scientific narrative and portfolio priorities
Integrate the medical education program (grants strategy, areas of interest, CME/IME compliance) into the broader scientific communications strategy
Drive innovation in scientific communications dissemination, working closely with GMA’s Digital Engagement and Innovation function
Own the enterprise content strategy and framework, defining how scientific content is created, reviewed, versioned, and repurposed across deliverables ensuring version control and reduced duplication
Cross-functional integration
Partner closely with Therapeutic Areas, Market Access, Regulatory, Biometrics, and Commercial partners to translate upstream evidence generation and clinical development plans into dissemination strategies
Align publication and dissemination timing with regulatory submissions, label expansions, and pipeline transitions
Ensure scientific communications consistency across alliance partners (e.g., Vifor, Chugai), including joint publication governance
Team leadership and portfolio readiness
Lead, develop, and hold accountable a Scientific Communications team ensuring clear expectations, actionable feedback, and performance management
Maintain documented succession plans and individual development plans connecting team member growth to business needs
Enable cross-functional capability development across publications, medical education, and congress planning through structured flexibility and development pathways
Oversee resource allocation across assets and functional streams, managing a multi-program team where individuals span indications and deliverable types
Build the systems, agency partner relationships, and governance frameworks needed before new assets enter the dissemination phase
External scientific leadership
Engage key opinion leaders and academic collaborators in publication steering, dissemination advisory, and congress session development, distinct from field medical engagement
Represent Travere in publication and scientific communications forums, contributing to scientific discourse with credibility and authority

Benefits

Our benefits include premium health, financial, work-life and well-being offerings for eligible employees and dependents, wellness and employee support programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with employer match and generous paid time off.
Our competitive compensation package includes a combination of both cash compensation (base pay and short-term incentive) and long-term incentive compensation (company stock), designed to recognize, retain, and reward employees.

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