Vice President, Head of Medical – Cardiology, Obesity, Renal and Endocrinology (CORE)

Azurity Pharmaceuticals•Raleigh, NC

59d•Hybrid

About The Position

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com . Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.

Requirements

Advanced degree required: MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent medical/scientific degree.
15+ years of experience in Medical Affairs strategy roles within pharmaceutical or biotech organizations.
Expert understanding of life cycle management processes
Demonstrated Medical Launch success within pharmaceutical and/or biotech organizations
Significant experience in cardiology, endocrinology, metabolic disease, or related therapeutic areas.
Demonstrated leadership of portfolio- or franchise-based medical strategy, including oversight of senior medical leaders (e.g., Medical Directors).
Proven success partnering closely with Commercial Brand leadership and Portfolio Management in a compliant, matrixed environment.
Experience supporting multiple launches, indications, or lifecycle expansions in global markets.
Strong scientific and clinical acumen across cardiometabolic and related therapeutic areas.
Strategic portfolio-level thinking with the ability to translate science into long-term medical and business value.
Proven people leader with experience developing Medical Affairs professionals.
Excellent executive communication, influence, and stakeholder-management skills.
High ethical standards, patient-centric orientation, and commitment to scientific excellence.

Nice To Haves

Experience across cardiovascular, diabetes, metabolic, or endocrine disorders.
Experience working across US and international markets.
Prior experience in organizations with franchise or portfolio operating models.
Experience incorporating real-world evidence, outcomes research, or health economics into medical strategy.

Responsibilities

Own and drive end-to-end medical strategy across cardiology, endocrinology, and other assigned therapeutic areas in global markets, ensuring alignment with Azurity’s enterprise medical vision and business objectives.
Define portfolio-level medical strategic imperatives, including unmet need, disease burden, scientific differentiation, evidence requirements, and lifecycle opportunities.
Ensure consistent medical positioning and strategic clarity across brands, indications, and treatment settings globally.
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Medical Leads supporting cardiology, endocrinology, and other therapeutic areas (CORE).
Establish clear frameworks, standards, and expectations for brand-level medical strategy development, execution, and measurement.
Ensure the Medical Strategy function is as highly collaborative, credible scientific expert and trusted strategic partner by Commercial Brand Executives and Franchise Portfolio leaders.
Partner closely with Commercial Brand Executives to align CORE portfolio’s medical strategy with overall brand strategy, launch planning, and execution—while maintaining appropriate medical function’s compliance.
Collaborate with Franchise Portfolio Management to inform portfolio prioritization, indication sequencing and timing, formulation strategies, and long-range lifecycle planning across global markets.
Oversee medical contributions to integrated brand plans, launch readiness, post-launch optimization, and expansion strategies.
Guide evidence generation strategies across supported therapeutic areas, including alignment with Clinical Development, investigator-initiated studies (IIS), real-world evidence (RWE), registries, and post-marketing research.
Ensure medical strategies are grounded in robust clinical data, patient-reported outcomes, real-world insights, and evolving global standards of care.
Leverage insights (including evolving treatment landscape and new market entrants) from MSLs, KOLs, advisory boards, and scientific congresses to continuously refine medical strategy.
Serve as the senior medical strategy partner across Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory, Clinical Development, Safety, and Global Medical Operations.
Provide medical leadership input into value, access, HTA, and reimbursement discussions for cardiology, endocrinology, and other portfolio products in global markets.
Support business development, due diligence, and portfolio evaluation activities related to these therapeutic areas.
Ensure all medical strategies and activities comply with global medical governance standards, regulatory requirements, and ethical principles.
Partner with Legal and Compliance to maintain appropriate collaboration and separation between medical and commercial activities.
Act as a trusted advisor to the Chief Medical Officer on portfolio strategy, scientific risk, and opportunity assessment.
Represent Medical Strategy in senior leadership forums, governance committees, and cross-functional decision-making bodies.
Ensure a clear, unified medical voice across cardiology, endocrinology, and other therapeutic areas globally.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package, including an annual bonus based on company performance.
Incentive compensation program (Sales Only).
Car reimbursement program and gas card (Sales Only).
Excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
Hybrid work model (two days from home, three days in the office).
Retirement Savings Plan (401K) with a dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%.
Generous time off policy: up to 15 vacation days annually + rollover (up to 40 hours), and five sick/wellness days.
Company closure between Christmas and New Year’s.
13 recognized holidays.
Tuition reimbursement for undergraduate and graduate level courses or certifications.
Azurity High Five peer recognition platform.