Executive Director / Vice President, Medical Affairs

About the role

The Executive Director/Vice President, Medical Affairs – Genetic Rare Disease at Relay Tx will oversee the clinical trial engagement, disease awareness, and medical strategy for the company's vascular anomalies program.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement an integrated Medical Affairs strategy with internal and external stakeholders, KOLs, clinical sites, and patients for Relay Tx’s vascular anomaly programs.
• Lead Medical Affairs planning for a late-stage program progressing toward potential commercialization, partnering cross-functionally to support launch readiness, evidence generation, scientific communications, and external expert engagement.
• Establish and maintain credible scientific interactions with national and regional opinion leaders, clinicians, researchers, and centers of excellence focused on vascular anomalies.
• Build the scientific platform and lead publication planning and execution, ensuring a coherent data narrative across congresses, peer-reviewed literature, and medical education as the program moves toward approval.
• Evolve the field medical strategy from trial enrollment and investigator engagement toward launch-stage scientific engagement, patient identification at scale, and treating-center capability building.
• Provide leadership for congress strategy and key opinion leader engagement, including proactive facilitation of thought leader interactions and comprehensive review and presentation of key insights and feedback.
• Plan and conduct Medical Advisory Boards in collaboration with external partners to obtain critical feedback and insights on Relay Tx’s vascular anomaly programs.
• Develop disease-state and protocol-level communication plans with external stakeholders and partners to drive trial awareness and referral of potential patients.
• Design and build the field medical organization required at launch, including MSL team scaling, territory and center-of-excellence coverage models, and metrics that shift from enrollment support to scientific engagement and treating-center readiness.
• Coach, develop, and retain a high-performing team by creating and providing opportunities for learning and advancement.

Requirements

• Health sciences advanced or doctoral degree, such as a PharmD, MD, or PhD highly preferred.
• PA, MSN, NP, DNP accompanied by previous pharmaceutical industry or clinical research experience in the area of genetic s, inherited disorders, medical genetics, or related therapeutic areas will be considered.
• Clinical or prior pharmaceutical industry experience in rare disease is strongly preferred.
• 10+ years clinical or pharmaceutical experience with a minimum of 8 years of experience in field medical, medical affairs, or clinical trial engagement roles.
• Demonstrated expertise in genetic rare diseases, inherited disorders, genomic medicine, or orphan drug development preferred.
• Understanding of local medical practice and clinical decision making as it pertains to patient care.
• Ability to interpret scientific data and translate this information to meet educational, clinical and research needs.
• Understanding of the design and execution of research studies.
• Exemplary communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to think strategically and collaborate effectively.
• Ability and willingness to travel.
• Track record of successfully meeting or exceeding clinical trial timelines and patient recruitment goals in rare disease, specialty care, or complex patient populations.
• History of building long-term relationships with specialty treatment centers, genetic counselors, advocacy organizations, investigators, and other key rare disease stakeholders.
• Familiarity with effective digital clinical trial communication technologies.
• Demonstrated expertise in CFR and GCP/ICH requirements and European Clinical Trial Directive.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills and experience in relationship building.
• Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience leading a medical organization into and through rare disease commercialization.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and collaboration.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to think strategically and collaborate effectively.
• Ability and willingness to travel.
• Track record of successfully meeting or exceeding clinical trial timelines and patient recruitment goals in rare disease, specialty care, or complex patient populations.
• History of building long-term relationships with specialty treatment centers, genetic counselors, advocacy organizations, investigators, and other key rare disease stakeholders.
• Familiarity with effective digital clinical trial communication technologies.
• Demonstrated expertise in CFR and GCP/ICH requirements and European Clinical Trial Directive.

Benefits

Relay Tx offers a competitive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

$225,000 - $321,000

Schedule

Full-time position with flexible work arrangements.