Senior Director / Executive Director, Medical Affairs

About the role

Join ARS Pharmaceuticals, a fast-growing, innovative company dedicated to transforming the treatment of severe allergic reactions with neffy®, the first and only FDA-approved needle-free epinephrine product. As a Medical Affairs Leader, you will inspire and lead the Medical Affairs function, guiding Medical Science Liaisons and broader teams while fostering trusted scientific relationships with Key Opinion Leaders, healthcare practitioners, medical societies, and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develops systems and processes to support an integrated, compliant Medical Affairs function across investigational and marketed products.
• Ensures compliance with corporate policies and procedures, as well as all related healthcare laws and regulations.
• Builds and executes a cohesive medical education and information strategy, including HEOR models, to support corporate and brand objectives.
• Hires, leads, coaches, and develops a high-performing Medical Affairs team that promotes excellence, collaboration, and accountability.
• Assures that the highest quality, ethical & professional values are demonstrated in all aspects of the team’s work.
• Buils trusted scientific partnerships with KOLs, medical societies, and other stakeholders through therapeutic insights and scientific education.
• Provides strategic input into company-initiated and investigator-initiated studies, manages the medical education agency, coordinates publication strategy, and reviews manuscripts and abstracts as needed.
• Partners with internal and external stakeholders to develop and approve medically accurate, appropriate educational materials for providers and patients.
• Manages the Medical Affairs budget and ensures effective allocation of resources.

Requirements

Will consider a MD, PhD, or PharmD, or other relevant advanced degree in life sciences, medicine, or a related field required; equivalent experience, including academia experience, may be considered in lieu of degree requirements.

At least 10 years of experience in medical affairs or clinical research.

At least 8 years of progressive experience leading a Medical Affairs function in biotechnology or pharmaceuticals with no less than 6 years directly managing teams and people.

Experience in the U.S. health care marketplace required.

Deep expertise in scientific communications, external expert engagement, medical strategy, and cross-functional collaboration.

Strong understanding of Medical Affairs compliance and best practices.

Must be available outside normal business hours (8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) during the workweek and occasionally on weekends.

Field engagement, through travel or virtual meetings, is required up to 50% of the time.

Ability to maintain confidentiality and operate with the highest ethical standards and professionalism.

Qualifications

Proven ability to build a Medical Affairs function with strong strategic and operational capabilities, including experience overseeing product launches and lifecycle management activities.

Broad understanding of product development, clinical trial design, regulatory requirements, payer landscape, pharmaceutical development, and healthcare environment.

Excellent strategic thinking skills, with the ability to develop plans, translate ideas into action, manage multiple priorities, identify resource needs, drive work to completion, prepare reports, and evaluate results.

Demonstrated ability to develop credible peer-to-peer relationships with medical experts, decision makers, and key customer stakeholders.

Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex scientific concepts, deliver and tailor presentations to the audience, engage participants, and adapt to last-minute changes.

Experience with scientific presentations, medical writing, and biostatistics.

Self-directed, hands-on, and able to work independently with urgency in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Skills

• Medical Affairs Leadership
• Scientific and Therapeutic Expertise
• Strategic Execution
• Relationship Building
• Communication and Presentation
• Scientific Communication

Benefits

Competitive compensation & benefits package including a full-time salary range of $300,000 to $360,000, 401k matching, and excellent benefits such as 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental & Vision for employees.

Equal Opportunity Employer: ARS Pharmaceuticals is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals so that an individual can perform their job-related duties. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and require special assistance or an accommodation to apply due to a disability, please contact us at careers@ars-pharma.com.