What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Director, Medical Affairs, Neuroscience position at Pharmaceutical Services Corporation?
Job Title : Associate Director, Medical Affairs, Neuroscience
Division / Function : Medical Affairs
Location : Cambridge, MA-Hybrid / Remote
Duration : 10 Months with possible extention
Reporting to the Director, Medical Affairs, the Associate Director, Medical Affairs, Neuroscience, will support and oversee some of the medical affairs activities of the Neuroscience therapeutic areas. The Associate Director is responsible for contributing to the Promotional and Medical review of content, support medical strategies and overall US medical affairs plans, including, scientific communications for congress presentations and publications (in conjunction with the Publication team), support clinical studies in the US, and the review and approval of educational grants. The Associate Director works with the MSL team in reviewing and analyzing field insights, supporting regional advisory boards, assessing investigator-sponsored study (ISS) requests, working with knowledge transfer (global and local) sharing needs / gaps for internal training, and reviewing custom responses to Medical Information requests. Key internal partners include the Medical Affairs, clinical operations group running the studies, the Neuroscience commercial team, and global Neuroscience franchise medical personnel.
Main responsibilities / job expectations Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following :
- Contribute to and lead, when appropriate, content development and presentation for internal meeting / external medical education programs
- In collaboration with the GMA Knowledge Transfer Associate Director[CC1] [AM2] , ensure appropriate scientific, disease and Client product training for the MSL team and other internal partners.
- Review and approval of promotional and medical content for medical accuracy in materials.
- Work with sci-comms lead to support the development of proactive and reactive field materials as needed (e.g., FAQs, medical objection handler, advisory board content) with input from field teams.
- Contribute to the scientific publication plan in the US and design and run clinical studies in conjunction with Medical Affairs Clinical Operations group.
- Support the planning and execution of Medical congress activities.
- May attend 1-2 congresses to conduct scientific exchange and support congress coverage.
- Support the planning and execution of national and regional advisory boards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams within Client to provide medical / scientific expertise and marketplace insights.
- Support the development and budget oversight of medical activities for Neuroscience.
- Manage Travel and Expense budget in keeping with Client guidelines.
- Complies with all laws, regulations and policies that govern the conduct of Client U.S. staff.
Knowledge, abilities & experience Education :
MD, PhD or PharmD required.
Experience :
Key Technical Competencies Required