What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Scientific Director, Medical Affairs position at Relay Therapeutics?
The Opportunity:
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in breast cancer treatment? As a Scientific Director, Medical Affairs, you'll be a key expert supporting the Medical Affairs team, driving scientific education, and shaping the strategy for RLY-2608, the company's lead asset in breast cancer. This role offers a unique opportunity to build and influence our medical affairs strategy. You'll bring leadership, collaboration, and a hands-on approach to help establish a strong scientific foundation within the company.
Your Role:
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About Relay Therapeutics
Relay Therapeutics is a clinical-stage precision medicines company transforming the drug discovery process with the goal of bringing life-changing therapies to patients. Built on unparalleled insights into protein motion and how this dynamic behavior relates to protein function, we aim to effectively drug protein targets that have previously been intractable, with an initial focus on enhancing small molecule therapeutic discovery in targeted oncology. Our Dynamo platform integrates an array of leading-edge experimental and computational approaches to provide a differentiated understanding of protein structure and motion to drug these targets. We have built a world-class team of leading experts from each of these disciplines, and they are driven by a deep collaboration at every step of our drug discovery process.
Our team is equal parts fearless and relentless, with a shared passion for working collaboratively in intellectually stimulating environments. If you're excited by the challenge of putting protein motion at the heart of drug discovery and passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients, join us!
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in breast cancer treatment? As a Scientific Director, Medical Affairs, you'll be a key expert supporting the Medical Affairs team, driving scientific education, and shaping the strategy for RLY-2608, the company's lead asset in breast cancer. This role offers a unique opportunity to build and influence our medical affairs strategy. You'll bring leadership, collaboration, and a hands-on approach to help establish a strong scientific foundation within the company.
Your Role:
- Develop and maintain scientific resources to support impactful medical education and MSL engagements.
- Serve as a subject matter expert, keeping the team up to date on treatment landscapes, competitive intelligence, and evolving science.
- Lead internal training to ensure the Medical Affairs team is well-versed in the product, disease area, and latest research.
- Drive digital medical education initiatives, working with vendors to execute aligned strategies.
- Shape the scientific narrative, collaborating cross-functionally to develop messaging on disease state, MOA, and molecular diagnostics.
- Represent Medical Affairs in cross-functional teams, providing strategic and operational insights.
- Lead insight collection initiatives, ensuring external perspectives help guide internal strategy.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and ethical guidelines in all scientific interactions.
- Mentor and help build a high-performing Medical Affairs team to support the organization's evolving needs.
- Travel up to 25% for congresses, HCP meetings, and internal collaborations.
- Advanced degree preferred (PharmD, PhD, MD), though experienced professionals with MSc, NP, PA, or RPh backgrounds will be considered.
- 5 years in biotech/pharma, with solid tumor oncology (breast cancer preferred) experience.
- Strong expertise in clinical research, medical strategy, and evidence generation.
- Deep understanding of oncology treatment guidelines, regulatory frameworks, and scientific exchange best practices.
- Excellent communication skills—comfortable engaging KOLs, HCPs, researchers, and internal stakeholders.
- Proven ability to lead projects, collaborate cross-functionally, and drive results.
- Passion for innovation in Medical Affairs and the ability to anticipate trends that shape future strategy.
- Willingness to be hands-on and adapt in a dynamic, fast-paced biotech environment.
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About Relay Therapeutics
Relay Therapeutics is a clinical-stage precision medicines company transforming the drug discovery process with the goal of bringing life-changing therapies to patients. Built on unparalleled insights into protein motion and how this dynamic behavior relates to protein function, we aim to effectively drug protein targets that have previously been intractable, with an initial focus on enhancing small molecule therapeutic discovery in targeted oncology. Our Dynamo platform integrates an array of leading-edge experimental and computational approaches to provide a differentiated understanding of protein structure and motion to drug these targets. We have built a world-class team of leading experts from each of these disciplines, and they are driven by a deep collaboration at every step of our drug discovery process.
Our team is equal parts fearless and relentless, with a shared passion for working collaboratively in intellectually stimulating environments. If you're excited by the challenge of putting protein motion at the heart of drug discovery and passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients, join us!
