MapLight Therapeutics, Inc.
Creating breakthrough innovative therapeutics for serious CNS disorders
Executive Director, Medical Affairs
Location
United States
Posted
94 days ago
Salary
$270K - $311K / year
Postgraduate Degree10 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Lead and support medical affairs activities, data generation, and dissemination in alignment with the overall medical and scientific strategy.
• Provide medical leadership and scientific expertise across pre-launch activities, including development of scientific communications platforms, scientific messaging, and launch planning.
• Engage key opinion leaders (KOLs), fostering strong scientific relationships and ensuring insights from external experts inform medical strategies and cross-functional initiatives.
• Oversee or support the design, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of scientific content for:
• Ensure the high-quality development of scientifically accurate and clinically relevant:
• Participate in educational grant reviews to ensure scientific rigor and therapeutic relevance.
• Coordinate and lead scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders related to ongoing medical affairs projects.
• Serve as a trusted scientific interface for regulatory discussions and provide medical education to investigators, clinicians, and internal teams.
• Stay abreast of advances in therapeutic areas, medical literature, and innovations in technology and healthcare delivery.
• Ensure budgets, timelines, and compliance requirements are incorporated into program scientific activities.
Job Requirements
- MD or PhD required
- Minimum of 10 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, including pre-launch experience.
- Proven medical writing skills, including experience writing standard response letters and demonstrated ability to generate high-quality scientific content with established record of publications.
- Extensive experience in psychiatry and neurology, with preference for schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease experience.
- Experience managing HEOR/RWE projects and contributing to evidence generation.
- Experience with scientific communications platforms, scientific advisory boards, grant review processes, launch planning and phase IV/lifecycle planning.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements, medical strategy development, and scientific communications.
- Proven leadership skills in cross-functional, global team environments.
- Prior experience working with external partners
- Experience growing and managing direct reports preferred
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; mastery of Microsoft Office.
Benefits
- annual bonus opportunity
- medical insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- life and AD&D insurance
- short term disability
- long term disability
- 401(K) plan with match
- stock options
- flexible non-accrual paid time off
- parental leave
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