Medical Affairs Associate

Aerogen; Galway; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent medical care

Bonus & Pension

Aerogen Connect

Charity program

Job summary

Aerogen, headquartered in Galway, Ireland, seeks a Medical Affairs Associate to advance scientific objectives through evidence generation, medical information, and educational content development with strict ethical and regulatory compliance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to generate and interpret evidence, support medical writing, literature reviews, and development of educational materials, and maintain medical knowledge resources across the organization.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of medical terminology and clinical research concepts.
• Proficient in medical writing and presenting scientific data.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Support evidence generation activities, including literature reviews and evidence summaries.
• Assist in medical review of materials to ensure accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Support medical information activities and respond to inquiries with evidence-based responses.
• Develop and review scientific and educational materials for internal and external use.
• Contribute to medical writing, conference content, and training materials.
• Support Medical Affairs education and training initiatives for internal stakeholders.
• Maintain medical literature repositories and reference libraries.
• Monitor literature and communicate developments relating to Aerogen products.

Skills

Medical terminology

Clinical research principles

Medical writing

Project management

Interpersonal collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in biomedical engineering, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Nursing, Medicine

Job description

About Aerogen:

Headquartered in the vibrant city of Galway, Ireland, with offices around the world, Aerogen is proud to be the world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery. Recognised through multiple MedTech awards, including being named Galway Chamber Company of the Year 2025, and twelve-time winner of the Zenith Award for Respiratory Care Excellence in North America, our employees make a difference to patients’ lives every day, having reached over 30 million patients in more than 80 countries.

Today, Aerogen is powered by a global team representing 54 nationalities, working together with a shared commitment to improving patient care. Our talented and skilled team collaborate to innovate, challenge and test not only in relation to our products but every facet of how we work.

We lead the way by finding innovative solutions to even the most complex problems, all in the name of delivering better patient outcomes.

Our business continues to grow rapidly across the globe and, as we grow, our core culture of “We Care” universally connects us. We believe that your ambition and integrity fuels ours, and we are committed to supporting our employees to reach their full potential through tangible investment in their careers.

What is the role?

The Medical Affairs Associate supports the execution of Medical Affairs activities that advance the scientific and medical objectives of Aerogen. The role contributes to evidence generation, scientific communication, medical information, educational initiatives, and medical content development while ensuring activities are accurate, evidence-based, ethical, and compliant.

The Medical Affairs Associate collaborates with cross-functional teams to support the generation, interpretation, and dissemination of scientific evidence and contributes to the maintenance of medical knowledge and resources.

What are the key responsibilities?

• Support evidence generation activities, including literature reviews, evidence gap assessments, publication planning support, and development of evidence summaries.
• Participate in the medical review of promotional and scientific materials to ensure accuracy, balance, consistency with available evidence, and compliance with applicable regulations, company policies, and codes of practice.
• Support medical information activities, including responding to medical inquiries, preparing evidence-based responses, maintaining medical information resources, and contributing to the continuous improvement of medical information processes
• Assist in the development and review of scientific and educational materials, ensuring they are accurate, balanced, evidence-based, and compliant with company policies and applicable regulations.
• Contribute to medical writing activities including scientific summaries, educational materials, conference content, training materials, publications, posters, and presentations.
• Support Medical Affairs education and training initiatives for internal stakeholders.
• Maintain medical literature repositories, evidence databases, reference libraries, and document management systems in accordance with good documentation practices.
• Monitor scientific literature and communicate relevant developments relating to Aerogen products, therapeutic areas, and competitor activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Affairs, and R&D to support aligned and compliant medical activities.
• Provide scientific support to internal stakeholders and field-based personnel as required.
• Support Clinical Affairs activities as needed.

What education and experience are required?

• Master’s degree in biomedical engineering, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Nursing, Medicine, or another relevant scientific discipline.
• Experience (through industry, postgraduate research, internships or equivalent) in Medical Affairs, scientific research, healthcare, or the medical device/pharmaceutical industry is desirable.
• Understanding of evidence-based medicine, scientific literature evaluation, and medical writing principles.
• Knowledge of medical device regulations and Medical Affairs activities is advantageous.

What key skills will make you great at the role?

• Strong understanding of medical terminology, physiology, and clinical research principles.
• Ability to critically appraise scientific literature and interpret clinical evidence.
• Excellent written and verbal scientific communication skills.
• Strong medical writing and presentation skills.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Self-motivated with excellent organisational and project management skills.
• High ethical standards with commitment to compliant Medical Affairs practices.

What is it like to work at Aerogen?

Our purpose is to transform patients' lives and innovation is embedded in our culture. This also translates to how we look after our people. We want talented, passionate and engaged people to join Aerogen and build your career with us. We understand that your life evolves through different stages, and we are here to support our global team with a range of financial and non-financial rewards and benefits. There’s something for everyone! Here is an idea of what we offer:

• Excellent medical care.
• Bonus & Pension.
• 'Aerogen Connect' – our employee led programme which supports our global teams to unite and have fun.
• We pledge 1% of profits and time to charities and organisations.

Aerogen is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace.

If you have any difficulty using our application process, please contact us by emailing [e-mail]. Please include your name and preferred method of contact.