Associate Director, Materials Compliance Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

Grephire; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Materials Compliance Associate Director in Pasadena, CA to lead end-to-end MLR review for education, promotional, and training materials. The role collaborates with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Legal, and Regulatory to ensure timely, compliant approvals.

Based in Pasadena with in-office expectation, the position emphasizes strong governance, platform knowledge, and process improvement to support late-stage products and clinical programs in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Experience leading MLR/materials review in pharma/biotech.
• Strong regulatory knowledge across labeling, advertising, and medical education.

Responsibilities

• Lead the MLR review process for educational, promotional, and training materials.
• Serve as the primary liaison among Commercial, Medical Affairs, Legal, and Regulatory teams.
• Maintain compliance and neutrality while balancing business needs and regulatory requirements.

Skills

MLR process leadership

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Veeva PromoMats knowledge

Tools

Veeva PromoMats

Job description

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals – Pasadena, California, United States

The Role

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARWR) is a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company that develops medicines that treat intractable diseases by silencing the genes that cause them. Using a broad portfolio of RNA chemistries and efficient modes of delivery, Arrowhead therapies trigger the RNA interference mechanism to induce rapid, deep, and durable knockdown of target genes. RNA interference, or RNAi, is a mechanism present in living cells that inhibits the expression of a specific gene, thereby affecting the production of a specific protein. Arrowhead’s RNAi-based therapeutics leverage this natural pathway of gene silencing.

Arrowhead is focused on developing innovative drugs for diseases with a genetic basis, typically characterized by the overproduction of one or more proteins that are involved with disease. The depth and versatility of our RNAi technologies enables us to potentially address conditions in virtually any therapeutic area and pursue disease targets that are not otherwise addressable by small molecules and biologics. Arrowhead is leading the field in bringing the promise of RNAi to address diseases outside of the liver, and our clinical pipeline includes disease targets in the liver and lung with a promising pipeline of preclinical candidates.

Arrowhead’s corporate headquarters is in Pasadena, CA with research and development teams in Madison, WI & San Diego, CA, and a state of the art manufacturing facility in Verona, WI. Our employees are nimble, science-driven innovators who are collaborating to bring new therapies to patients in need.

The Position

Let’s do something amazing together! The Materials Compliance Associate Director will play a pivotal role in the commercial launches of Arrowhead’s leading investigational cardiometabolic medicines – Plozasiran (siRNA targeting APOC3) and Zodasiran (siRNA targeting ANGPTL3). These molecules have demonstrated compelling clinical data to date and are in late-stage development for the treatment of various grievous conditions, including Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (FCS), Severe Hypertriglyceridemia (sHTG), Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH), and cardiovascular disease risk reduction.

The Materials Compliance Associate Director is responsible for leading and managing the end-to-end Medical/Legal/Regulatory (MLR) review and approval process for educational, promotional, sales training, and disease state materials for assigned products. Reporting into Commercial, this role serves as a critical liaison among Commercial, Medical Affairs, Legal, Regulatory, and external partners to ensure timely, compliant, and high-quality material approvals. This position provides clear leadership and direction across cross functional teams, ensures adherence to regulatory and company standards, and maintains the integrity and neutrality required to balance business objectives with compliance requirements.

This role is based in Pasadena, California, with an expectation to be in office 5 days a week.

Responsibilities

Materials Review Leadership and Oversight

• Lead the Medical/Legal/Regulatory (MLR) review process for assigned products from pre-submission through final approval.
• Act as the primary day to day liaison between material owners, agencies, MLR reviewers, Commercial, and Medical Affairs to ensure timely, compliant, and high-quality material approvals.
• Maintain integrity of neutrality while balancing the needs of all stakeholders and compliance requirements.

Process Management, Technology, and Continuous Improvement

• Provide guidance to material sponsors and reviewers on submission standards (i.e., File Standards), required documentation, and review expectations to ensure materials are complete, compliant, and ready for review.
• Oversee quality control of submitted and final materials, including verification of references, accuracy, and incorporation of required modifications prior to approval.
• Serve as the business owner for Veeva PromoMats, partnering with IS to evaluate business needs and platform enhancements while overseeing workflows, document lifecycle activities, and task administration to ensure effective use of the platform for materials review and approval.
• Develop and maintain tracking systems and dashboards to monitor materials in review, approval status, and key timelines.
• Drive process improvement and operational efficiency by leveraging technol