MACA Operations Lead — Flexible Work

Sirtex; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Sirtex Medical is seeking an MACA Operations Specialist to lead the Medical & Clinical Affairs operations, including grants administration, program governance, and financial oversight. This role interfaces with Medical Affairs, translational research teams, and external partners to ensure timely delivery of programs and studies.

Ideal candidates bring 2+ years in operations or program management within healthcare or life sciences, strong communication, and a collaborative mindset to support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in operations, project coordination, or program management.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to balance competing priorities.
• High visibility and high volume external and internal customer-facing role requiring strong consistent engagement and communication.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, or Medical Device environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary operations and administrative lead for Medical and Clinical Affairs, ensuring efficient execution of department programs, processes, and initiatives.
• Manage the end-to-end administration of educational grants, fellowship grants, and ISR programs, including application intake, review coordination, contract administration, budget tracking, reconciliation, and project closeout.
• Coordinate and support cross-functional governance committees, facilitating grant and research proposal reviews, documentation, communications, and decision-making processes.
• Partner with Medical Affairs leadership to track project progress, monitor risks, manage deliverables, and provide regular status updates and operational reporting to senior leadership.
• Manage departmental financial operations, including budget planning, forecasting, accruals, invoice processing, expense tracking, contract management, and vendor oversight.
• Support physician training, evaluation, certification, and proctoring programs by coordinating program requirements, documentation, scheduling, reimbursement processes, training materials, and LMS updates.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, healthcare professionals, investigators, study teams, vendors, and cross-functional partners to ensure successful execution of Medical Affairs and Clinical Affairs initiatives.
• Provide operational support for a variety of Medical Affairs activities, including advisory boards, fellowship programs, research studies, publications, educational programs, controlled document management, and other strategic projects

Skills

Operations

Project coordination

Program management

Communication

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences/Business/Healthcare Administration

Job description

Sirtex Medical is seeking an MACA Operations Specialist to lead the Medical & Clinical Affairs operations, including grants administration, program governance, and financial oversight. This role interfaces with Medical Affairs, translational research teams, and external partners to ensure timely delivery of programs and studies.

Ideal candidates bring 2+ years in operations or program management within healthcare or life sciences, strong communication, and a collaborative mindset to support