Medical Affairs Director – Movement Disorders

Jobtailor; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Bonus program

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced Medical Affairs leader to provide strategic medical leadership for Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) and to drive U.S. launch readiness, evidence generation, and publication planning across the U.S. Medical Affairs organization.

You will shape the U.S. medical strategy with scientific evidence, engage external experts, and ensure compliant medical materials while collaborating with Regulatory, HEOR, Access, Legal, and Commercial teams.

Qualifications

• Accredited advanced scientific or clinical degree (MD, PharmD, PhD or MS).
• 5+ years of progressive, non-field-based Medical Affairs experience within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, or at an agency supporting those industries.
• Minimum 2+ years contributing to medical strategy development, launch readiness, scientific communications, publication planning, and congress management.
• Demonstrated experience designing and executing Medical Education programs (CME and non-CME).
• Strong understanding of clinical trial data, evidence generation, publication practices, and therapeutic-area strategy.
• Experience developing publication plans, congress materials, scientific platforms, and medical content.
• Knowledge of compliance requirements, publication ethics, and medical/legal/regulatory review processes.
• Experience serving as a medical reviewer for promotional materials.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated integrity, professionalism, and commitment to ethical standards.
• Authentic, long-term engagement within the rare disease community.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic medical leadership for MSA.
• Support launch readiness and execution across the U.S. Medical Affairs organization.
• Shape and advance U.S. medical strategy using scientific evidence and stakeholder insights.
• Lead medical strategy, launch readiness, evidence dissemination, external expert engagement, publication and congress planning.
• Develop medical and digital content and scientific platforms.
• Conduct promotional medical review and oversee compliance review.
• Manage agencies, vendors, budgets, timelines, and deliverables.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Commercial, Patient Advocacy, Access, Regulatory, Clinical Development, Pharmacovigilance, HEOR, Analytics, Compliance, Legal, Medical Affairs).
• Build relationships with investigators, KOLs, advocacy leaders, and HCPs.
• Represent U.S. Medical Affairs in scientific forums and stakeholder engagements.
• Monitor disease-area trends, competitor activities, and policy landscape.
• Develop and execute integrated U.S. medical communications strategy.
• Co-create scientific narratives and evidence summaries with Global Medical Affairs.
• Own U.S.-specific publication strategy and congress planning.
• Develop stakeholder mapping and engagement plans.
• Oversee U.S. medical materials and training content.
• Support Field Medical readiness and training.
• Serve as a medical reviewer in the promotional review process.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Exceptional communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Adaptability

Influence without authority

Travel readiness

Education

MD

PharmD

PhD

MS

Tools

Publication planning tools

Medical review software

Stakeholder engagement tools

Congress planning tools

Job description

• Provide strategic medical leadership for Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)
• Support launch readiness and execution across the U.S. Medical Affairs organization
• Shape and advance U.S. medical strategy using scientific evidence, stakeholder insights, and cross-functional partnership
• Lead medical strategy, launch readiness, evidence and data dissemination, external expert engagement, publication and congress planning
• Develop medical and digital content and scientific platforms
• Conduct promotional medical review and oversee compliance review
• Manage agencies, vendors, freelancers, budgets, timelines, and deliverables
• Partner with Commercial, Patient Advocacy, Market Access, Regulatory, Clinical Development, Pharmacovigilance, HEOR, Customer Insights & Analytics, Compliance, Legal, and Medical Affairs teams
• Build relationships with investigators, key opinion leaders, advocacy leaders, and healthcare professionals
• Represent U.S. Medical Affairs in scientific forums and stakeholder engagements
• Monitor disease-area trends, competitor activities, and policy landscape
• Develop and execute integrated U.S. medical communications strategy
• Co-create scientific narratives, clinical value stories, lexicons, data stories, key messages, evidence summaries, and communication themes with Global Medical Affairs
• Own U.S.-specific publication strategy and congress planning and execution
• Develop stakeholder mapping and engagement plans
• Oversee U.S. medical materials, slide decks, FAQs, scientific response documents, congress assets, field medical materials, training content, data visualizations, digital scientific content, and other non-promotional resources
• Support Field Medical scientific readiness and training
• Serve as a medical reviewer in the promotional review process

Requirements

• Accredited advanced scientific or clinical degree (MD, PharmD, PhD or MS)
• 5+ years of progressive, non-field-based Medical Affairs experience within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, or at an agency supporting those industries
• Minimum 2+ years contributing to medical strategy development, launch readiness, scientific communications, publication planning, and congress management
• Demonstrated experience designing and executing Medical Education programs (CME and non-CME)
• Strong understanding of clinical trial data, evidence generation, publication practices, and therapeutic-area strategy
• Experience developing publication plans, congress materials, scientific platforms, and medical content
• Knowledge of compliance requirements, publication ethics, and medical/legal/regulatory review processes
• Experience serving as a medical reviewer for promotional materials
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making skills
• Demonstrated success building collaborative cross-functional relationships and influencing without authority
• Experience managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Exceptional communication skills for conveying complex scientific information clearly and persuasively
• Demonstrated integrity, professionalism, and commitment to ethical standards
• Authentic, long-term engagement within the rare disease community
• Ability to collaborate with patient advocacy groups, patients, caregivers, clinicians, and industry stakeholders
• Deep understanding of rare disease best practices, access and policy considerations, media engagement, and patient support ecosystems
• Strong external network across rare disease leaders, clinical societies, and alliances
• Highly proactive and adaptable leadership in evolving, data-limited environments
• Willingness/ability to travel up to 35% domestically; occasional international travel may be required

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strategic medical leadership in Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) with expertise in medical strategy development, launch readiness, and scientific communications. Proven ability to build cross-functional partnerships and manage complex projects within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Medical Affairs Experience
• Medical Strategy Development
• Publication Planning
• Compliance Review
• Scientific Communications

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Advanced Scientific Degree
• Clinical Trial Data Analysis
• Medical Education Program Design
• Publication Ethics Knowledge
• Data-Driven Decision Making

Soft Skills

• Analytical Thinking
• Problem-Solving
• Exceptional Communication
• Collaborative Relationship Building
• Adaptability

Industry Keywords

• Multiple System Atrophy
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Biotech Industry
• Rare Disease Community
• Patient Advocacy

Tools & Technologies

• Digital Scientific Content Development
• Medical Review Processes
• Stakeholder Engagement Tools
• Congress Planning Tools