Medical Affairs Operations Lead — Senior Manager

Compass Pathways, Inc.; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Compass Pathways is seeking a Senior Manager, Medical Affairs Operations to partner with Medical Affairs leadership, drive cross-functional collaboration, and optimize operational execution. This role focuses on translating priorities into actionable plans, developing dashboards, and ensuring initiatives move forward efficiently across departments.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in pharma/biotech operations, strong project management, and exceptional communication skills to align diverse

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, business, healthcare administration, or related field.
• Diverse, hands-on experience in project management, operations, or cross-functional coordination in pharma/biotech.
• Ability to coordinate complex projects with multiple stakeholders and timelines.
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, and tracking systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; strong influencing and stakeholder management.
• Ability to work independently and drive initiatives in a dynamic environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and standard PM/collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Act as operational partner to Medical Affairs leadership, translating priorities into actionable plans and coordinating projects end-to-end.
• Support leadership meetings, create materials, document decisions, and follow up on actions.
• Develop dashboards, reporting tools, and updates for visibility on milestones, risks, and progress.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration, manage competing priorities and dependencies.
• Coordinate with Preclinical, Clinical Sciences, HEOR, and other departments; document decisions and actions.
• Identify process improvements; help implement SOPs and new tools for Medical Affairs.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Relationship-building

Communication

Independent working

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences

Tools

Microsoft Office

Veeva platforms

Job description

Compass Pathways is seeking a Senior Manager, Medical Affairs Operations to partner with Medical Affairs leadership, drive cross-functional collaboration, and optimize operational execution. This role focuses on translating priorities into actionable plans, developing dashboards, and ensuring initiatives move forward efficiently across departments.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in pharma/biotech operations, strong project management, and exceptional communication skills to align diverse