Senior Director, Medical Communications

Invivyd; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Director of Medical Communications to lead initiatives that enhance medical strategies and communication within a dynamic team. This role involves designing and implementing medical communication strategies, overseeing publication planning, and ensuring alignment across various departments. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in Medical Affairs, strong interpersonal skills, and a proven track record in managing cross-functional collaborations. Join a mission-driven organization dedicated to delivering innovative solutions in healthcare, where your contributions will make a significant impact on patient outcomes and scientific advancements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Medical Affairs experience within biotech/pharma.
• Advanced degree preferred, specializing in infectious diseases or pulmonary care.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic publication planning and oversee medical communications.
• Develop and review abstracts, manuscripts, and presentation materials.
• Establish strong relationships with key external stakeholders.

Skills

Medical Affairs experience

Interpersonal skills

Writing and presentation skills

Analytical skills

Strategic problem-solving

Organizational skills

Ability to adapt to change

Education

Advanced degree (MD, PharmD)

Job description

There are more than 9 million immunocompromised people in the United States. Almost half a million of those represent a population that are moderately to severely immunocompromised and at highest risk for severe COVID-19, including stem cell and solid organ transplant patients as well as those with hematologic cancers.

At Invivyd, Inc., we take those numbers very seriously and we come to work each day on a mission to deliver protection from serious viral infectious diseases, beginning with SARS-CoV-2. Invivyd deploys a proprietary integrated technology platform unique in the industry designed to assess, monitor, develop, and adapt to create best in class antibodies. In March 2024, Invivyd received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. FDA for a monoclonal antibody (mAb) in its pipeline of innovative antibody candidates.

Join an incredible team of innovators, disrupters, predictive modelers, and antibody engineers who embrace a shared sense of ownership, a passion to save lives, think boldly and creatively, take targeted risks, are unafraid of failure, and welcome change as a positive catalyst to new opportunities.

Job Title: Senior Director, Medical Communications

Invivyd is seeking a passionate Senior Director, Medical Communications who will work closely with the VP, Medical Affairs and other departments to lead the medical communications function within Medical Affairs. S(he) will be responsible for designing medical communications strategies and implementing tactical plans while providing thought leadership. This includes publications planning and execution, content development, and medical information call center oversight.

Reporting to the VP, Medical Affairs the Senior Director, Medical Communications will define strategy, execute tactics, and refine Medical Communications policies and procedures to ensure excellence in standards and practices. The Senior Director, Medical Affairs will function as a key strategic partner with Clinical Development, Commercial, Regulatory and Legal to develop strategy, including life cycle management, and ensure quality scientific deliverables. S(he) will ensure development and execution of medical communications plans supporting Invivyd’s product(s) to achieve short term and long-term objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Leads strategic publication planning and publication committee; designates key topic areas for publication
• Develops and reviews abstracts, manuscripts, posters
• Develops slides for internal and external scientific meetings and field medical use
• Ensures the implementation of core messages into presentations and written materials; aligns cross-functionally on messaging
• Oversees medical information call center and call center partnership; reviews metrics and provides insights
• Contributes to development of standard response documents and custom response documents
• Responsible for medical content development, congresses/conferences planning, advisory board planning
• Presents scientific data at internal and external meetings (e.g. advisory boards, investigator meetings, and professional associations)
• Oversees promotional review process and activities
• Evaluates, distills, and appropriately communicates continuously expanding medical and scientific information, as well as market knowledge
• Anticipates future industry trends and opportunities, proactively developing plans to address through Medical Communications strategy
• Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with key external stakeholders (medical experts, medical societies, advocacy groups)
• Monitors the competitive environment to sustain expertise in therapeutic area including clinical management
• Works closely with commercial, clinical development, legal, and regulatory, serving on sub-teams, as appropriate
• Excellent communication (verbal, written, presentation), interpersonal, and relationship-building skills; ability to effectively translate information and facilitate agreement across diverse groups internally and externally
• Strong organizational and analytical skills; ability to understand and interpret scientific research
• Ability to identify and understand complex issues and identify key findings from study data and publications
• Demonstrated success in publications development
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and effectively prioritize workload
• Ability to grow and lead highly functional teams
• Innovative thinker who sees the big picture and can drive operational execution
• Self-starter and team player with a strong results orientation
• Strong strategic problem-solving and risk mitigation skills
• Ability to flexibly adapt to changing business needs; comfortable with ambiguity
• Organized, able to meet timelines in fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail
• Must be fully knowledgeable of regulatory and legal (Business Conduct) requirements for clinical trials and other Medical Affairs activities, including a thorough knowledge of FDA regulations and other industry standard guidance such as ICMJE

Requirements:

• Minimum of 8 years Medical Affairs experience within biotech/pharma
• Advanced degree (MD, PharmD) with specialization in infectious diseases or pulmonary/critical care preferred
• Experience developing and managing health care provider relationships, including knowledge of regulations as they relate to such interactions
• Demonstrable success working in highly matrixed, cross-functional environment requiring excellent cross functional collaboration to achieve successful results
• Demonstrated track record building and leading teams
• Strong interpersonal skills commensurate with the need to work closely with partners, KOL's, consultants, and team members across functions
• Strong writing and presentation skills
• Strong clinical/scientific background/aptitude
• Ability to anticipate and adapt to change
• Excellent abilities to follow complex direction/processes under pressure and proficient balancing multiple routine tasks simultaneously to achieve goals
• Strong organizational skills, with attention to detail as well as ability to independently determine and develop approaches to non-routine problems – a self-starter