Senior Manager, Medical Affairs

American Diabetes Association; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Health benefits

Job summary

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is seeking a Senior Manager, Medical Affairs to support the development, coordination, publication, and dissemination of ADA’s evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, consensus reports, scientific statements, and other scientific and clinical resources.

This role collaborates with ADA staff, cross-functional teams, expert committees, and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality evidence-based guidance.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required in public health, health education, community health, health sciences, biomedical sciences, or a related discipline; advanced clinical or scientific degree preferred.
• Experience in medical affairs, clinical practice guideline development, scientific communications, health care, public health, academic medicine, professional medical associations, or a related setting preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate scientific and clinical information clearly to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Manage development of clinical practice guidelines, consensus reports, scientific statements, and related publications from initiation through publication and dissemination.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and action items to ensure on-schedule progress.
• Coordinate and facilitate committees, scientific panels, working groups, authors, reviewers, and external stakeholders involved in guidance development.

Skills

Scientific communication

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Organizational skills

Education

Master’s degree in public health/health sciences

Advanced clinical or scientific degree preferred

Job description

Brief Description
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is seeking a Senior Manager, Medical Affairs to support the development, coordination, publication, and dissemination of ADA’s evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, consensus reports, scientific statements, and other scientific and clinical resources. This role will work closely with ADA staff, cross-functional teams, expert committees, professional societies, key opinion leaders, authors, reviewers, and other external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will bring strong scientific communication, project management, stakeholder engagement, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives and support the development of high-quality evidence-based guidance.

• Location: Remote - United States
• Base Pay: $65000.0 - $71000.0 / Year
• Job Category: Medical Affairs
• Employee Type: Full Time Exempt
• Required Degree: Masters
• Manage Others: No
• Minimum Experience: 3 Years

Brief Description
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is seeking a Senior Manager, Medical Affairs to support the development, coordination, publication, and dissemination of ADA’s evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, consensus reports, scientific statements, and other scientific and clinical resources. This role will work closely with ADA staff, cross-functional teams, expert committees, professional societies, key opinion leaders, authors, reviewers, and other external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will bring strong scientific communication, project management, stakeholder engagement, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives and support the development of high-quality evidence-based guidance.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support the development of clinical practice guidelines, consensus reports, scientific statements, and related scientific publications from initiation through publication and dissemination.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and action items to ensure projects remain on schedule.
• Coordinate and facilitate expert committees, scientific panels, working groups, authors, reviewers, and external stakeholders involved in guidance development.
• Organize and support high-profile virtual and in-person scientific meetings, including agendas, meeting materials, presentations, minutes, action items, and stakeholder communications.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with internal teams, professional societies, sponsors, clinical and scientific experts, and key opinion leaders.
• Maintain project documentation, forms, and other required records in accordance with ADA policies, support reference management.
• Draft, review, revise, proofread, and quality-check scientific manuscripts, recommendations, and supporting materials for accuracy, clarity, consistency, and adherence to ADA standards.
• Coordinate committee, expert, peer, leadership, publication, and production reviews, including manuscript submission, proof review, author queries, and reference verification.
• Develop and maintain materials using platforms such as SharePoint, Basecamp, and Smartsheet and contribute to post-publication resources, including slide decks, executive summaries, educational materials, and communications.
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs and cross-functional partners, including Publications, Communications, Legal, Digital, and Education, to support organizational priorities.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required in public health, health education, community health, health sciences, biomedical sciences, or a related discipline; advanced clinical or scientific degree preferred.
• Relevant experience in medical affairs, clinical practice guideline development, scientific communications, health care, public health, academic medicine, professional medical associations, or a related setting preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate scientific and clinical information clearly to diverse audiences.
• Experience facilitating committees, expert panels, working groups, or multidisciplinary stakeholder groups preferred.