Senior Medical Affairs Manager – Evidence-Based Guidelines

American Diabetes Association; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry competitive pay

Recognition programs

Generous PTO

Comprehensive benefits package

Remote-friendly culture

Job summary

The American Diabetes Association is seeking a Senior Manager, Medical Affairs to support the development and dissemination of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related scientific resources. You will partner with cross-functional teams, expert committees, and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality guidance.

The role emphasizes scientific communication, project management, and stakeholder engagement, with opportunities to lead major guideline projects and organize national and

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.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; experience with Smartsheet, Basecamp, SharePoint, EndNote, or similar platforms preferred.

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.

Skills

Scientific communication

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Office tools proficiency

Education

Master’s degree in public health/related field

Advanced clinical/scientific degree preferred

Tools

Smartsheet

Basecamp

SharePoint

EndNote

Job description

The American Diabetes Association is seeking a Senior Manager, Medical Affairs to support the development and dissemination of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related scientific resources. You will partner with cross-functional teams, expert committees, and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality guidance.

The role emphasizes scientific communication, project management, and stakeholder engagement, with opportunities to lead major guideline projects and organize national and