Director, Strategic Alliances – Medical Affairs
MDWerks Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $225,000 - $240,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Forge and manage strategic partnerships.
- Identify, evaluate, and cultivate high-impact relationships with leading academic investigators, clinical networks, professional societies, and patient advocacy groups within the hypertension and broader CRM community.
- Build collaborative frameworks that expand scientific exchange, facilitate data generation, and amplify Mineralys’ visibility in the field.
- Design and implement an integrated engagement roadmap aligned with Medical Affairs pillars, Scientific Communication Platform, and corporate objectives.
- Partner closely with field medical, scientific communications, HEOR, and clinical development teams to ensure coordinated and compliant interactions.
- Lead external collaborations with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), digital opinion leaders (DOLs), and academic consortia to deepen understanding of aldosterone-driven disease mechanisms and treatment paradigms.
- Integrate scientific and clinical insights into medical strategies, field guidance, and future development planning.
- Serve as the Medical Affairs lead for guideline and compendia inclusion strategy, aligning internal evidence generation, publication planning, and external KOL engagement to meet evidence thresholds for consideration.
- Build and sustain strategic alliances with key guideline committees, scientific societies, and evidence-based medicine organizations to advocate for inclusion of lorundrostat-related data.
- Design, plan, and execute compliant scientific advisory board meetings (virtual and in-person) to obtain actionable insights that inform Medical Affairs strategy, evidence generation, and external engagement priorities.
Requirements
- Advanced scientific or clinical degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent) required.
- 8+ years of experience in Medical Affairs or related functions within the biopharmaceutical industry, including experience leading external collaborations or alliance management.
- Therapeutic area expertise in cardiovascular, renal, endocrine, or metabolic diseases preferred.
- Strategic and analytical mindset with a proven ability to translate external insights into actionable medical strategies.
- Strong leadership and influence skills—able to build trust, align cross-functional teams, and drive execution in a matrix environment.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, including experience representing the organization at scientific meetings and external forums.
- Comprehensive understanding of compliance and regulatory frameworks governing scientific exchange and industry collaborations.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- time off
- 401K
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
scientific communicationdata generationevidence generationpublication planningstrategic alliance managementclinical developmentguideline inclusion strategyadvisory board meeting executioncompliance understandinganalytical mindset
Soft skills
leadershipinfluencetrust buildingcross-functional team alignmentexecution in matrix environmentcommunicationpresentationcollaborationrelationship managementstrategic thinking
Certifications
PharmDPhDMD