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Scholar Rock · 1 month ago

Senior Director, Medical Operations

Cambridge, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$240K/yr - $330K/yr

5+ years exp

Scholar Rock is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing life-changing therapies for serious diseases. The Senior Director of Medical Operations will provide strategic project management expertise and oversight to support the medical affairs team, ensuring effective collaboration and driving key initiatives within the organization.

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Responsibilities

Serve as strategic and operational partner to the Medical Affairs Leadership Team (MALT) and other senior leaders, ad hoc, within the organization

Support the team on developing short- and long-term priorities aligned to the Medical Objectives

Partner with different functions within medical affairs (therapeutic area, field medical team, scientific communications/ information, and real-world evidence) to enhance the organization’s effectiveness in decision making and delivery, facilitate communication and creation, maintenance, and drive of timelines to keep consultations, studies and projects on schedule; this includes overall project planning, but also specific deliverables during medical affairs initiatives

Organize efforts across the team as needed to provide timely and reliable information to support decision making, planning and communications. Ex. IIS, Grants, IME prioritization, and vendor assessment

Oversee day-to-day operations within Medical Affairs, ensuring smooth and efficient functional execution

Provide insights and guidance on strategic decisions and operational challenges. Focus on immediate and short-term (<2 years) strategic planning within Medical Affairs

Facilitate functional goal setting process and track progress, results, and performance

Assist in identifying areas of improvement in process/policy, develop recommendation/plans to streamline and simply the Medical Affairs operating model

Partner with finance and the medical affairs team to establish budget templates and coordinate efforts for and provide guidance on monthly/quarterly/annual/LRP forecasting and budget activities including purchase orders and accounts payable

Monitor and manage budget and resources ensuring optimal allocation and fiscal responsibility. Key liaison and interface with finance organization with regards to financial impact of strategic initiatives and investments

Support the head of medical affairs in the partnership with HR to develop and analyze headcount resources within the organization me

Plan and implement Medical Affairs Leadership Team (MALT) meetings, agendas, content, and actions to maximize team effectiveness and ensure optimal value is created

Partner with the MALT to ensure a high-performance team culture and talent development

Support the MALT on executive deliverables (e.g. updates to the CEO, materials to the Board of Directors)

Actively partner across R&D and other teams to ensure alignment on organizational plans and activities

Oversee and ensure tracking and movement with Medical Affairs SOPs and work with Quality to track compliance issues to completion

Ensure the appropriate development and tracking of metrics for Medical Affairs

Establish and maintain cross-functionally integrated project plans/timelines and accurately track and provide timely reporting on progress

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Medical Affairs OperationsStrategic PlanningProject ManagementPMP CertificationProject Management SoftwareAnalytical SkillsInterpersonal SkillsCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred

5-8 years of experience in a project management role with at least 5 years of direct experience in medical affairs operations or skills adjacent

Demonstrated in depth knowledge and experience in planning, management, and oversight of activities and deliverables, preferably within Medical Affairs

Strong knowledge of and ability to implement Medical Affairs concepts and operational practices

Proven experience with successful management and interaction with medical affairs vendors

Proven track record of managing multiple projects and/or programs concurrently

Deep knowledge and ability to use project management software and tools, as well as Smartsheet

Ability to effectively represent Medical Affairs project management activities with a broader Project Management team and at the cross-functional team level

Experience in strategic planning and execution and developing and implementing processes, including process improvement, and procedures

Ability to design, implement and lead multiple projects, setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, and monitoring progress towards goals

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on planning, prioritization and organization to advance execution and deliverables

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (communication, writing and presentation skills)

Ability to work independently, prioritize complex information, and problem solve

A minimum of 10-20% travel is required