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Associate Director, Field Medical Excellence

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
4 days ago
Remote friendly (United States)
United States
$171,700 - $232,300 USD yearly
Medical Affairs
Responsibilities:
- Partner with US Field Medical leadership to design, develop, and execute the US Field Medical strategic and tactical plan.
- Lead and manage cross-functional projects for field medical operations (program planning, compliance review workflows, launch readiness).
- Drive operational excellence across field systems: CRM optimization, onboarding workflows, territory management tools, and medical budget tracking.
- Develop, implement, and maintain performance metrics and KPI dashboards to measure field impact.
- Manage field medical material submissions through the Medical Review Board (MRB) for compliance approval at regional/national congresses.
- Oversee onboarding for new personnel; resolve credentialing, systems access, and distribution list issues.
- Provide project management support for US Medical Affairs-led programs (ad boards, speaker programs, scientific events).
- Partner with Legal and Compliance to ensure field activities, contracts, and needs assessments are reviewed and approved.
- Support HEOR research operations and field medical budget development, management, and reporting.
- Identify and implement process improvements; benchmark industry best practices.
- Manage cross-functional resource management (scientific articles, CLM materials, tracking resource expirations).

Qualifications:
- Advanced professional degree: MD, PhD, PharmD, MBA, Nursing (MSN/DNP), or MPH.
- 2–4 years in Medical Affairs, field medical, or healthcare operations; prior MSL experience preferred.
- Demonstrated operational excellence (process design, workflow optimization, systems management).
- Strong project management; ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams.
- Ability to develop/interpret performance metrics; data-driven mindset.
- Cross-functional collaboration with Legal, Compliance, Finance, and Commercial.
- Proficiency with CRM systems, data visualization tools, and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Travel up to 20–30%; not a field-facing external role.

Application instructions:
- Closing date June 9. Submit applications through the recruitment portal ahead of this date.