Associate Director, IT Medical Affairs Lead

Role Summary

The Associate Director, IT Medical Affairs Lead will shape and deliver the technology and data strategy that supports BridgeBio’s affiliate-based global Medical Affairs teams. This role ensures each team has the systems, insights, and digital capabilities needed for compliant, data-driven scientific engagement and operational excellence. The ideal candidate combines strategic vision with hands-on expertise in Medical Affairs applications, analytics, and AI innovation. Hybrid role based in BridgeBio’s San Francisco office, with an in-office collaboration cadence of 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the Medical Affairs IT roadmap, ensuring alignment with IT, Medical Affairs, and Commercial strategies
• Serve as the system owner for core Medical Affairs platforms including Veeva Medical CRM, Medical Information, Grants, Publications, and Insights Management
• Manage vendor relationships, release schedules, and system lifecycle activities
• Define and implement Medical Affairs data governance and analytics frameworks, ensuring compliance with privacy, GxP, and data protection standards
• Partner with Medical Affairs and IT teams to deliver dashboards and insights that support evidence generation and field medical effectiveness
• Identify, manage, deliver AI and automation opportunities to enhance literature summarization, insight capture, and operational workflows for medical affairs teams
• Lead digital adoption, user training, and change management to help Medical Affairs teams effectively use new tools and capabilities

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, life sciences, or related field; 7+ years of IT experience supporting Medical Affairs or related functions in the biopharma industry; proven success managing applications, integrations, and analytics in regulated environments
• Required: Strong knowledge of Veeva Medical CRM, PromoMats, Medical Information, Grants, Publications, KOL and Insights Management systems
• Required: Skilled in BI and data integration tools such as Power BI and Snowflake; practical experience in AI and automation use cases
• Required: Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to translate business needs into practical technology solutions; strong vendor management, contracting, SLA governance, and project delivery skills; demonstrated launch readiness experience
• Required: Collaborative and outcome-oriented; focused on system reliability, user adoption, operational efficiency, and delivering integrated Medical Affairs dashboards
• Required: Ability to build strong partnerships across IT, Medical Affairs, and Commercial functions to align technology initiatives with strategic priorities and enable better patient outcomes
• Preferred: Advanced degree such as MBA, MS, or MPH

Skills

• Veeva Medical CRM, PromoMats, Medical Information, Grants, Publications, KOL and Insights Management systems
• BI and data integration tools (Power BI, Snowflake)
• AI and automation use cases in medical affairs workflows
• Change management, user training, and digital adoption

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, life sciences, or related field