Director, Medical Affairs Strategic Partnerships

Role Summary

The Director of Medical Affairs Partnerships is responsible for consolidating and standardizing repeatable activities to ensure high quality, consistency, accuracy, and efficiency. This role provides Medical Affairs project management expertise to ensure the successful execution of Medical Affairs activities within Supernus and across our alliance partners. Incumbents will be responsible for leading the execution of Medical Affairs activities through effective collaboration with Medical Affairs Business Owners, Supernus Program Managers, Support Teams, and vendors, while providing guidance on compliance and requirements related to the execution of these events. This position will also serve to manage the request portal for grants, sponsorships, and medical education supporting post-partum initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management expertise to ensure successful execution of Medical Affairs activities across the Medical product plans.
• Coordinates all available resources and involved parties across vendors and multiple internal stakeholder groups.
• Provide strong project management support in strategic partnerships with alliance partners in the US and ex-US.
• Leads coordination and project management for internal stakeholders and external parties/vendors to support logistics and project deliverables.
• Ensures vendors meet all internal policies and external regulations.
• Contacts vendors for quotes, reviews initial quotes for reasonability, and negotiate with vendors as appropriate.
• Supports the use, maintenance, and evaluation of Medical Affairs tracking tools to ensure project timelines are met and completed on time and within budget.
• Establish and manage regularly scheduled planning meetings.
• Document and follow up on project plan activities, milestones, and action items to ensure effective and timely completion.
• Proactively communicates across team members to support successful execution and keeps stakeholders well-informed.
• Conduct post-meeting debriefs and document lessons learned from Symposia and Ad Board execution to inform future planning activities.
• Manages externally facing grant portal, develop, and execute internal review processes across alliance partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in health sciences or a business-related field and a minimum of ten years of relevant experience.
• Experience in Medical Affairs and/or medical education preferred.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry is a plus.
• Demonstrated track record of sourcing, negotiating, and managing complex strategic alliances.
• Previous experience working in a cross-functional environment and partnering with internal teams a plus.
• Strong project management skills required.
• Excellent leadership, self-management, organizational, and communication skills.

Skills

• Project management
• Alliance partner coordination
• Vendor management and negotiation
• Regulatory and compliance awareness
• Cross-functional collaboration

Education

• Bachelors degree in health sciences or a business-related field

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to legally work in the United States without visa sponsorship.