Reporting to the Medical Director, Global Medical Affairs, the Associate Director of Evidence Generation will develop and execute evidence-generation plans, ensuring close alignment with product strategy. In close collaboration with Global Medical Affairs and cross-functional team members, this role will be responsible for driving the execution of a variety of evidence generation activities such as studies on natural history of disease, treatment trends, claims data, qualitative/quantitative research, and registries.
This role is based in the Lexington office and requires employees to be onsite five days a week.
Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):
- Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to perform evidence gap analyses that systematically and proactively identify key unanswered clinical and scientific questions
- Support the planning, design, and execution of evidence generation initiatives including conceptualization, document preparation, protocol reviews, and operational plans
- Manage timelines, deliverables, and budgets for all evidence generation initiatives
- Provide oversight of all evidence generation activity, including CRO-led activities (e.g., site trainings, data collection, data management)
- Translate evidence generation outputs into clear, concise, and targeted messaging and while maintaining medical accuracy and compliance
- Confidently present data to broad range of audiences, both in internal and external settings
- Drive appropriate collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders to assure evidence generation initiatives fit both corporate and product needs
- Closely collaborate with Scientific Communications to assure proper accurate, timely, and impactful dissemination of emerging evidence
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve evidence generation processes and efficiencies, including use of innovative tools and AI
Standout Skills for Success:
- Proactively identify opportunities for evidence generation
- Will clearly communicate complex data sets to various stakeholders
- Will review all datasets and final deliverables, assuring they are thorough, precise, and accurate
- Owns accuracy and timeliness of all deliverables
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in related fields with a concentration in evidence generation
- Scientific degree (PhD, PharmD, MD) or relevant advanced science degree (MS, MPH)
- Direct experience in a pharmaceutical or CRO leading the planning and execution of a disease registry, preferably within rare disease space
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and external stakeholders
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, presentation skills, conflict management, and problem-solving skills are required
- Strong analytical skills and experience with clinical data presentation and interpretation
- Efficient independent worker with ability to focus and drive for results
- Ability to work in a fast paced-environment and to handle multiple tasks
- Strong commitment to compliance and ethical standards
- High proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CoPilot, and Outlook
- Experience with AI preferred
- Some travel may be required