Associate Director, Medical Affairs (Rare Disease Division, West Coast)

Associate Director, Medical Affairs (West Coast) page is loaded## Associate Director, Medical Affairs (West Coast)locations: Los Angelestime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R3272Biocodex is a French family-owned pharmaceutical company headquartered in Gentilly, near Paris, France. The company was founded in 1953 to develop and market the world’s first probiotic yeast strain, *Saccharomyces boulardii* CNCM I-745(R), discovered in 1923. Building on relationships established for nearly 70 years with healthcare professionals, the Biocodex teams work daily for the health of all and focus their activities around three main areas: **Microbiota**, **Orphan diseases**, **Women’s health**. With more than 1,800 employees, Biocodex generated net revenues of above €634 million in 2024, including 32% in France and 68% internationally. The group is present in more than 100 countries through wholly owned subsidiaries in 17 countries and a network of distributors worldwide.**Associate Director, Medical Affairs****This position is REMOTE****West Coast Territory includes California, Washington, Oregon****Candidates must reside within the territory with preference given to those residing in the Los Angeles area.****Act with Purpose. Innovate with Care.**At Biocodex, we believe we can be global without being impersonal, demanding without being rigid, and innovative without losing sight of care. As a human-sized pharmaceutical company, we operate with high standards, a strong team mindset, and a clear ambition: to create meaningful, lasting impact. Here, you can own your role, grow your expertise, and be fully yourself. We’re not looking for cookie-cutter profiles. We’re looking for strong expertise, fresh thinking, and people who want to build something that matters.**Why This Role Matters:** The Associate Director, Medical Affairs will serve as a liaison to the medical/scientific community and will be responsible for establishing, developing, and maintaining relationships with prominent experts in pediatric neurology and in epilepsy within the geographic area of coverage. This position reports to the Director, Medical Affairs.**What You Will Do:**• Build, maintain, and manage professional relationships with Key External Experts (KEEs) to organize networks at state levels within their designated region• Ensure the appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding marketed and pipeline compounds in a timely, ethical and health care provider (HCP)-focused manner• Implement clinical and educational strategies in collaboration with other company colleagues for designated HCPs/KEEs. This includes organizing medical and scientific training sessions, conferences and symposiums in medical centers and during scientific congresses in the US• Contribute to an efficient organization of medical communication activities for the marketed drug• Execute and support department projects as directed by the Medical Officer.• Report pharmacovigilance (PV), product quality (PQ), or medical information (MI) requests within 24 hours, per the Standard Operating Procedures for PV, PQ, and MI reporting• Ensure competitive and scientific intelligence is communicated to medical and leadership team• Input of all KEE/HCP interactions in company’s software platform(s) in a timely manner. The minimum requirement is weekly input• Work to pair our KEE/HCP educational and research questions with the latest emerging data in response to specific healthcare professional inquiries• Providing clinical and value-based input into Biocodex communications and materials, as directed by Medical Officer• Medical Affairs Insights Lead with report generation• Specialty Pharmacy data generation and Medical Affairs liaison• Standard HCP (Health Care Provider) Response Letters: organization and updates• Recurring updates to Medical Affairs deck updates• Medical Affairs lead on Inpatient ordering program• Medical Affairs lead reviewer for PRC (promotional review committee) and MRC (medical review committee)• Expanded geography and key HCP responsibilities**Skills:**• A reliable team-player with strong organizational, project management, detail oriented, and communication skills• Proactive work style• Ability to be resilient, flex, and adapt to internal and external change• Work collaboratively across the organizations• Autonomous and ability to work in fast-changing and multi-tasking environment• Ability to manage and communicate in a scientific and medical environment• Strong management and leadership capabilities• Excellent writing skills• A valid unrestricted driver’s license• The US Field-Based position is associated with a minimum of 60% time in the field while- customer facing.**What You Bring:*** Advanced scientific degree preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD), and will consider DNP, or clinically equivalent if appropriate experience (e.g., APRN, PA , RPh).* Minimum of 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry (preferred) as a field-based medical position (MSL or similar) to provide strategic and scientific/medical direction to national/regional business unit functions.* Preferred experience in rare disease; and/or neurology or pediatrics.* Knowledge of FDA Regulations and Medical Affairs SOPs and Guidelines* Ability to respond appropriately to needs of key stakeholders and manage expectations; excellent project management skills and follow through Excellent data analysis skills; strong understanding of clinical databases* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and exceptional interpersonal skills* Ability to work under deadline in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of flexibility* Excellent problem-solving skills required* Ability to effectively facilitate meetings and cross-functional teams* Project management experience (timelines, documents, reporting) preferred**Additional Information:**Full-Time Perks & Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, short- term & long-term disability, life insurance. 401K matchSalary range is $160k to $200k and based on experience Position open to people with disabilities**What You Will Find Here:**A team that truly has your back. You’ll join a workplace where trust, collaboration, and support are part of how we work every day.**Work that matters** No matter your role, you contribute to a healthcare company driven by ethics, responsibility, and high standards.**Room to grow and make an impact** Feedback, development opportunities, internal mobility, cross-functional projects, AI... you’ll be in an environment that helps you grow and drive change.**Hiring is a two-way street**We’re looking for someone to join our team — and you’re looking for a role that truly fits. That’s why we’re transparent about who we are, how we work, and what you can expect from us.**Reconnect with what really matters: people, impact, and the future.****WHY BIOCODEX** Our four values are driving forces and bonds for all teams: we play collectively; we shape fair relations; we dare to innovate; we care for our ecosystem.At Biocodex, we do not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, nationality or sexual orientation. In fact, we welcome diversity, which we recognize as a source of strength for the company.At Biocodex, our CSR approach is an holistic one to reconcile the 4P’s: People, Planet, Profit and Purpose, and we also ensure that our employees are provided with necessary and relevant tools for both their personal and professional development, while offering them competitive advantages and services.Join us!#LI-RemoteBIOCODEX USA (Rare Disease)Take up the challenge and send your application!At BIOCODEX, our mission is to improve the health and well-being of women and men worldwide through our three main areas of expertise: microbiota, women’s health and orphan diseases.We #J-18808-Ljbffr Biocodex Inc