Senior Director, Field Medical

🕒 October 20

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $285k - $300k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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Achieve Life Sciences

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2015

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🧬 Biotechnology

Pharmaceuticals • Biotechnology

Achieve Life Sciences is a late-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing cytisinicline as a treatment for nicotine dependence (smoking and vaping cessation). The company is advancing cytisinicline through Phase 2 and Phase 3 ORCA trials and has submitted an NDA; its clinical program targets nicotinic receptors to reduce withdrawal and smoking satisfaction, with the goal of providing a new FDA-approved treatment option for tobacco and nicotine dependence.

📋 Description

• Build, lead, and scale Achieve’s Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team • Develop the field medical organization, recruit and onboard MSLs, and establish team structure and capabilities • Establish national field strategy, territory design, deployment models, account prioritization, and scientific engagement plans • Set expectations for scientific engagement, coaching, mentoring, performance management, and professional development • Ensure MSLs deliver fair-balanced, non-promotional scientific exchange with specialists and primary care clinicians • Lead identification, mapping, and prioritization of KOLs, academic clinicians, and influential community-based practitioners • Establish processes for capturing and synthesizing field intelligence • Translate field insights into recommendations for Medical Affairs strategy, evidence generation, publications, and launch planning • Develop processes, tools, training, and infrastructure for launch readiness • Partner with Medical Affairs, Clinical, Regulatory, and Commercial teams • Own field medical compliance expectations and ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and industry standards • Ensure MSLs have appropriate scientific knowledge, approved resources, and communication skills • Define and monitor field medical performance indicators • Report to the Head of Medical Affairs

🎯 Requirements

• PharmD, MD, or PhD in a relevant scientific discipline • 12+ years of Medical Affairs experience within pharmaceutical or biotechnology organizations • Meaningful field medical leadership experience • Demonstrated success recruiting, building, developing, and leading MSL teams • Strong scientific credibility and ability to engage with KOLs, academic clinicians, specialists, and community-based practitioners • Experience establishing field medical strategy, MSL excellence standards, compliant scientific exchange practices, and field insights processes • Strong people leadership, coaching, and performance management skills • Ability to translate field insights into actionable recommendations and communicate field medical priorities across functions • Collaborative, proactive leadership style • Ability to build structure and processes in a fast-moving, pre-launch environment • Preferred: experience in smoking cessation, nicotine dependence, addiction medicine, or a related therapeutic area • Preferred: experience engaging specialist and primary care audiences across health systems and community settings • Preferred: experience building a field medical organization ahead of a commercial launch • Candidates may reside anywhere in the continental United States • Approximately 50–60% travel required

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401(k) retirement plan • Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Company-paid life insurance • Short- and long-term disability coverage • Paid time off • Paid company holidays • Annual target bonus • Equity compensation • Remote work • Approximately 50–60% travel for field team oversight, external scientific engagement, congresses, and key meetings

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