braeburn Plymouth Meeting, PA (Hybrid) or Remote Full-time 2024-09-27

Reports to: Director of Medical Affairs

Location: Plymouth Meeting, PA (Hybrid) or Remote

Company Overview:

Braeburn is dedicated to delivering solutions for people living with the serious consequences of opioid use disorder. At Braeburn, we challenge the status quo and champion transformation of the management of opioid use disorder (OUD) by partnering with the community to create a world where every person with OUD gets the best possible care and opportunity to reach their full potential. Our shared commitment to innovation on behalf of patients enables us to help people with OUD begin and sustain recovery.

At Braeburn, there are opportunities to contribute to our purpose every day. We value authenticity and strive to amplify all voices. Our culture empowers everyone to be successful and unleashes our full potential.

Position Summary:

The Associate Director of Medical Information will manage all aspects of medical information for Braeburn products, providing accurate and timely information about Braeburn products, and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in medical affairs, excellent communication skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Specific Duties:

  • Independently research and write medical response documents (e.g. SRLs), proactively update existing response documents on an ongoing basis, obtain approval for use to ensure compliance with existing regulations, policies and procedures, and train others on their content and use.
  • Provide accurate, balanced, and timely medical and scientific information to internal and external customers such as health care professionals, consumers, and other customers.
  • Perform critical analysis of inquiry trends, contributing conclusions and recommendations based on findings, to medical affairs strategy teams.
  • Provide support and coverage for virtual “on-demand” medical information request platform.
  • Apply knowledge of business strategy and inquiry activity to identify business needs, trends and emerging issues, raising awareness with appropriate colleagues.
  • Proactively monitor the literature for new scientific information, identify relevant publications, analyze, and communicate information of interest internally in an accurate, balanced, and timely manner.
  • Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and industry standards
  • Provide medical and scientific input and contribute to assigned product and project teams.
  • Maintain Medical Information Inquiry database (e.g. IRMS) by documenting medical inquires that were received and the responses provided.
  • Lead the development and delivery of internal training programs on medical information processes and product-related knowledge.
  • Develop and maintain disease state, company and competitor product expertise
  • Support other Medical Affairs projects and initiatives as requested.
  • Support cross functional teams that interface with Medical Information on a regular basis, such as the Field Sales organization and Sales operations, to ensure teams have the resources necessary to refer Medical Information Requests to Medical Affairs for timely responses.

Skills:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, with a proven ability to convey complex scientific information clearly and effectively
  • Strong understanding of regulatory guidelines governing medical information and promotional materials
  • Proficiency in preparing scientific documents and navigating medical databases 
  • Strong analytical skills, with a focus on data-driven decision-making
  • Demonstrated results-orientation and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
  • Ability to read, interpret, and convey complex scientific information
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external partners

Education/Experience:

  • Advanced scientific degree (e.g. PhD, PharmD, MD) is preferred
  • Minimum of 7 years of experience in medical information, medical affairs, or related roles in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
  • Advanced computer and internet skills, including knowledge of MS applications (such as Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Excel), IRMS, Veeva PromoMats, SharePoint, references databases, PubMed
  • Proven experience with working in a hybrid or remote environment
  • Ability to travel (up to 20%)

Braeburn is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military/veteran status, age, disability, or any other category/characteristic protected by law (collectively, “Protected Categories”). In fact, we encourage all underrepresented backgrounds to apply for any open job positions with the company.