Senior Director, Medical Affairs

Alpine Immune Sciences is a leading clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering and developing innovative, protein-based immunotherapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Exciting challenges lie ahead-guided by our core values, we'll meet these challenges. Join us!

The Senior Director of Medical Affairs will be a key member of, and leader within, our growing Medical Affairs team. Reporting to the Executive Director of Scientific Communications, this highly visible role will help drive Medical/Field Medical strategy for all of Alpine's pipeline products and be the leader and face of Field Medical within the organization. Key responsibilities will include development and implementation of strategic and impactful approaches for building and maintaining strong relationships with medical experts and communities in the relevant therapeutic areas via KOL engagement and insights gathering, clinical trial and enrollment support, field medical education and content development, and congress planning and coverage. This will entail close collaborations with cross-functional teams, including but not limited to scientific communications, clinical development, clinical operations, commercial, translational medicine, PR/IR, safety, and program management.

Contribute to the development of the overall Medical Affairs strategy and lead the development and execution of Field Medical strategy across all relevant therapeutic areas.

Provide leadership and management of the Field Medical team to ensure success/impact as Alpine's ambassadors to the medical community and in building external relationships for Alpine overall and in relation to its products in development. Specific responsibilities include:

o Hiring, training, coaching, and development/growth of MSLs, including ensuring MSLs are up to date on the latest data/strategy and therapeutic landscape developments.

o Building the structure, operations (including SOPs, metrics, and resource/budget planning), and reputation of the Field Medical function within the organization.

o Ensuring close collaborations/partnerships between Field Medical and other functions.

Drive Field Medical excellence, execution, and impact via:

o KOL identification, mapping, and engagement strategy and execution to establish, strengthen, and broaden Alpine's relationships with KOLs and the medical community.

o Scientific exchange/education with KOLs and other HCPs via MSL-led events/presentations, in alignment with the overall medical education strategy/plan.

o Support of clinical trials and patient enrollment, in collaboration with Clinical Development/Operations.

o Gathering, sharing, and actioning of medical insights.

Lead the strategy and implementation of Field Medical education/content and internal training, including:

o Developing and maintaining scientific expertise related to Alpine products (including MOA and preclinical/clinical data), disease area backgrounds, and therapeutic landscape updates.

o Driving the planning, development, and review of resources/content for Field Medical use covering the topics referenced above.

o Driving the planning, development, and review of internal training curricula covering the topics referenced above.

Contribute to congress planning and coverage, in collaboration with the cross-functional congress planning team.

Advanced degree in life sciences or pharmaceutical sciences (PhD, PharmD) with 10+ years of experience in the pharma/biotech industry and 8+ years of experience in Field Medical Affairs

A minimum of 5 years of experience managing/leading a Field Medical team, with a track record of success in building/developing a Field Medical function highly preferred

Demonstrated ability to successfully engage and build relationships with external stakeholders, including KOLs and other HCPs, medical societies, PAGs, and payers

Demonstrated learning agility and ability to analyze, interpret, and critique scientific and medical data

Excellent communication skills, including demonstrated ability to articulately communicate/present complex scientific and medical data and to flex communication approach/style based on the audience

Excellent interpersonal skills, including demonstrated ability to work effectively in a complex and matrix environment and to collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders in a professional, credible, and responsive manner

Impeccable organizational and time-management skills, including demonstrated ability to manage multiple and competing priorities and to achieve objectives in a fast-paced environment

Experience in autoimmune diseases (e.g., autoimmune glomerulonephritis, autoimmune cytopenia, SLE) and immunology is highly preferred

Domestic and international travel (30-50%) is required

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At Alpine we engage equitable workplace strategies to ensure fair compensation. Actual compensation is dependent upon current market data, experience, and pay parity within our organization. This position is a Senior Director level position with a compensation range of $220,000 to $275,000.  In order to be considered for a position, candidates must be located in one of the following five states: CA, MA, NC, OR, or WA . We take care of our employees with a competitive benefits package that includes stock options, annual bonus, premium medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents, as well as life and disability benefits, FSA, and 401(k) plans. We believe quality time outside the office is vital to our employees' satisfaction at work, so our flexible PTO plan of 160 hours, generous holiday time (generally 12 days), and parental benefits encourages team members to take time off so they can come back refreshed. Alpine team members enjoy competitive salaries and equity participation (stock options).

Alpinists share a passion for meaningful work and are committed to solving the most complex problems in immunology to create new therapies for patients. We believe in innovative thinking, collaboration, flexibility, bias for action, and healthy debate. To foster our team of outstanding scientists and business professionals, we provide a premier work environment with a state-of-the-art lab and office spaces with truly inspiring views, and an open design to facilitate teamwork.

Our treasured culture has been shaped by our diverse team who truly enjoys working and playing together. We nurture Alpine's culture in many ways, including all-company social events and happy hours, lunch-and-learn and education opportunities, interest groups like book club and movie nights, peer-to-peer recognition programs, a robust wellness program to help support physical, mental, and emotional health, and more.

Alpine is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Alpine is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Our office and lab are located in the blossoming biotech neighborhood of Eastlake in Seattle. Alpinists enjoy the flexibility to work onsite, remotely, or a hybrid schedule, with evolving options as we prioritize keeping Alpinists safe and healthy. Onsite employees enjoy an open-office layout with comfortable huddle rooms and Zoom Room-enabled conference rooms, a spacious breakroom and kitchen with a coffee bar and snacks, and rooftop access to enjoy gorgeous views of Lake Union and Gas Works Park.

Exciting challenges lie ahead-guided by our core values, we'll meet these challenges.  Join us!