Associate Director, International Medical Affairs

MISSION

Mirum Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the treatment of rare diseases. We are passionate about advancing scientific discoveries to become important medicines for rare disease patients. We are collaborative, creative, and experienced professionals and we’re looking to augment our team with other individuals who embody our values: care, be real, get it done, and have fun, seriously.

POSTION SUMMARY

This position reports to the Vice President of International Medical Affairs with responsibilities of the leading scientific initiatives within the European countries that Mirum directly supports and with our distributor partners. Under the guidance of the VP of International Medical Affairs this position will execute medical affairs activities at key congresses including medical education programs, scientific presentations and medical booths and scientific advisory boards. Additionally, this position requires engagement with key opinion leaders (KOLs) to advance Mirum’s scientific initiatives and engagement with patient advocacy groups (PAGs)

JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the development of scientific symposia at congresses and other medical education initiatives
• Coordinate the international medical plan and the country level plans with the support of the VP Int Medical Affairs
• Plan and execute EU congress related activities: KOL engagement, advocacy engagement including: pre and post congress debriefs, daily debriefs, congress summary, scientific booths that are aligned with product strategy
• Organize and support scientific advisory boards
• Ability to present scientific data at key congresses and provide input/feedback into final congress presentations.
• Represent Int Med Affairs in EU PAG engagement/ advocacy; collaborate with and support Int PAG strategy and develop/ execute related tactics
• Support commercial on various tactics (e.g. EU and Global Brand Plans and commercial training).
• Support distributors markets on medical strategy, scientific education and contribute to country visits as appropriate
• Assisting the of VP of Medical Affairs on medical affairs related projects
• Support and collaborate with relevant cross-functional International and local stakeholders such as but not limited to market-access, clinical development/ operations

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Experience:

• Medical Degree, Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctorate (i.e. RN, BS/BA, MS/MA, PharmD) level of degree from an accredited university/program.
• 10+ years of biopharmaceutical experience, with an understanding of the current regulatory and compliance environment for prelaunch and postlaunch initiatives for an investigational asset.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proficient in Microsoft OneNote, Teams and Office 365 (proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel is essential).
• Highly organized individual, who possesses the ability to work in a fast-paced agile environment.
• Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy across assets and launches.
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Team player with a hands-on / can-do mindset
• Ability to interact with and coordinates appropriate scientific and medical activities with internal stakeholders (i.e. commercial, clinical operations, statistics, regulatory, publications, chemistry, manufacturing, controls ‘CMC’ etc.) as they relate to on-going medical affairs projects.
• Represents or Mirum at external meetings including investigator meetings, scientific congresses, regulatory meetings, along with advisory boards etc.
• Ability to work independently with some supervision and guidance.
• Exercises sound judgment within well-defined practices and policies.
• Ability to manage budget for assigned projects.
• Clinical experience/research background or knowledge in one of following areas: liver diseases, pediatrics/neonatal care, cholestasis or rare diseases is preferred.

Work Environment:

• This is a high growth, fast paced organization. The ability to be productive and successful in this work environment is critical.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally is required; it is anticipated that this will be 30% of work time.

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