Director, Medical Affairs
Boston, MA (Remote)
Development – Medical Affairs /
Fulltime MD /
Remote
Company Overview
Cerevel Therapeutics is dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of the brain to treat neuroscience diseases. We are tackling neuroscience diseases with a differentiated approach that combines expertise in neurocircuitry with a focus on receptor selectivity. Our portfolio of pre-commercial neuroscience assets targets a broad range of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, including schizophrenia, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and substance use disorder.
Headquartered in the Greater Boston area, we are bold thinkers, deep experts, resilient pathfinders, and transparent partners who push the boundaries of scientific understanding to unlock breakthrough CNS therapies that have real impact on people’s lives.
Cerevel aspires to develop and nurture a culture characterized by trust, respect, courage, curiosity, and compassion, with a relentless focus on mission and results. Our patient-centricity guides our purpose, how we treat each other and what we work on every day. The successful candidate will bring their own unique thinking and approach to Cerevel while sharing our core values and convictions.
Role Summary:
The Medical Director, Neuroscience, is responsible for providing medical and scientific leadership and expertise in CNS disorders, with a focus on serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Reporting to the Senior Director, Medical Affairs (Global Medical Lead, emraclidine), the Medical Director will collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior management to develop and execute medical affairs strategies and activities that support the clinical development, launch, and lifecycle management of emraclidine.
The Medical Director will provide both the tactical implementation, operational guidance, and oversight of activities for medical strategy, scientific communications, external stakeholders engagement, publication strategy, and work with commercial, regulatory, and evidence teams to support clinical development and RWE/HEOR activities.
This role will initially prioritize our clinical development program of emraclidine in schizophrenia but may be expected to provide leadership and support to our other exciting prioritized clinical programs in major depressive disorder, Alzheimer’s dementia related psychosis, focal epilepsy and/or apathy in dementia.
This is a visible, creative, and challenging role within a fast paced and rapidly growing organization with broad ambitions. The role requires strong leadership skills, independent thinking, and the ability to flex with competing priorities. Candidates must possess the ability to generate enthusiasm and followers, the ability to quickly gain trust and respect of peers and senior leadership, and a track record of successfully driving results through strong partnership with other departments.
Key Responsibilities
- As Medical Director and ambassador for the emraclidine program establish collaborative relationships with academic and industry thought leaders, investigators, cooperative groups, advocacy groups, and other clinical stakeholders
- In collaboration with leadership design and implement Global Medical Affairs strategies to support the launch of emraclidine and other late-stage programs
- Responsible for dissemination of clinical data, including creating and sharing the medical narrative around each indication to key stakeholders - patients, caregivers, providers and payers
- Partner with the scientific communications team to oversee timely publication planning and communication activities in support of Product Strategy and Life Cycle Management Plans
- Establish and conduct steering committee and advisory board meetings
- Contribute to reviews and approve medical/scientific communications and promotional content review
- Support medical training programs for cross-functional members
- Translate clinical experience, competitive insights, and physician/patient feedback to better inform company goals, development strategy, and clinical research protocols
- In close collaboration with Market Access and Medical leadership teams ensure timely, adequate and scientifically rigorous development of RWE for payor audiences
- Manage and further develop networks of therapeutic area thought leaders who provide input on our clinical development strategy and program life cycle management
- Drive internal alignment on key scientific communications and publication planning
- Serve as an internal medical expert and resource to support our cross-functional partners
Required Qualifications
- MD/DO required
- 5 years experience with a solid track record of achievement in Medical Affairs
- Demonstrated experience leading and working in matrixed organizations
- Demonstrated experience engaging and partnering with scientific thought leaders and external stakeholders
- Prior experience working with field-based value and medical science teams
- Successful execution of Global Medical Affairs plans and educational programs, including experience with Ph4 post-marketing approval studies, investigator initiated and RWE/HEOR analyses
- Demonstrated ability to communicate as medical spokesperson for senior level audiences and credibility with external stakeholders
- Experience with global strategic planning
- Innovative, collaborative, flexible mindset
Desired Qualifications
- 8+ years experience in Medical Affairs in roles of increasing responsibility
- CNS experience, psychiatry experience strongly preferred
- Pharmaceutical product launch experience
- Strong business acumen
Education
- MD/DO required
Cerevel is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
