Director, Scientific Communications

Position Title: Director, Scientific CommunicationsReports To: VP, Senior Medical Director, Medical AffairsPosition Summary: Reporting to the Senior Medical Director, the Director, Scientific Communications will own three areas for elamipretide: scientific communications and publications, real-world evidence (RWE) generation, and Medical Information. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional team members and external vendors to drive project success. You will also have direct access to internal subject matter experts to guide your work and support your professional growth.The role is both strategic and external facing, with regular KOL engagement, coordination with a registry steering committee, advisory board participation, and congress presentations. This individual will prepare the evidence generation plan for a significant expansion of publications from an established registry. Strong clinical and medical acumen is essential to this endeavor as well as the strategic contribution.Responsibilities:Scientific Communications Platform & PublicationsScientific Communications Platform: Create the elamipretide scientific communications platform and iterate throughout the year based on insights.Tailored Communication: Tailor scientific messaging to updated stakeholder maps.Publications & Congresses: Lead publication and congress planning and coordination, and author and present abstracts and posters.KOL Engagement: Build strong external relationships with academic experts and treating clinicians in the mitochondrial disease community, partnering with them as authors, presenters, and advisors.Agency Oversight: Direct medical communications and publication agencies, including scope, budget, and quality.Field Content Library: Maintain a library of approved field medical content. Participate in medical legal review. Advisory Boards: Participate in advisory boards on content and RWE generation.Medical Information & Call Center OversightMedical Response Ownership: Own Medical Information and all company medical responses from a medical standpoint.Standard Response Letters: Maintain a library of standard response letters.External Response Quality: Ensure responses to healthcare providers, patients, and caregivers reflect the latest clinical and real-world data.Call Center Oversight: Provide medical oversight, training, and Level 2 escalation support for the call center, including proper escalation of Adverse Events and Product Complaints.Insight Generation: Use inquiry trends to inform the scientific platform and educational materials.Oversight and Coordination of Real-World Evidence Generation, Value & OutcomesAbility to understand and direct third party analysis vendor in evidence planning with data sources, including registry, claims, EHR, and academic datasets, including management of investigator initiated trials. Critical analysis and close involvement with strategic communications plan expected, not study or analysis execution. Coordination with a Registry Steering Committee and KOLs on study planning and publication priorities to shape registry analyses, research questions, and new RWE studies as data mature.Evidence gap analysisValue Evidence: Partner with Market Access to ensure value materials and economic models are scientifically sound.Data Partnerships: Identify academic datasets and research organizations to fill evidence gaps through Data Use or Strategic Research Agreements.Competencies:Strong clinical and medical acumen applied to data interpretation, KOL discussions, and complex inquiries.Ability to translate clinical and real-world data into a clear scientific narrative.Grounding in RWE methods, including registry and observational study design.Experience partnering with KOLs on insight generation, research, and ultimately publications.Confident external presence with KOLs, steering committees, and congress audiences.Hands-on, cross-functional operator comfortable in a lean, fast-paced environment.Requirements:MD, DO, PA, NP, DNP, or PharmD with a clinical or medical background (required) and a minimum of 7 years in Medical Affairs, scientific communications, or HEOR/RWE in pharma or biotech.Proven track record in rare disease.Experience leading data analysis, publications, scientific communications platforms, and congress planning.Demonstrated external-facing experience with KOLs, advisory boards, or steering committees.Travel approximately 20%.