Director, Medical Affairs Excellence & Strategic Operations (San Diego, Ca And Remote)

Department:

107200 Medical Affairs

Location:

San Diego, CA, USA- Remote

Be a part of a global team that is inspired to make a difference in the lives of people living with rare disease.

At Travere Therapeutics, we recognize that our exceptional employees are vital to our success. We are a dedicated team focused on meeting the unique needs of rare patients. Our work is rewarding – both professionally and personally – because we are making a difference. We are passionate about what we do.

We are seeking talented individuals who will thrive in our collaborative, diverse, fast-paced environment and share in our mission – to identify, develop and deliver life-changing therapies to people living with rare disease. We stick by our values centered on patients, courage, community, and collaboration to pursue our vision of becoming a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the delivery of innovation and hope to patients in the global rare disease community.

At Travere Therapeutics, we are in rare for life. We continue to courageously forge new paths as we move toward a common goal of elevating science and service for rare patients.

Position Summary:

The Director, Medical Affairs Excellence & Strategic Operations will lead and manage Global Medical Affairs (GMA) operational activities to ensure alignment and organization across multiple stakeholder groups. The ideal candidate is someone with excellent project management, organizational skills, and experience building/managing large operational budgets. This role is responsible for leading the organization and execution of major medical affairs initiatives and tactics within the assigned therapeutic area.

Responsibilities:

Global Medical Affairs Strategy & Operations

• Serves as project management lead for functions within Global Medical Affairs.
• Develop, lead, and facilitate medical strategic planning in partnership with the Executive Director, Medical Affairs Excellence and Strategic Operations.
• Lead departmental initiatives to support ongoing process improvement.
• Brings project management and process expertise to execute the Medical Affairs Strategic Plan and ensures alignment across multiple stakeholders.
• Organize and lead operational team meetings.
• Create, implement, and maintain policies and procedures that ensure GMA activities are executed in accordance with compliance requirements.
• Accountable for meeting budget objectives, projects goals, and department priorities.
• Create/update relevant SOPs, working practices, and forms in collaboration with Subject Matter Experts. Track documents as needed, ensuring audit readiness.

Budget Management

• Responsible for working with Operations team to ensure overall tracking of the budget within GMA.
• Serves as primary contact for Finance department within GMA.
• Responsible for drafting annual budget as part of the Medical Affairs strategic medical planning cycle in partnership with GMA Leadership Team (GMALT).
• Owns monthly accrual processes as well as reconciliation/close-out, overseeing proper data entry and reporting.
• Ensures budget status is communicated to GMA functions in a regular cadence.

General Activities

• Organizes content within Teams and SharePoint to promote GMA Operational Excellence.
• Accountable for meeting budget objectives, projects goals, and department priorities.
• Leads evaluation of operational issues, identifies target areas for improvement, and leads solution development and implementation.
• Serves as expert for Operational Excellence and key driver of process improvement within Global Medical Affairs
• Coordinates and prepares logistics for meetings with internal teams, including tracking and follow up on actions from these meetings and other projects.
• Drives the evolution and development of GMA project planning and monitoring tools.
• Charters, leads, and executes cross-functional projects required to achieve organizational objectives.
• Facilitates effective team communication and project management.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Advanced scientific degree (i.e., PharmD, PhD) and 6+ years of project management or medical affairs experience OR Master’s Degree and 8+ years of project management or medical affairs experience. Equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered.
• Demonstrated excellence in budget oversight and financial excellence.

Additional Skills/Experience/Requirements:

• The ideal candidate will embody Travere’s core values: Courage, Community Spirit, Patient Focus and Teamwork
• Intermediate to advanced competency and experience with a variety of computer applications, including Microsoft Suite, MS Project, SharePoint and/or other related project management tools.
• Well organized with the ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage shifting responsibilities in a dynamic, cross-functional teamwork environment.
• All positions have an essential job function to be able to perform face to face work with colleagues and/or onsite in San Diego. No role is expected to be 100% remote.
• Track record of delivering creative and simple solutions to complex problems.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Successful record of creating and managing complex project plans, timelines, budgets, and critical paths.
• Ability to travel up to 10-20%
• Ability to adapt to modification and changes to project plans, demonstrating flexibility to implement new strategies and tactics to accommodate these changes.
• Excellent planning, project management and collaboration skills with strong attention to detail and the ability to multi-task and manage complexity.
• Demonstrated excellence in building and maintaining relationships with senior leadership.
• Ability to be a consistent high-level contributor and facilitate and/or lead multiple projects, processes, or functions.

Total Rewards Offerings:

Travere provides comprehensive total rewards offerings that demonstrate our commitment as a diverse, equitable, people-centric, and pay-for-performance organization.

Benefits: Our benefits include premium health, financial, work-life and well-being offerings for eligible employees and dependents, wellness and employee support programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with employer match and generous paid time off.

Compensation: Our competitive compensation package includes a combination of both cash compensation (base pay and short-term incentive) and long-term incentive compensation (company stock), designed to recognize, retain, and reward employees.

Target Base Pay Range:

$170,000.00 - $225,000.00

• This information is current as of the initial date of this job posting and may be modified in the future. The actual pay determined for an individual will vary based on job-related factors such as location, relevant prior experience and/or education, particular skills and expertise.

COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT

Where permitted, the Company requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment unless an exemption or accommodation is available and approved. Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen and may include the individual obtaining vaccination boosters at certain intervals. Where permitted, as a condition of employment, final candidates will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination unless an exemption or accommodation is available and approved. View the candidate COVID-19 vaccination policy webpage for information about the exemption or accommodation process for final candidates.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application or interview process, please contact us by sending an email to [email protected]. Please note that this email address is to be used exclusively to request an accommodation with the online application, interview or hiring process only. Travere HR will not reply to emails sent to this address for any other reason.