The Company
Verve is a clinical-stage genetic medicines company established with a mission to solve the global health epidemic of cardiovascular disease. Founded by world-leading experts in cardiovascular medicine, human genetics and gene-editing, Verve is pioneering a new approach to the care of cardiovascular disease, potentially transforming treatment from chronic management to single-course gene editing medicines. The company’s initial three programs – VERVE-101, VERVE-102, and VERVE-201 – target genes that have been extensively validated as targets for lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), a root cause of cardiovascular disease. VERVE-101 and VERVE-102 are designed to permanently turn off the PCSK9 gene in the liver and are being developed initially for heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) and ultimately to treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) patients not at goal on oral therapy. VERVE-201 is designed to permanently turn off the ANGPTL3 gene in the liver and is initially being developed for homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) and ultimately to treat patients with refractory hypercholesterolemia. In 2023, Verve was named a Top Place to Work by The Boston Globe for the third consecutive year. Verve is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Position
The Director of medical affairs will be responsible for contributing to the overall medical affairs strategy and executing tactical plans. Priority activities include publications and medical communications, scientific congress execution, internal training materials development and delivery, and medical education programming. The Director will also assist with patient advocacy, medical society engagement, and developing strategies for key opinion leaders (KOL) engagement and advisory boards. The Director will serve as an internal scientific resource on Verve technology and partner cross-functionally to support the research, clinical, regulatory, corporate communications, and other internal teams.
Job Responsibilities
- Partner with the Senior Director, Medical Affairs, and Chief Medical Officer to support the establishment of the Medical Affairs function at Verve
- Develop and execute scientific communication plans for Verve clinical and preclinical programs
- Oversee medical education strategy to ensure education of physicians and the healthcare community on Verve’s approach to gene editing for cardiovascular disease in alignment with regulatory guidelines
- Provide scientific and technical input on the relevance and impact of clinical and scientific data to effectively communicate in external peer-to-peer scientific presentations
- Responsible for the successful dissemination of innovative clinical information to thought leaders, payers, and other key external stakeholders
- Collaborate internally in the development of KOL engagement strategies in order to engage in scientific exchange with thought leaders to enable insights generation
- Collaborate internally with the clinical and regulatory departments to support the planning, execution, and management of clinical trial activities
- Support execution of real-world evidence data generation and health economics outcomes research
- Ensure the highest level of scientific accuracy and compliance in all activities
- Able to travel internationally and domestically up to 10%
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Advanced degree in a scientific or clinical field required (e.g., M.D., Ph.D., Pharm.D., MSN)
- 10+ years of pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry experience
- Experience delivering Medical Education strategies and programs
- Experience with publications and scientific communications planning and execution
- Adept at scientific congress strategic planning and execution (KOL engagement, congress exhibition, competitive intelligence)
- Broad experience in medical affairs and willingness to engage in all activities across the function
- Ability to build relationships with internal cross-functional partners and oversee third-party vendors to execute tactical plans
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, exceptional listening skills, strong presentation skills, and good influencing skills
- High integrity, sense of urgency, ability to recognize time sensitivity
- Available for domestic and international travel up to 10% of the time
- Experience with patient advocacy and government affairs work is a plus
- Experience in cardiovascular disease is a plus
- Experiences with emergent and innovative technology is a plus
EEO Statement
Verve Therapeutics is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies
Verve Therapeutics does not accept agency resumes unless contacted directly by internal Verve Talent Acquisition. Please do not forward resumes to Verve employees or any other company location; Verve Therapeutics is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
