Director, Medical Affairs Content Development and Training
$225k - $250k USD
The Company:
With deep expertise in chemistry, Nuvalent is working to create selective medicines designed with the goal to address the needs of patients with cancer. Nuvalent is an exciting early-stage company, bringing together experienced scientists and industry veterans with a proven track record in drug discovery, oncology drug development, and company building.
The Role:
Reporting to the Head of Field Medical Affairs, the Director of Medical Affairs Content and Training is responsible for leading the development, execution, and governance of scientific content and training programs that support Medical Affairs field teams, including MSLs and Field HEOR.
In collaboration with the Medical Affairs Leadership Team (MALT), this role operationalizes the field strategy by building high quality scientific resources, delivering training programs, and ensuring field teams are scientifically current, compliant, and launch ready. Will oversee the full lifecycle of content creation, training module development and integrate congress and competitive intelligence. This role ensures that evolving evidence is rapidly translated into accurate, field ready materials and training experiences.
Responsibilities:
- Scientific Content Strategy & Resource Development
- Lead the development and maintenance of all scientific resources for MSL and Field HEOR teams, aligned to the strategy set by Medical Affairs leadership.
- Drive incorporation of emerging data updates into internal and external Medical Affairs resources, in collaboration with Scientific Communications team.
- Oversee creation and continuous improvement of: Medical Affairs slide decks, FAQ documents, email templates, mechanism of action materials, disease area summaries including landscape and competitive intelligence summaries.
- Ensure all materials reflect current evidence, publications, PIs, and congress data, with strong version control and audit readiness.
- Training Execution & Field Capability Development
- Ensure the field training strategy is executed in alignment with Medical Affairs Leadership Team, with consistent, high-quality delivery across field teams.
- Lead and deliver training as needed, including new data readouts, evolving safety/efficacy insights, and evolution of scientific narrative.
- Oversee development and management of:
- Annual Medical Affairs Training Plan
- Modular training curriculum
- PI and publication training
- Training resource library
- Soft skills training for scientific engagement, as needed
- Maintain a scalable onboarding program for new field medical hires
- Cross-functional Field Content Leadership and Governance
- Serve as the field content project owner - partnering with MRC and content experts (e.g. Medical Strategy Leads, Clinical Development, Scientific Communications) ensuring aligned presentation approach.
- Serve as MRC project owner for all field resources - ensuring timely review, alignment, revisions, and approval.
- Manage appropriate vendors for projects to ensure adherence to project timelines, budget, and quality of work.
- Identify field capability gaps and design targeted trainings to elevate scientific engagement quality.
- Operational Excellence
- Monitor KPIs and feedback loops to measure training effectiveness, field resource utilization, and scientific competency.
- Provide CRM training to all new field medical employees
- Drive continuous improvement in content development processes, training delivery, and field readiness frameworks.
- Additional Responsibilities
- Serve as a key onboarding resource for all Medical Affairs new hires
- Support additional Medical Affairs initiatives as needed.
Competencies:
- Ability to operationalize strategy into scalable, repeatable training and content systems and strong attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across matrixed, cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; build trust and foster relationships internally and externally.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with attention to timelines and detail.
- Able to work independently, take initiative, and adapt quickly to evolving priorities.
- Foster a culture of empowerment, collaboration, and a focus on patient impact
- Strategic thinking paired with disciplined execution and scientific communication.
- Commitment to scientific rigor, compliance, and field excellence.
Qualifications:
- Advanced scientific degree required.
- 8+ years of Medical Affairs experience in biotech/pharma with at least 3 in scientific communications / field content development roles.
- Demonstrated expertise in scientific content development, field training, and Medical Affairs operations.
- Strong oncology and solid tumor experience required, lung cancer experience strongly preferred with ability to interpret and communicate complex clinical data.
- Proven experience leading cross functional initiatives and navigating MRC processes.
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, and leadership skills.
- Product launch experience preferred.
- Up to 20% travel
Additional Information:
Nuvalent is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, aiming to provide employees with competitive total rewards packages.
The targeted salary range below reflects what Nuvalent reasonably and in good faith expects to offer for this position at the time of posting, but the final salary determination may be within or outside this range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, and market factors. The range will be reviewed regularly and is subject to change.
Nuvalent also offers a comprehensive benefit package to support our employees at each stage of their career, financial, health, and well-being journey, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan, generous paid time off (including a summer and winter company shutdown), and much more.
Annual Salary Range
$225,000—$250,000 USD
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