North America Head of Medical Affairs Operations & Excellence

Kyowa Kirin

Kyowa Kirin is a fast-growing global specialty pharmaceutical company that applies state-of-the-art biotechnologies to discover and deliver novel medicines in four disease areas: bone and mineral; intractable hematologic; hematology oncology; and rare disease.  A Japan-based company, our goal is to translate science into smiles by delivering therapies where no adequate treatments currently exist, working from drug discovery to product development and commercialization. In North America, we are headquartered in Princeton, NJ, with offices in California, North Carolina, and Mississauga, Ontario. Summary of Job: The North America Head of Scientific Communications is a senior leadership role within NA Medical Affairs responsible for setting the strategic direction, oversight, and governance of scientific communications across the regional portfolio. This role ensures the delivery of high-quality, compliant, and impactful scientific communications that support evidence dissemination, medical education, and scientific exchange throughout the product lifecycle. The role provides leadership for regional publication strategy and execution, field medical resources, medical education content, digital scientific communications, congress activities, and regional medical review processes. The role leads and develops a high-performing scientific communications team and serves as a key strategic partner to Medical Affairs therapeutic area leaders, commercial team and cross-functional stakeholders. As a catalyst for innovation, the NA Head of Scientific Communications continuously evaluates emerging digital channels, data-driven insights, and evolving stakeholder engagement preferences to ensure Medical Affairs remains at the forefront of scientific exchange. This includes leveraging modern communication platforms and formats—including social media, podcasts, and other digital channels—to meet the evolving information needs of healthcare professionals, scientific experts, and key opinion leaders. Essential Functions: Future Pipeline Expansion & Capability Building * Proactively prepare NA Scientific Communications to support future pipeline expansion, including new therapeutic areas, indications, modalities, and lifecycle stages. * Anticipate scientific communications needs associated with pipeline progress and evolving portfolio complexity, including early asset planning, launch readiness, and post-launch evidence dissemination. * Design scalable scientific communications approaches, processes, and resourcing models that can flex with portfolio expansion. * Partner with Global Medical Affairs and Clinical Development to ensure early alignment of scientific narratives, data generation plans, and publication strategy for pipeline assets. * Identify capability gaps and lead continuous improvement initiatives across scientific communications, including talent development, vendor partnerships, and operational excellence.  Strategic Leadership & Governance * Develop and own the regional scientific communications strategy across multiple products, aligned with global medical strategy, portfolio priorities, and North America Medical Affairs objectives. * Establish and maintain regional governance frameworks, standards, and best practices for scientific communications across channels and formats. * Serve as a senior scientific communications advisor to North America Medical Affairs leadership and therapeutic area leads. * Ensure compliance with internal SOPs, Good Publication Practice (GPP), ICMJE guidelines, and all applicable regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements.  Publications & Evidence Dissemination * Oversee regional publication planning and execution, including abstracts, manuscripts, posters, oral presentations, and plain language summaries. * Ensure timely, high-quality execution of regional publication plans in collaboration with global partners, investigators, and external authors. * Provide strategic oversight of publication vendors and agencies, including scope, budgeting, and performance management.  Scientific Content & Medical Materials * Lead development and lifecycle management of regional scientific narratives, lexicons, and key data-driven messages. * Oversee creation, approval, and maintenance of regional field medical materials, including slide decks, FAQs, disease education materials, and data summaries. * Ensure all materials are scientifically accurate, strategically aligned, audience-appropriate, and tailored to regional needs.  Medical Education & Congress * Oversee scientific content for regional medical education, insight generation initiatives, advisory boards, and peer-to-peer scientific exchange. * Provide scientific communications leadership for regional congress strategy and execution, including content development, scientific booth materials, and symposia support. * Partner closely with Field Medical and Medical Education teams to align content with scientific objectives and stakeholder insights. Digital Scientific Communications * Provide strategic oversight of regional digital scientific assets, including modular and omnichannel-ready content, congress digital materials, and online educational resources. * Partner with digital and omnichannel teams to ensure scientific rigor, consistency, and effective data visualization across platforms.  Medical Review & Compliance Oversight * Lead and oversee regional medical review processes to ensure efficient, compliant, and high-quality review of scientific communications materials. * Serve as a senior medical/scientific reviewer and escalation point for complex scientific, regulatory, or compliance-related issues. * Drive continuous improvement of review workflows and cross-functional collaboration.  People Leadership & Talent Development * Lead, coach, and develop a team of scientific communications professionals, fostering a culture of scientific excellence, accountability, and collaboration. * Set clear objectives, provide ongoing performance feedback, and support professional development for direct reports. * Build and sustain a high-performing scientific communications function capable of supporting a growing and evolving portfolio. * Anticipate future portfolio and pipeline needs to inform thoughtful expansion of the scientific communications team over time. * Define future role profiles and succession plans to ensure the organization scales effectively as new assets and therapeutic areas are added to the portfolio.  Decision-Making Authority * Accountable for regional scientific communications strategy, priorities, and execution across the North America portfolio. * Final scientific approval authority for regional scientific communications materials within established governance and SOPs. * Authority to manage external vendors and agency partners. * Escalation authority for complex scientific, compliance, or reputational risk issues related to scientific communications. Strategic Partnerships & Cross-Functional Leadership * Serve as a strategic partner to North America Medical Affairs Leadership, Therapeutic Area Heads, Field Medical, Global Medical Affairs, and Global Scientific Communications to ensure alignment of scientific communication strategies and execution. * Collaborate closely with Clinical Development, HEOR, Regulatory Affairs, Legal, Compliance, Commercial, Digital, Omnichannel, and Alliance partners to develop and deliver impactful, compliant scientific communications and medical education initiatives. * Represent North America Scientific Communications on cross-functional governance committees, leadership forums, and strategic initiatives, providing scientific communications expertise and influencing organizational priorities. * Foster strong alignment between regional and global scientific communications strategies, ensuring consistency, operational excellence, and effective dissemination of scientific evidence across the product lifecycle. * Build and maintain productive relationships with external stakeholders, including investigators, scientific authors, vendors, and agency partners, to support high-quality scientific communication deliverables. Subordinates: Medical Communication Directors (2) and Senior Manager, PRC/MRC Job Requirements: Education Advanced Scientific or Clinical Degree: An earned Ph.D., Pharm.D., or M.D. in a relevant life sciences, biomedical, or clinical discipline is strictly required. Experience * Minimum 12+ years of experience in Medical Affairs, or related roles within pharmaceutical or biotechnology organizations, at least 6 years in Scientific/Medical Communication. * Senior leadership experience managing scientific communications teams and leading complex, cross-functional, matrixed initiatives at regional or global scale. * Extensive oversight of end-to-end scientific communications activities, including publications, medical education, field medical materials, congress strategy, and digital scientific content. * Strong understanding of publication planning standards, medical governance, and regulatory and compliance requirements within a highly regulated environment. * Experience serving as a strategic partner to Medical Affairs leadership, with ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and align scientific communication strategies with enterprise objectives. * Background contributing to transformation initiatives in Medical Affairs, including modernization of scientific communications and evolution toward digital and omnichannel engagement models. * History of building, leading, and developing high-performing, multidisciplinary teams, including mentorship of managers and senior scientific communications professionals. * Experience operating within global or regional matrix organizations, ensuring alignment between regional execution and global scientific communications strategy.   Technical Skills & Competencies * Deep understanding of Medical Affairs operating models, governance structures, and the role of Medical Affairs across the product lifecycle, including its interface with Clinical Development, Regulatory, and Commercial functions. * Strong expertise in strategic planning, portfolio prioritization, and resource allocation within complex, global matrix organizations. * Comprehensive knowledge of Medical Affairs planning and execution, including scientific communications, publication planning, medical education, field medical strategy, evidence generation, and investigator-sponsored research activities. * Solid understanding of clinical development processes, regulatory requirements, compliance standards, and industry guidelines governing Medical Affairs operations. * Experience establishing and optimizing governance frameworks, operational processes, and performance metrics that enhance effectiveness, consistency, and scalability of Medical Affairs activities. * Ability to influence and align senior stakeholders across global and regional organizations without direct authority, driving consensus in highly matrixed environments. * Strong strategic acumen and business orientation, with the ability to translate enterprise priorities into actionable plans, clear governance structures, and measurable outcomes. * Advanced communication and executive presentation skills, with the ability to engage senior leadership and support informed, cross-functional decision-making. * Strong analytical capability, leveraging data, insights, and performance indicators to support prioritization, resource decisions, and continuous improvement. * Proficiency in business planning, portfolio tracking, and collaboration tools, with strong command of Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, and related tools).  Non-Technical Skills Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while managing ambiguity effectively. Strong work ethics are required. Passion for personal learning and professional development. Cultural sensitivity and adaptability within multinational organizations. The anticipated salary for this position will be $250,000 to $286,000.  The actual salary offered for this role at commencement of employment may vary based on several factors including but not limited to relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, education (including applicable licenses and certifications, job-based knowledge, location, and other business and organizational needs. The listed salary is just one component of the overall compensation package. At Kyowa Kirin North America we provide a comprehensive range of benefits including: * 401K with company match * Annual Bonus Program (Sales Bonus for Sales Jobs) * Generous PTO and Holiday Schedule which includes Summer and Winter Shut-Downs, Sick Days and, Volunteer Days * Healthcare Benefits (Medical, Dental, Prescription Drugs and Vision) * HSA & FSA Programs * Well-Being and Work/Life Programs * Life & Disability Insurance * Concierge Services * Long Term Incentive Program (subject to job level and performance) * Pet Insurance * Tuition Assistance * Employee Referral Awards The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market. KKNA and all of its employees have an obligation to act in accordance with the law and with integrity in all our operations and interactions It is the policy of Kyowa Kirin North America, Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, religion, creed, color, pregnancy, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or affection preference or citizenship status or any other category protected by law. When you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected and stored by Kyowa Kirin, Inc. (“Controller”), which is located at 510 Carnegie Center Dr. Princeton, NJ 08540 USA and can be contacted by emailing kkus.talentacquisition.8h@kyowakirin.com. Controller’s data protection officer can be contacted at usprivacyoffice@kyowakirin.com. Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Controller’s recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under Art. 6(1)(f) of General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment.  Your personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Controller to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Controller’s behalf. Accordingly, if you are located outside of the United States, your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this site. The transfer will be made using appropriate additional safeguards under the standard contractual clauses approved by regulators for transfers of personal data outside the European Union. Your personal data will be retained by Controller as long as Controller determines it is necessary to evaluate your application for employment.  Under the GDPR, if you are located in the European Union, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have the right to data portability, and to lodge a complaint with an EU supervisory authority. If you have any questions about our use of your data, you may contact us by email at usprivacyoffice@kyowakirin.com. RECRUITMENT & STAFFING AGENCIES Kyowa Kirin does not accept agency resumes unless contacted directly by internal Kyowa Kirin Talent Acquisition. 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Cambridge Consultants

INTRODUCTION This is a fantastic career opportunity for someone who is looking to work as part of a world leading product development business: * Exploiting your understanding of the Drug Delivery market place especially the product development challenges and opportunities that impact it * Utilizing your consultative selling skills to engage with customers who need the advanced product development services for which Cambridge Consultants is renowned. Over 70% of our business is with repeat customers * Collaborating with our world-class designers, engineers and scientists to define projects that deliver products and services that exceed our customer’s expectations MAIN ROLE You will work with the Head of Drug Delivery as part of the Global Drug Delivery business development team. Your responsibility will be to support the strategy for the business and execute significant sales and client management activities that result in the continued growth of this major sector of our business. TYPE OF WORK Cambridge Consultants specialises in the development of innovative medical devices from concept through prototype manufacture to transfer to production.  Projects often include considerable technical challenge. Within healthcare we undertake development projects in the three focus areas of: * Drug Delivery systems * Clinical Diagnostics Instrumentation * Surgical products and medical systems Our work in Drug Delivery embraces multiple device and disease challenges; inhalers, nebulisers, auto-injectors, pens and pumps, both mechanical and electromechanical including connected systems for diseases encompassing chronic, acute and rare. Our customers include the largest global pharmaceutical companies as well as the most innovative start-ups around the world. We combine highly creative lateral thinking with excellent technical skills and broad industry experience to form powerful development teams.  Our work ranges from end-to-end medical device developments to providing consulting services for our clients on their technology, strategy or development processes. RESPONSIBILITIES You will be responsible for supporting all aspects of Business Development for our Drug Delivery business.  You will: * Develop strong commercial relationships with senior executives in potential client companies * Establish trusted relationship with clients to drive strategic discussions related to their drug delivery device strategy * Close substantial sales in collaboration with project implementation teams * Work with our technical teams to maximize sales conversion * Feed back market information to the technical teams to support continuous improvement of our  service offering * Interact with teams across the broad technical base of Cambridge Consultants which includes: Mechanical engineering, Product design and usability, Electronics, Software, Regulatory affairs, Manufacturing technology, Process automation and Life sciences   You will also use your strong commercial and technical skills to make a significant contribution to the overall direction of development projects, often working on more than one concurrently. We take pride in our robust and most comprehensive training and on-boarding program for every new candidate that we hire. As a new joiner, you will receive training in project management, strategic selling, and our ISO13485 medical device development process to enhance your success in the role. This position will be based in our Cambridge UK office, however the successful applicant will need to support our clients and business on a global basis spanning the North American, European and South East Asian markets. REQUIREMENTS To meet the demanding requirements of this role you will be able to provide the following: * In depth commercial understanding of the Drug Delivery market place * Compelling consultative selling skills to engage with customers * Significant commercial experience in the medical product sector such as sales experience with a design and development services company, a medical products company or similar * Proven success in developing business in the Drug Delivery sector with substantial contract values * Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills * Relevant engineering knowledge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By submitting an application to Cambridge Consultants, you confirm that the information provided in this application, together with any supporting documentation, is true, complete, and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. You understand that any false statement, misleading information, or material omission may render you liable to disqualification from the recruitment process, withdrawal of any offer of employment, or dismissal without notice if discovered following appointment. You acknowledge that the organisation reserves the right to verify the information supplied. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Soho House

The Role... We are seeking a highly collaborative and organized Head of Music to support and execute the musical identity of Soho House across North America, while supporting LATAM Houses as needed. This role is responsible for the fast-paced booking, coordination, and management of a wide range of DJs, live acts, House playlists, and music programming initiatives across our Houses and key external events. The ideal candidate will have strong relationships within the music industry, experience working across multiple formats and timelines simultaneously, and the ability to adapt to the evolving operational and creative needs of the business. Working closely with local, regional, and global teams, this person will help bring Soho House’s global music taste and brand identity to life through collaboration, consistency, and thoughtful execution across a variety of member-facing experiences. Main Duties... * Talent Sourcing & Booking: Identify, source, and book DJs and live musicians for a variety of events both in and out of Soho House venues, ensuring a balance of emerging talent and established acts across multiple genres * Event Planning & Coordination: Lead the advancing of each music booking to ensure deal memos, tech/AV requirements, invoicing, on site operations are executed seamlessly from confirmation to the event date, collaborating closely with internal operational teams. * Music Programming: Curate diverse and innovative music programming, taking into consideration cultural moments, internal franchises, member preferences, seasonal trends, and the unique atmosphere of each venue. * Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with agents, managers, and artists to ensure Soho House attracts high-quality talent. Negotiate contracts, fees, and performance terms. * Brand Representation: Act as a brand ambassador for Soho House when liaising with talent, venues, and external parties. * Market Research: Stay on top of current and emerging music trends, genres, and talent to ensure Soho House remains at the forefront of cultural relevance. * Collaboration: Work with other departments, including marketing, communications, and operations, to create a cohesive and engaging experience for members and guests. * Event Evaluation & Reporting: Review the success of music events and provide feedback on performance, member engagement, and overall experience * In House Playlists: Account managing the companies providing the inhouse playlists to ensure consistency and ability to adapt to one off briefs. * Talent Liaison: Attend key events such as all primary events, larger music moments and act as talent liaison for the duration. Requirements... * Minimum 10 years’ experience in music booking and talent management, with a focus on live music & DJ talent. * Strong network of industry contacts, including artists, agents, and managers. * A deep understanding of the current music landscape and emerging trends across multiple genres * Proven experience working in live music, we expect the candidate to come with a reputation within the industry. * Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple bookings and events simultaneously. * Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills. * A passion for music and an understanding of the Soho House brand and its members. Desired Attributes: * Knowledge of a wide range of music genres spanning the heritage to the emerging * Confident discussing sound equipment and technical requirements for live music and DJ performances. * Ability to anticipate member preferences and curate tailored musical experiences. * Creative thinker with an eye for discovering new talent and fostering emerging artists. * Ability to work flexibly and creatively within a fast-paced environment. Why work with us... Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks. Whether you’re seeking entry-level employment or a new opportunity to expand your profession, we offer training to develop the technical and managerial skills necessary to enhance your career. * Health Care + 401K: Full time employees are eligible for full benefits; Medical, Dental & Vision as well as Retirement fund with a 2% match * Paid Time Off: Full- Time Employees have sick day's + vacation days * Career Development: Soho House can progress your career domestically or internationally as well as managerially or technically * Soho Impact: Empowering the Soho House Community to make positive change, through mentoring, apprenticeship, local outreach and sustainability * Learning & Development: An extensive range of internally and externally run courses are available for all employees. * Cookhouse & House Tonic: Celebrating our passion for food and drink. Check out our monthly calendars and get involved in trips, training's and events. Available to all. * Team Events: From fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to. * Team Meal: Whilst on duty in our Houses & Restaurants you will be provided with a substantial meal free of charge. In accordance with New York law, the salary range for this role if filled within New York is listed below. The range for the position in other geographies may vary based on market differences. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law. Pay Range $100,000—$125,000 USD