Manager, Medical Information, Medical Affairs

Overview

Alnylam is the world's leading RNA interference (RNAi) company.

Founded in 2002, Alnylam was built upon a bold vision of turning scientific possibility into reality by harnessing the power of RNAi for human health as an innovative new class of medicines. We are a growing biopharmaceutical company with three approved medicines and a robust pipeline of investigational medicines focused in four strategic therapeutic areas: genetic medicines, cardio-metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, and central nervous system (CNS) and ocular diseases, including several in late-stage development.

Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Alnylam employs over 1,500 people in 19 countries and is rapidly growing globally, with additional offices in Norton, Mass., Maidenhead, U.K., Zug, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Tokyo, Japan. Alnylam is proud to have been recognized as one of The Boston Globe's Top Places to Work six years in a row (2015-2020), a Great Place to Work in the U.K. and Switzerland two years in a row (2019-2020) and a Science Magazine's Top Employer two years in a row (2019-2020). Please visit www.alnylam.com for more information.

The Manager of Medical Information will be an integral part of an expanding Medical Affairs team. The successful candidate will leverage therapeutic and product knowledge to ensure that accurate, fair-balanced, and timely medical information is provided to health care professionals (HCPs) and other internal and external stakeholders in response to unsolicited inquiries.

The Manager , Medical Information will ensure adherence to global regulations and prevailing industry standards as it pertains to the dissemination of medical information for Alnylam's products.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical and technical product knowledge in response to clinical/medical inquiries from external and internal customers.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and appropriate verbal and written responses to unsolicited inquiries.
• Create and maintain a product knowledge database including, but not limited to, written standard response letters (SRLs) and FAQ documents that are scientifically accurate and fair-balanced.
• Perform other Medical Information-related support and expanded functions, as required.
• Develop strong cross-functional relationships with key departments such as Medical Affairs, Clinical, Commercial, Legal, and Regulatory.
• Participate in key meetings (e.g. congresses, scientific and medical meetings, and sales meetings) and business initiatives for assigned TA(s), and share medical information knowledge and expertise.
• Provide strategic insights that will contribute to product team strategy and evidence gap analyses
• Ensure alignment of Medical Information activities globally.
• Support medical information activities at various scientific congresses (e.g. booth coverage, competitive intelligence, congress reports, etc.).
• Ensure activities are carried out in a compliant manner.

• Understanding of and adherence to global regulations pertaining to medical information
• Strong strategic, problem-solving, risk mitigation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to effectively manage time while balancing numerous projects with a sense of urgency
• Attention to detail
• Demonstrated strong verbal, written, and presentation skills to present and disseminate medical and scientific data with internal and external stakeholders. Ability to communicate clearly to individuals and groups with diverse academic backgrounds
• Ability to drive process improvements and innovations based on key learnings
• Resourceful, creative, energetic, and results-oriented

• Advanced scientific degree (PharmD, MD, or PhD) with at least 2 to 4 years of relevant industry experience in Medical Information/Medical Affairs
• Experience in related functional areas such as PV/safety, medical writing, regulatory affairs or clinical development highly desirable
• Experience in rare diseases preferred

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is an EEO employer committed to an exciting, diverse, and enriching work environment.