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About the Role

We are seeking a Director, Medical Affairs Strategic Operations & Excellence to serve as a hands-on strategic operations partner and builder for Immunic’s Medical Affairs function. This role will translate functional priorities into integrated plans, governance, operating rhythm, and performance measures that enable disciplined execution in a lean, pre-commercial biotech environment. The Director will build and manage core operational infrastructure, drive accountability, and establish scalable processes.

Responsibilities

Serve as a member of the Medical Affairs leadership team and help shape the function’s operating model, governance, and ways of working.
Partner with leadership to translate functional strategy and priorities into integrated annual and quarterly plans with clear objectives, timelines, accountable owners, and mechanisms for follow-through.
Design and lead the Medical Affairs operating rhythm, including leadership meetings, business reviews, planning cycles, and selected launch readiness checkpoints.
Own Medical Affairs dashboards, KPIs, and reporting, providing leadership with clear visibility into progress, performance, risks, and opportunities.
Lead Medical Affairs budget planning and tracking processes in partnership with leadership.
Build and manage core planning and PMO infrastructure, including trackers, dashboards, templates, and portfolio views.
Drive execution discipline across key Medical Affairs priorities by monitoring milestones, escalating issues, and ensuring timely follow-through.
Lead Medical Excellence initiatives focused on KPI discipline, governance, process improvement, and standardized ways of working.
Partner with Medical Affairs leadership and Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance to coordinate practical, scalable processes and documentation standards.
Support the evolution of Medical Information and inquiry-handling processes through coordination of process, documentation, and vendor support.
Manage relationships with Medical Affairs agencies, medical communications vendors, and other external partners.
Serve as a strategic partner to the VP, Medical Affairs, helping translate leadership priorities into actionable plans, prepare leadership materials, and communicate progress, risks, decisions, and operational needs.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in Medical Affairs or closely related roles within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
Substantial experience in Medical Affairs operations, planning, strategic operations, or excellence.
Demonstrated success building or improving operating models, governance, planning processes, dashboards, or PMO capabilities within Medical Affairs, ideally in a lean or pre-commercial biotech environment.
Strong understanding of Medical Affairs functions and deliverables, including how evidence generation, publications, scientific communication, external engagement, and medical information connect operationally.
Proven ability to manage multiple complex workstreams, create structure in ambiguous environments, and drive execution with strong project and portfolio management discipline.
Experience with KPI development, dashboarding, budget tracking, and operational reporting to support leadership decision-making and business visibility.
Familiarity with regulatory and compliance principles governing Medical Affairs activities and scientific exchange.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence without formal authority and work effectively with senior leaders, scientific colleagues, and external partners.
Comfort working with data, metrics, and digital tools such as dashboards, CRM platforms, and project management systems.
Experience in neurology, immunology, or other specialty-care therapeutic areas is a plus, but strong operational leadership capability is more important than therapeutic area expertise.

Skills

Medical Affairs operations
Planning
Strategic operations
Excellence
Operating models
Governance
Dashboards
PMO capabilities
Project management
Portfolio management
KPI development
Budget tracking
Operational reporting
Regulatory and compliance principles
Communication
Collaboration
Influencing
Data analysis
Metrics analysis
Digital tools
CRM platforms
Project management systems

Location

Remote

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Director

About the Company

Immunic Therapeutics is a dynamic biotechnology company with a pipeline of selective, orally available immunology therapies for the treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
Currently, three small molecule product candidates are in various stages of clinical development.
For more information, please visit: www.imux.com.