Medical Affairs Manager

Job Summary

IFF is a Fortune 500 bioscience leader in enzyme technologies, probiotics & cultures, and biotech solutions that improve the health of people, animals, and our planet.

Medical Affairs is a function that advances interactions with key stakeholders through development, assimilation, and communication of scientific and clinical data. The purpose of this role is to ensure delivery of the Medical Affairs strategy and objectives across the organization with a focus in Health & Biosciences.

This role requires someone who is comfortable coming onsite to the Wilmington, DE location!

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and timely execution of the Medical Affairs strategy.
• Collaborate with the commercial organization to drive scientific communications within annual campaigns, including development of annual conference plan and educational events.
• Provide scientific oversight and expertise to guide content and review of external facing commercial materials.
• Lead scientific review and approval for product benefit statements in partnership with Regulatory.
• Establish relationships and engage with key stakeholders, including customers, key opinion leaders, scientific societies, and professional trade organizations to advance clinical development and IFF scientific leadership.
• Develop and manage the process and content development for responding to customer/key stakeholder inquiries requiring medical, clinical, or benefit-based subject matter expertise.
• Monitor and understand the competitive landscape and engage in external scientific environment, bringing forth insights that inform clinical and/or R&D direction.
• Partner with clinical innovation teams to create publication plan, collaborating in data interpretation and key message development.
• Conduct all work in accordance with company ethics, regulatory, quality & safety standards, and SOPs.
  
  

Education And Experience

Minimum level of education: Advanced scientific degree preferred (MD, PhD, RD or equivalent) in medical, biological or pharmaceutical sciences.

Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience in Medical/Scientific Affairs or similar position within consumer healthcare, pharma or OTC required.

Job-related Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Translational mindset and scientific storytelling with in-depth experience in interpreting clinical trial results
• Competency in regional regulatory claims requirements
• Knowledge in clinical applications of microbiome-based products, botanicals and/or consumer healthcare ingredients in the areas of digestive, immune and metabolic health
• Experience in clinical trial design, conduct and/or management
• Collaborative work style, able to excel in cross-functional teams
• Comfortable challenging opinions and listening to alternative views
  
  

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more