Medical Director - Heart Failure - US East Coast

Job Purpose

This role offers the opportunity to help shape Pharmacosmos' future presence in heart failure while supporting one of the company's most important clinical development programs. The role sits at the interface of Clinical Development and Medical Affairs and has two complementary objectives: support successful execution and patient recruitment of the ICONIC-HF trial in the United States, and build the scientific, stakeholder, and market foundation for future IV iron adoption in heart failure.

Trial Support: ICONIC-HF Site Engagement and Enrollment Enablement

• Establish and maintain strong scientific relationships with investigators, study coordinators, and other site personnel involved in ICONIC-HF.
• Conduct regular site engagements, virtually and in person where relevant, to understand local opportunities, challenges, operational barriers within compliance, GCP, and trial governance frameworks.
• Serve as a US-based scientific liaison between participating sites and the HQ R&D ICONIC-HF trial team in coordination with the US affiliate and the contracted CRO.
• Identify, understand, and communicate barriers that may impact screening, enrollment, site engagement, or study execution, analyze potential root causes, and help define mitigation activities.
• Facilitate appropriate cross-functional problem solving and escalation pathways when barriers are identified.
• Support protocol understanding and scientific discussions within approved governance frameworks.
• Gather and communicate investigator insights, competitive intelligence, protocol feedback, and study-related observations to internal stakeholders.
• Organize and facilitate regional sponsor-investigator touchpoint meetings as appropriate.
• Identify and share best practices from successful sites to support broader site engagement efforts.
• Support site activation and engagement initiatives in partnership with HQ R&D ICONIC-HF trial team and the CRO.
• Maintain a strong understanding of site experiences and investigator perspectives throughout the study lifecycle.

Strategic Heart Failure Insights, Advocacy Development and Launch Readiness

• Develop a deep understanding of the evolving US heart failure landscape, including treatment pathways, referral patterns, unmet needs, evidence gaps, barriers to adoption, and emerging trends relevant to IV iron.
• Map, prioritize, and engage regional and national heart failure thought leaders.
• Build and maintain scientific relationships with key experts beyond the ICONIC-HF investigator network.
• Generate actionable insights that can support future evidence generation, publication planning, congress activities, scientific communication, advisory board strategy, and launch readiness.
• Partner closely with HQ and the US affiliate to ensure field insights are translated into strategic recommendations.
• Support identification and prioritization of investigator-sponsored research opportunities.
• Contribute to long-term medical affairs strategy and launch-readiness planning for IV iron in heart failure.
• Support future launch-readiness initiatives through close partnership with Medical Affairs, Strategy and Operations, Market Access, and Commercial colleagues while maintaining full compliance with applicable governance requirements.

Policies, Procedures & Compliance

Stay current and in compliance both individually and as a department to align with industry best practices, including all Corporate Policies and mandated government Regulations. Ensure adherence to all relevant laws, regulations, and guidelines related to pharmaceutical operations, including FDA, EMA, and other global health authority regulations.