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title: 'Associate Director, Medical Affairs Operations at Scholar Rock'
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# Associate Director, Medical Affairs Operations at Scholar Rock

- **Company:** Scholar Rock
- **Location:** Cambridge, MA
- **Compensation:** $175k–$225k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-11-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/scholarrock/12902669-ba4c-4e68-83f6-49a48e215ea8

## Job description

Scholar Rock is delivering muscle-targeted breakthroughs to transform the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and other rare neuromuscular diseases where muscle atrophy remains a critical unmet need. As a global leader in myostatin biology, a field focused on proteins that regulate muscle mass, the biopharmaceutical company is named for the visual resemblance of a scholar rock to protein structures. Our commitment to unlock fundamentally different treatment approaches is powered by broad application of a proprietary platform, which has developed novel monoclonal antibodies to modulate protein growth factors with extraordinary selectivity. Scholar Rock works every day to create new possibilities for patients through its highly innovative anti-myostatin program, including opportunities in additional rare neuromuscular diseases. Learn more about our neuromuscular franchise at ScholarRock.com and follow @ScholarRock on X and on LinkedIn.

Summary of Position:

Reporting to the Senior Director, the Associate Director, Medical Affairs Operations serves as a strategic and operational partner to Medical Affairs leadership, aligning priorities, enabling decisions, and driving execution. The role connects departmental strategy, planning, governance, budgets, and executive communications as well as core Medical Operations activities in support of Medical Directors, Evidence Generation, Scientific Communications, Expanded Access Programs (EAPs), and high-visibility medical events. The successful candidate will partner closely across Medical Affairs, Commercial, Patient Advocacy, Clinical Development, Market Access, Legal, and Compliance, and strengthens cross-functional alignment, accountability, scientific integrity, and scalable global operations.

Position Responsibilities

- Strategic Planning & Budgeting: Partner with Medical Affairs leadership to drive annual strategic and operational planning; translate clinical and scientific priorities into integrated plans, budgets, milestones, and corporate measures of success. Actively surface resource trade-offs, dependencies, and risk-mitigation strategies for timely leadership decisions.
- Governance: Manage the leadership operating cadence, shape executive meeting agendas, facilitate planning sessions, and rigorously track decisions and action-item ownership. Coordinate high-priority cross-functional initiatives, resolve execution barriers, and escalate critical issues requiring leadership direction.
- Research Operations Oversight: Manage external research operations end-to-end, including Investigator-Initiated Studies (IIS) and collaborative research committee oversight, cross-functional stakeholder alignment, internal/external communications, contract management, budgeting, tracking, and formal study close-out.
- Congress & Event Operations: Coordinate high-visibility Medical Affairs events, including advisory boards, major medical congresses, all-hands meetings, internal training, and strategic workshops. Maintain the integrated global medical calendar and oversee the development of executive presentation materials and tracking dashboards using PowerPoint, Smartsheet, and related systems.
- Compliance & Transparency Management: Oversee and report Healthcare Professional (HCP) spend tracking, verifying absolute data accuracy, transparency, and alignment with corporate internal policies, aggregate spend requirements, and applicable global regulations. Validate and track vendor invoicing for completed medical services.
- Executive Communications: Develop monthly Medical Affairs dashboards, quarterly business reviews (QBRs), and high-level briefings. Synthesize operational progress, clinical study milestones, budget performance, and decision requests for Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) discussions.
- Systems & Digital Infrastructure: Implement and maintain departmental collaboration platforms, document repositories, and Medical Affairs SharePoint sites for centralized budgets and medical resources. Streamline and coordinate medical/scientific publication workflows within available document management systems.
- Process Excellence & Launch Readiness: Build, implement, and maintain scalable operating processes and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that support audit readiness and global commercial launch alignment. Identify and execute technology enhancements, train internal stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement to strengthen operational transparency.

Candidate Requirements

- Education: Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, business, or a related field; an advanced degree (MBA, MS, or equivalent) is preferred.
- Experience: 5–8 years of progressive experience within Medical Affairs Operations, Clinical Operations, or related cross-functional program management roles within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or broader life sciences industry.
- Compliance & Governance: Documented experience managing medical governance committees, funding processes, contract tracking, and compliance workflows at a strategic level within a highly regulated environment.
- Regulatory Guardrails: Deep understanding of HCP spend tracking, aggregate spend transparency rules, and industry compliance frameworks (e.g., FDA regulations, OIG guidance, and PhRMA guidelines).
- Leadership Capabilities: Exceptional executive communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills. Proven ability to synthesize complex scientific or financial data, influence without direct authority, and exercise absolute discretion with highly confidential information.
- Project Management: Superb organizational and project management capabilities, with a track record of delivering flawless, high-quality work under tight timelines and shifting corporate priorities.
- Technical Infrastructure: Familiarity with standard biopharmaceutical technology platforms used in Medical Affairs operations (e.g., medical review systems, grant management systems, Veeva Vault, or Smartsheet workflows).
- Therapeutic Area: Prior experience in neuromuscular diseases and/or rare diseases is highly preferred but not required.
- Travel: Ability to travel domestically and internationally (~15%).

Scholar Rock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

## About Scholar Rock

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Scholar Rock is a biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing selective therapies targeting growth factors for serious diseases with high unmet need.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: SRRK)
- **Headquarters**: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Biotechnology / Biopharmaceuticals
- **Target customers**: Patients suffering from neuromuscular disorders, cancer, fibrotic diseases, and hematologic conditions; healthcare providers and payers
- **Mission**: “Turning scientific discoveries into a pipeline of investigational therapies aimed at diseases where growth factors play a central role.”

## Products & Services
- **Apitegromab (SRK-015)**: A selective anti‑latent myostatin antibody in Phase 3 for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). BLA resubmission and U.S. launch anticipated in 2026.
- **SRK‑181**: A selective anti‑latent TGFβ1 antibody for locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors (immuno‑oncology).
- **SRK‑373**: A context‑dependent anti‑latent TGFβ1 antibody for multiple fibrotic indications.
- **SRK‑256**: A selective anti‑RGMc/HJV antibody for hematology indications.
- **Proprietary Platform**: Broad technology for generating monoclonal antibodies that selectively target latent forms of growth factors (TGFβ superfamily).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $2.8 B (as of search date, 2026‑09‑06)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue $0 (pre‑commercial); IPO in 2018
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 27.4% YoY to 278 employees; workforce across 7 countries; 20,522 LinkedIn followers (+45.9% yearly); first company to show clinical proof‑of‑concept for a muscle‑targeted treatment in SMA.

## Competitive Advantages
- First‑in‑class platform for selectively targeting latent growth factors (TGFβ superfamily), enabling high specificity and reduced off‑target effects.
- Proven clinical proof‑of‑concept in SMA with apitegromab, a novel mechanism.
- Broad pipeline spanning neuromuscular, oncology, fibrosis, and hematology, with multiple programs in Phase 2/3.

## Strategic Focus
- Advance apitegromab toward regulatory submission and commercial launch in SMA.
- Expand pipeline into cardiometabolic disorders and other growth‑factor‑driven diseases.
- Leverage platform to address historically under‑addressed disease areas.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Passion for science” and “every voice counts” – a collaborative, trust‑based environment focused on changing patients’ lives.
- **Work Policy**: Hybrid (e.g., Senior Director, Business Analytics in Cambridge, MA) and on‑site roles available.
- **Benefits**: Competitive health/dental/vision plans, life/AD&D insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, paid parental leave, 401(k) match, financial wellness program, professional development, free parking/transit pass, onsite fitness center, weekly community lunches, peer‑to‑peer recognition.
- **Engineering/Science Culture**: Emphasis on innovation, cross‑functional teamwork, and direct impact on serious diseases.

## Sources
1. [scholarrock.com – Company Overview](https://scholarrock.com/our-company/careers/)
2. [scholarrock.com – Investors & Media](https://scholarrock.com/investors-media/)
3. [scholarrock.com – Pipeline](https://scholarrock.com/our-pipeline/)
4. [jobs.lever.co/scholarrock – Open Positions](https://jobs.lever.co/scholarrock)
5. [linkedin.com/company/scholar-rock – Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/scholar-rock)

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