Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. is hiring : Director Scientific, Communication & Medi

About Acadia Pharmaceuticals Acadia is advancing breakthroughs in neuroscience to elevate life. Since our founding, we have been working at the forefront of healthcare to bring vital solutions to people who need them most. We developed and commercialized the first and only FDA-approved drug to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson's disease psychosis, and the first and only approved drug in the United States and Canada for the treatment of Rett syndrome. Our clinical-stage development efforts are focused on Prader-Willi syndrome, Alzheimer's disease psychosis, and multiple other programs targeting neuro-psychiatric and neuro-rare diseases. For more information, visit Acadia.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Please note that this position can be based out of Princeton, NJ, San Diego, CA, or South San Francisco, CA. Acadia''s hybrid model requires this role to work in our office on average three days per week.

Position Summary The Director will play a critical role as Medical Affairs primary point of contact for international partnerships (Named Patient Sales [NPS] program) in assigned geographies outside of North America and Europe for Acadia products, particularly rare diseases franchise. This individual will be managing Medical Affairs initiatives of the international NPS program; ensuring appropriate medical content are shared for scientific exchange as well as for responding to escalated Medical Information inquiries. This multi-skilled role will be a key cross-functional interface between Acadia headquarters and partner markets. The successful candidate will be both strategic and operational and participate in regional / key market activities.

Primary Responsibilities

Manages Medical Affairs initiatives with partners of the international NPS program; ensuring Medical strategies are shared and discussed for alignment

Works across matrix teams and regions to ensure relevant insights are considered for overall strategy development

Coordinates with Learning & Development on training needs (onboarding as well as continued training as new data becomes available)

Maintains and coordinates transfer of appropriate Medical Content for scientific exchange and for responding to Med Info inquiries for international partnerships

Manages escalated Med Info inquiries from partner markets and ensures accurate and timely responses

Coordinates with Medical Affairs colleagues and internal stakeholders in the development, review and approval of Medical Content for partner markets, as needed

Maintains understanding of product knowledge and labeling, associated disease states, relevant literature, treatment guidelines, competitor information, and marketing strategies and tactics for assigned therapeutic area(s)

Acts as a subject matter expert to the partners to provide timely up-to-date scientific and clinical information necessary to make impactful business decisions

Contributes to the development, review and implementation of long and short-term strategies to optimize assigned partner markets for future and current products

Develops and maintains a strong working relationship with the partners, ensuring alignment with program objectives, timelines, and quality standards aligned to global and medical affairs strategy

Collaborates with local, regional and global cross-functional teams to address program requirements and challenges

Collaborates learnings and best practices with leadership, headquarters and with partners

Other responsibilities as assigned

Education / Experience / Skills

Requires a PharmD, PhD, or MD degree in a scientific discipline. Targeting 7 years of Medical Affairs experience in pharmaceutical / biotech experience required, with 5 years in Medical Affairs / Scientific Communications / Medical Information. An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.

International experience within Medical Affairs / Sci Com / Med Info is preferred.

Experience with rare disease / neurology is preferred.

Ability to work across multiple functions, geographies and business cultures.

Experience in literature searches, literature evaluation, and drug information concepts.

Experience in developing medical content for scientific exchange and in response to Medical Information requests.

Experience in MLR and MRC.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Understanding of the legal and regulatory environment of pharmaceutical industry desired.

Thinks and acts with urgency while considering the broader impact on the organization

Confidently executes on and communicates decisions and rationale.

Anticipates risk and implements strategies to avoid potential problems. When appropriate, elevates to supervisor and other appropriate functional leaders as needed.

Ability to travel, including international travel.

Physical Requirements This role involves regular standing, walking, sitting, and the use of hands for handling or operating equipment. The employee may also need to reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and maintain visual, verbal, and auditory communication in a standard office environment and while working independently from remote locations. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 20 pounds. This position requires the ability to travel independently overnight and / or work after hours as required by travel schedules or business needs.

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Compensation and Benefits In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is also eligible for discretionary bonus and equity awards based on factors such as individual and organizational performance. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance, and location.

Salary Range : $187,000 — $233,900 USD

What we offer US-based Employees

Competitive base, bonus, new hire and ongoing equity packages

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Employer-paid life, disability, business travel and EAP coverage

401(k) Plan with a fully vested company match 1 : 1 up to 5%

Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 2-year purchase price lock-in

15+ vacation days

13 -15 paid holidays, including office closure between December 24th and January 1st

10 days of paid sick time

Paid parental leave benefit

Tuition assistance

EEO and Accessibility EEO Statement (US-based Employees) : We are committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and innovative company, and we are looking for the BEST candidate for the job. We strongly encourage you to apply, especially if the reason you are the best candidate isn''t exactly what we describe here. Acadia is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to characteristics protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available during the recruiting process and employment where required. For accommodation requests, contact talentacquisition@acadia-pharm.com or 858-261-2923.

Please note that reasonable accommodations granted throughout the recruiting process are not guaranteed to be the same accommodations given if hired. A new request will need to be submitted for any ADA accommodations after starting employment.

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Notice to Search Firms / Third-Party Recruitment Agencies (Recruiters) : The Talent Acquisition team manages the recruitment and employment process for Acadia. Acadia does not accept resumes from recruiters or search firms without an executed search agreement in place. Resumes sent to Acadia employees in the absence of an executed search agreement will not obligate Acadia in any way with respect to the future employment of those individuals or potential remuneration to any recruiter or search firm. Candidates should never be submitted directly to our hiring managers or employees.

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