Virta Health is on a mission to transform type 2 diabetes and weight-loss care. Current treatment approaches aren’t working—over half of US adults have either type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, and obesity rates are at an all-time high. Virta is changing this by helping people reverse their metabolic condition through innovations in technology, personalized nutrition, and virtual care delivery reinvented from the ground up. We have raised over $350 million from top-tier investors, and partner with the largest health plans, employers, and government organizations to help their employees and members restore their health and take back their lives. Join us on our mission to reverse diabetes in 100 million people.

Virta is recruiting an experienced medical affairs lead who can thoughtfully manage Virta’s relationships with the scientific community and the marketplace. This is a highly consultative and cross-functional role that demands a professional who listens and communicates incredibly well, is a nuanced learner, and is meticulous in their orientation to the details of science, communication, and relationships.

The role has three primary responsibilities:

First, this person will manage Virta’s internal scientific review process, working with an internal group of experts to assure that content we place in the public domain is evidence-based and consistent with our scientific and clinical point of view, and minimizes risk to Virta..

Second, this person will lead and coordinate our relationships with key stakeholders in the medical and scientific community, facilitating conversations between Virta experts and these key opinion leaders.

Third, this person will coordinate an ongoing discussion between Virta clinical experts and the clinical and scientific leaders at our clients and our prospects.

Although the role will directly report to one of Virta’s senior clinical leaders, this role will require close collaboration across Virta, and thus cross-functional skills will be essential.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Build trusting strategic partnerships with academic and community KOLs, and other key stakeholders to achieve Virta priorities.

• Closely coordinate with marketing education and engagement plans to ensure heightened KOL and customer engagement strategies that are fully aligned to Virta strategic imperatives.

• Build and maintain a KOL mapping database.

• Build and maintain a CRM for KOL conversations, leveraging Virta’s (admittedly quite rudimentary) existing systems.

• Coordinate Virta’s quarterly Medical Affairs committee meeting in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Coordinate internal review of public-facing communications and materials

• Work very closely with Virta’s marketing team to facilitate marketing campaigns

Qualifications:

• BA/BS Degree in a related field; MBA, MPH,  or other related graduate degree preferred.

• Minimum 4 years of experience in healthcare medical affairs, HCP-facing marketing, or related experience for a biotech or medtech company.

• Key Opinion Leader mapping or management either within biotech/medtech or for a KOL consultancy.

• Experience working on content generation and review within a medical affairs organization.

• Experience and knowledge of scientific writing and the scientific process, including peer review, either in academia or industry (ideally both).

• Experience working cross functionally with various key internal & external stakeholders with the demonstrated ability to create and manage strategic partnerships.

• Demonstrated understanding of industry trends, recognize opportunities to enhance our position competitively, with a strong focus on patient impact and exceptional customer centricity

• Medical/scientific knowledge/experience with an understanding of the healthcare marketplace.

• Experience working in the metabolic health space is highly desirable.

Values-driven culture

Virta’s company values drive our culture, so you’ll do well if:

• You put people first and take care of yourself, your peers, and our patients equally

• You have a strong sense of ownership and take initiative while empowering others to do the same

• You prioritize positive impact over busy work

• You have no ego and understand that everyone has something to bring to the table regardless of experience

• You appreciate transparency and promote trust and empowerment through open access of information

• You are evidence-based and prioritize data and science over seniority or dogma

• You take risks and rapidly iterate

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As part of your duties at Virta, you may come in contact with sensitive patient information that is governed by HIPAA. Throughout your career at Virta, you will be expected to follow Virta's security and privacy procedures to ensure our patients' information remains strictly confidential. Security and privacy training will be provided.

Virta has a location based compensation structure. Starting pay will be based on a number of factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience. For this role, the compensation range is $186,000 - 217,150.  Information about Virta’s benefits is on our Careers page at: https://www.virtahealth.com/careers.

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