National Director, Field Medical Affairs

Position Overview

• Location Type: Domestic and International (Travel Required - 40-50%)
• Job Type: Regular, Full-Time Employee
• Salary: Not provided in the original text

Orca Bio is a late-stage biotechnology company redefining the transplant process by developing next-generation cell therapies. Their goal is to provide significantly better survival rates with dramatically fewer risks. The National Director of Field Medical Affairs will lead the MSL organization, building and evolving the function, and ensuring effective execution of medical strategies.

Requirements

• Not provided in the original text

Responsibilities

• Establish, grow, and lead the national field-based Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team.
• Define operational frameworks, best practices, and standard operating procedures for the MSL function.
• Ensure high standards of scientific and operational excellence through recruitment, training, mentorship, and performance management.
• Translate overarching medical strategy into clear, actionable goals and measurable field medical initiatives.
• Lead the identification and strategic engagement of key thought leaders and external experts.
• Oversee field-based support of clinical trials, including site education, patient recruitment, and investigator engagement.
• Represent the organization at scientific conferences and participate in advisory boards.
• Build MSL team infrastructure for compliant scientific insight and data collection, MSL training and SOPs; direct the team on CRM operations.
• Oversee MSL scientific engagements & activities that support compliant interactions with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and Healthcare Professionals (HCPs).
• Guide the collection and dissemination of actionable insights that inform internal strategies.
• Work within the team to bring alignment & collaboration across products, disease states and indications.
• Support Medical Affairs (MA) by engaging with cross-functional teams on business planning, special projects & strategic imperatives.
• Work with cross functional partners to optimally lead and support congress planning & execution.
• Direct MSL activities to ensure the highest ethical standards & compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies.

Company Information

• Company: Orca Bio
• Industry: Biotechnology
• Mission: To redefine the transplant process by developing next-generation cell therapies.
• Goal: To provide significantly better survival rates with dramatically fewer risks for patients with blood cancer.

Additional Information

• More than one million people in the United States today are fighting blood cancer.
• Traditional allogeneic stem cell transplants can be fatal or lead to serious conditions like graft vs. host disease.