Manager, Medical Affairs Operations

The Role:

Reporting to the Head of Nuvalent Medical Operations, the Manager, Medical Affairs Operations will be responsible for the oversight of day-to-day operations within Medical Affairs, ensuring efficiency, compliance, and seamless execution across key programs and initiatives. This role manages financial operations, advisory boards, congresses, symposia, grants, and systems/tools, while enabling cross-functional medical execution in partnership with the Medical Affairs Leadership Team and in collaboration with cross-functional operations outside of Medical Affairs.

Responsibilities:

• Operational Oversight & Efficiency
  • Lead day-to-day Medical Affairs operations, ensuring smooth execution across programs and initiatives.
  • Streamline processes and enable efficient ways of working across Medical Affairs.
• Financial Operations
  • Manage contracts, purchase orders, invoicing, bills, and financial tracking.
  • Deliver financial reporting versus plan, ensuring transparency and accountability.
• Advisory Board Operations
  • Manage advisory board planning, contracts, and operational execution.
  • Oversee KOL logistics and contract execution, where needed.
• Congress Operations & Logistics
  • Lead medical congress planning and execution including booth and tabletop logistics, KOL engagement, and cross-functional coordination.
  • Ensure operational readiness and compliance for congress activities.
• Grants Review Committee [Symposia, Sponsorship, and Continuing Medical Education]
  • Serve as coordinator for the Grants Review Committee, managing intake of CME and non-CME medical education grant requests.
  • Organize review committee meetings, agendas, and decisions.
  • Collect and analyze post-event outcome reports, manage medical education dashboards, and ensure reporting accuracy.
  • Manage logistics, tracking, and reporting for symposia, sponsorships, and CME programs.
  • Ensure compliance and alignment with Medical Affairs objectives.
• Investigator Sponsored Research & Trials
  • Oversee payments and operational processes for investigator-sponsored trials.
  • Manage investigator-sponsored research operations, ensuring compliance and timely execution.
• Centralized Knowledge Management
  • Oversee centralized document management systems to ensure proper storage, organization, and accessibility of Medical Affairs materials.
  • Maintain document repositories, version control, and archiving processes to support compliance and operational efficiency.
• Cross-Functional Execution
  • Enable cross-functional medical execution and operational process flow.
  • Partner with organizational operations leads to ensure alignment and operational efficiency across functions, where applicable.
• Dashboards & Reporting
  • Develop and maintain medical dashboards and calendars to track activities and performance.
  • Provide clear reporting to leadership on operational metrics and outcomes.

 Competencies:

• Operationally disciplined with strong attention to detail.
• Skilled in cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong financial acumen and reporting capabilities.
• Effective communicator with ability to synthesize complexity into clear, actionable insights.
• Committed to continuous improvement and compliance.

 Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, healthcare, or related field preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience in biopharma operations.
• Strong background in financial operations, contracts, and vendor management.
• Experience managing advisory boards, congresses, symposia, and CME logistics.
• Familiarity with grants management.
• Proficiency in systems/tools such as contract management platforms and medical dashboards.
• Excellent organizational, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to streamline processes and drive operational efficiency.

 Additional Information:

Nuvalent is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, aiming to provide employees with competitive total rewards packages.

The targeted salary range below reflects what Nuvalent reasonably and in good faith expects to offer for this position at the time of posting, but the final salary determination may be within or outside this range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, and market factors.  The range will be reviewed regularly and is subject to change.

Nuvalent also offers a comprehensive benefit package to support our employees at each stage of their career, financial, health, and well-being journey, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan, generous paid time off (including a summer and winter company shutdown), and much more.