Senior Manager, Medical Affairs

Description The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is seeking a Senior Manager, Medical Affairs to support the development, coordination, publication, and dissemination of ADA’s evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, consensus reports, scientific statements, and other scientific and clinical resources. This role will work closely with ADA staff, cross-functional teams, expert committees, professional societies, key opinion leaders, authors, reviewers, and other external stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will bring strong scientific communication, project management, stakeholder engagement, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives and support the development of high-quality evidence-based guidance.

Responsibilities Manage and support the development of clinical practice guidelines, consensus reports, scientific statements, and related scientific publications from initiation through publication and dissemination.

Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and action items to ensure projects remain on schedule.

Coordinate and facilitate expert committees, scientific panels, working groups, authors, reviewers, and external stakeholders involved in guidance development.

Organize and support high-profile virtual and in-person scientific meetings, including agendas, meeting materials, presentations, minutes, action items, and stakeholder communications.

Build and maintain productive relationships with internal teams, professional societies, sponsors, clinical and scientific experts, and key opinion leaders.

Maintain project documentation, forms, and other required records in accordance with ADA policies, support reference management.

Draft, review, revise, proofread, and quality-check scientific manuscripts, recommendations, and supporting materials for accuracy, clarity, consistency, and adherence to ADA standards.

Coordinate committee, expert, peer, leadership, publication, and production reviews, including manuscript submission, proof review, author queries, and reference verification.

Develop and maintain materials using platforms such as SharePoint, Basecamp, and Smartsheet and contribute to post-publication resources, including slide decks, executive summaries, educational materials, and communications.

Collaborate with Medical Affairs and cross-functional partners, including Publications, Communications, Legal, Digital, and Education, to support organizational priorities.

Qualifications Master’s degree required in public health, health education, community health, health sciences, biomedical sciences, or a related discipline; advanced clinical or scientific degree preferred.

Relevant experience in medical affairs, clinical practice guideline development, scientific communications, health care, public health, academic medicine, professional medical associations, or a related setting preferred.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate scientific and clinical information clearly to diverse audiences.

Experience facilitating committees, expert panels, working groups, or multidisciplinary stakeholder groups preferred.

Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative, team-oriented environment.

Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; experience with Smartsheet, Basecamp, SharePoint, End Note, or similar platforms preferred.

Why Work Here The American Diabetes Association (ADA) offers a rewarding career working for one of the premier voluntary health organizations in the world supporting people living with diabetes and/or obesity. Our employees consistently say that our mission, culture, work-life balance, and total rewards…