Director​/Senior Director, Medical Affairs - Northwest

Regional Medical Director - Northwest

Stoke Therapeutics (Nasdaq: STOK) is a biotechnology company dedicated to restoring protein expression by harnessing the body’s potential with RNA medicine. Using Stoke’s proprietary approach, the company is developing antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) to selectively restore naturally occurring protein levels. Stoke’s first medicine in development, zorevunersen, has demonstrated the potential for disease modification in patients with Dravet syndrome and is currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 study.

In 2025, Stoke entered into a strategic collaboration with Biogen to develop and commercialize zorevunersen for Dravet syndrome. Under the collaboration, Stoke retains exclusive rights for zorevunersen in the United States, Canada, and Mexico;
Biogen receives exclusive rest‑of‑world commercialization rights.

STK‑002 is Stoke’s proprietary antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) in clinical development for the treatment of autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA), the most common inherited optic nerve disorder. STK‑002 has been granted orphan drug designation by the FDA. A Phase 1 study (OSPREY) of STK‑002 in people with ADOA is underway. The company is also conducting early research in Syngap1, a severe and rare neuro‑developmental disorder, in collaboration with Acadia Pharmaceuticals.

Stoke’s initial focus is on diseases of the central nervous system and the eye that are caused by a loss of ~50% of normal protein levels (haploinsufficiency). Proof of concept has been demonstrated in other organs, tissues, and systems, supporting broad potential for the Company’s proprietary approach.

Position Purpose

The Director/Senior Director, Medical Affairs – RMD (Northwest) will be a core member of the global medical affairs team and will help establish core medical capabilities at Stoke Therapeutics. This field‑based role will primarily represent Stoke Therapeutics with a network of external clinical experts or key opinion leaders (KOLs) in a regional area, while advancing prioritized Medical Affairs activities in collaboration with cross‑functional teams.

Initially an individual contributor, the role focuses on engaging a defined group of Stoke clinical investigators and KOLs in developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) and supporting clinical discussions with national and regional payers in the US, as well as international investigator and KOL engagement as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with clinical operations and development teams to support Stoke clinical study efforts, including site identification and engagement to advance enrollment while fostering collaborative research relationships with academic and community KOLs.

• Establish and maintain highly credible, scientific relationships with academic and medical thought leaders.

• Serve as field medical point of scientific/clinical contact or support for national and regional payers, healthcare systems, integrated delivery networks and other managed care organizations.

• Work closely with internal team members to facilitate and support congress strategy at scientific meetings, including KOL engagement planning, insight gathering on key topics, and interpretative reports to share with cross‑functional teams.

• Develop, share, and discuss ongoing clinical insights with cross‑functional members to ensure awareness and understanding of KOL perspectives to inform and guide strategic decision‑making.

• Develop strategic profiles for top experts and clinical staff at centers of comprehensive care, to help identify key opportunities for ongoing education and collaboration.

• Develop key performance and reputation measures to ensure ongoing alignment of Stoke activities to KOL and HCP expectations and needs.

• Collaborate closely with other functions including clinical, commercial and PR/IR/Advocacy to engage and support external stakeholder needs through activities such as scientific education, advisory boards, investigator meetings, publications, congresses, and other activities of interest.

• Must be able to perform duties typically associated with a normal office environment when not traveling.

• All other duties…