Director, Medical Excellence & Strategic Operations

Director, Medical Excellence & Strategic Operations

About Zevra Therapeutics, Inc.

We are a rare disease therapeutics company leading with science to make life-changing therapeutics available to patients with significant unmet needs. We involve key thought leaders, physicians, patients, care partners, and advocacy groups in all of our clinical and regulatory development strategies.

With a keen understanding that drug development often requires creative solutions, we have the insight and expertise to forge new pathways to success that others have missed. By following the data without bias, our transparent narratives and common-sense perspective have successfully overcome complex development challenges to make much-needed therapies available to patients.

Nimble and dauntless, we push boundaries beyond what is thought to be possible and advance new therapies that have the potential to bring meaningful improvement to patients’ lives.

We are seeking a Director, Medical Excellence & Strategic Operations to play a critical role in building and strengthening the infrastructure, processes, and capabilities that enable Zevra's Medical Affairs organization to operate effectively and deliver against its strategic priorities.

Working closely with Medical Affairs leadership and the field medical team, this individual will help translate Medical Affairs strategy into execution -- bringing structure to complex initiatives, establishing scalable processes and tools, and ensuring the team has the resources, insights, and operational support needed to maximize its impact.

This is a highly visible, hands-on role for someone who combines strategic thinking with strong execution and enjoys working across functions in a growing organization. The Director will have responsibility across Medical Affairs operations, field medical excellence, planning, insights and analytics, training, vendor management, and cross-functional execution. You will report to the Vice President, Medical Affairs.

• Partner with Medical Affairs leadership to operationalize the US Medical Plan and translate strategic priorities into executable plans, timelines, and deliverables.
• Lead functional goal-setting and establish mechanisms to track progress, performance, and outcomes across Medical Affairs.
• Develop dashboards, metrics, and other tools that provide visibility into Medical Affairs activities, priorities, and performance.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, policies, tools, and ways of working to strengthen the overall Medical Affairs operating model.
• Manage the Medical Affairs budget, including annual planning, forecasting, ongoing tracking, and reconciliation, partnering with Medical Affairs leadership and Finance to ensure resources are aligned with strategic priorities.
• Organize Medical Affairs team meetings, agendas, content, and follow-up to support effective decision-making, communication, and accountability.

• Develop and continuously enhance onboarding, training, tools, and resources for the field medical organization.
• Partner with Medical Affairs leadership and the field medical team to establish HCP/KOL mapping, engagement planning, field activity planning, and appropriate measures of field effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain processes for the collection, synthesis, analysis, and communication of meaningful field medical insights.
• Partner across Medical Affairs to ensure field insights are shared broadly and used to inform medical strategy, evidence generation, education, and future initiatives.
• Support the development of field medical resources, scientific materials, training programs, and communication tools.