Scientific Affairs Manager - Germany; North East

Company Overview

Rhythm is a global, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to transforming the lives of patients living with rare neuroendocrine diseases. We develop medicines for previously untreatable or undertreated diseases. We recognize the courage it takes for patients and their caregivers to begin their journey of advocacy to find the answers they need. Their courage inspires us to challenge convention, ask bold questions and seek answers for them.

Every day, we strive for excellence through our willingness to adapt, learn, and our tenacity to overcome barriers, together.

As a member of the Rhythm international field-based Medical Affairs team you will be working within the field of Rare Genetic Disease of Obesity. The Scientific Affairs Manager (SAM) will serve as a trusted scientific partner to external experts and decision makers through mutual scientific engagement and exchange. The SAM will leverage their scientific background, industry knowledge, and business acumen to act as a scientific resource to both internal experts and internal colleagues.

He/she will support the local Hospital Affairs Lead (HAL) and will be responsible for building peer to peer relationships with external experts and other stakeholders to provide clinical, scientific, and medical education in the territory. The SAM will support research initiatives, advisory boards, and other compliant scientific exchange activities to support Rhythm's strategically aligned Medical Affairs Plan aimed at identifying and addressing the unmet needs of people living with rare genetic disorders of obesity.

• Responsible Scientific Affairs Manager for the respective territory in Germany.
• Member of the International Medical Affairs team, develop and implement the Local Medical Affairs strategically aligned plan.
• Serve as primary point of contact for all German external experts to ensure consistent and seamless communication and outreach to all external stakeholders. Be a trusted scientific partner to external experts by conducting timely, appropriate, and frequent scientific exchanges to enhance the understanding of the scientific and medical value of Rhythm’s research.
• Serve as scientific peer-to-peer resource to disease experts and medical community with up-to-date relevant medical information and product information to build scientific understanding of the benefits of setmelanotide within the rare genetic diseases of obesity community.
• Map patient journeys, diagnosis and therapeutic patterns, whilst building and developing peer-to-peer relationships with the relevant external experts. Establish local genetic testing initiatives in collaboration with HCPs and obesity treatment networks to aid experts in uncovering people with rare genetic disease of obesity.
• Closely collaborate with Global Clinical Development and Operations on interactions with investigators participating in Rhythm’s clinical trials, investigator meetings and advisory boards. Support clinical trial execution attending to the needs of investigators. Triage pressure points that may impede progress of clinical studies to the cross functional team for timely resolution.
• Assist in identification and education of referral sites for clinical trials and investigators to drive trial enrolment.
• Develop and implement a novel scientific communication plan for setmelanotide, and contribute to the medical/scientific review of manuscripts. Interpret key scientific data and translate this information to meet educational and research needs in alignment with Rhythm Medical Communication.
• Provide medical/scientific review of scientific communication platforms, medical information resources, medical education materials…