Senior Director, Medical Affairs Research & Operations

• Location 221 CRESCENT ST STE 103A,Waltham, MA, ,United States
• Base Pay $ - $ / Year
• Employee Type FT Exempt
• Required Degree 4 Year Degree
• Travel 25%

At Viridian, we are focused on developing best-in-class medicines for people living with autoimmune and rare diseases. Leveraging our team’s expertise in antibody discovery and engineering, we have created a robust pipeline of differentiated investigational therapeutic candidates for well-validated targets.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Medical Affairs Operations & Strategy, the Senior Director, Medical Affairs Research & Operations will serve as the accountable operational lead for Medical Affairs infrastructure, governance, and execution. This individual will set direction for scalable Medical Affairs capabilities across budgeting and forecasting, project and portfolio execution, performance reporting/KPI frameworks, SOP and process governance, audit readiness, sponsor ships/congress oversight, ISR operations, and collaborative study management.

The role will drive strategic prioritization, resource alignment, and operational recommendations that strengthen Medical Affairs execution as Viridian supports ongoing launch activities, EU expansion, and growth of the TED portfolio.

This role is based in our Waltham, MA headquarters. Our office-based employees are required to work in the office three (3) days a week.

• Establish, scale, and continuously improve Medical Affairs operational infrastructure, including cross-functional governance processes, operating models, and fit-for-purpose ways of working
• Lead and direct SOP development, management, and Medical Affairs process governance, ensuring processes are clear, compliant, scalable, and aligned with Medical, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Regulatory, Clinical Development, and other key partners
• Drive alignment across with Medical Affairs leadership to support annual and long-range Medical Affairs planning, prioritization, and operational execution across major functional work streams

• Serve as the accountable operational lead for Medical Affairs budget oversight processes, including forecasting, spend tracking, variance monitoring, and coordination with Finance and functional budget owners
• Set the strategy and governance for and operationalize Medical Affairs performance reporting, Medical Affairs dashboards, KPI tracking, and achievement reporting to support leadership visibility and data-driven decision-making
• Ensure budget and performance reporting processes are reliable, repeatable, and audit-ready across U.S. and ex-U.S. Medical Affairs activities.

• Provide oversight of Medical Affairs project management across priority initiatives, ensuring clear owners, timelines, milestones, risks, and decision points
• Oversee operational planning for sponsor ships and congresses, partnering with internal stakeholders and vendors to ensure compliant and timely execution
• Drive excellence in project management and execution across Medical Affairs initiatives, including launch-related and post-launch activities

• Oversee ISR operational infrastructure, including intake, committee processes, documentation, budget coordination, tracking, and reporting
• Partner with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory, and external investigators to support compliant review and execution of investigator-sponsored and collaborative research
• Oversee the ISR committee process and support management of collaborative studies, including operational tracking, governance, and study progress reporting

• Own Medical Affairs audit-readiness planning for operational processes, including documentation, controls, decision records, and governance artifacts.
• Drive alignment with Compliance, Legal, Quality, and other relevant functions to support inspection readiness and continuous improvement of Medical…