Manager, Promotional Review Committee

Strive to Bring a Profound Difference to our Patients

At Avidity Biosciences, we are passionate about the impact of every employee in realizing our vision of improving people’s lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics. Avidity is revolutionizing the field of RNA with its proprietary AOCs, which are designed to combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the precision of oligonucleotide therapies to address targets and diseases previously unreachable with existing RNA therapies. If you are a committed, solution-oriented thinker, join us in making a difference and become part of our growing culture that is integrated, collaborative, agile, and focused on the needs of patients.

Avidity Biosciences, Inc.'s mission is to profoundly improve people's lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics - Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™). Utilizing its proprietary AOC platform, Avidity demonstrated the first-ever successful targeted delivery of RNA into muscle and is leading the field with clinical development programs for three rare muscle diseases: myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Avidity is broadening the reach of AOCs with its advancing and expanding pipeline, including programs in cardiology and immunology through internal discovery efforts and key partnerships. Avidity is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information about our AOC platform, clinical development pipeline, and people, please visit www.aviditybiosciences.com and engage with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

The Opportunity

The Manager, Promotional Review Committee (PRC) is an essential team member accountable for the daily oversight of the promotional Medical, Legal, and Regulatory (MLR) review operations and execution. This role will ensure the success and compliance of the PRC process, optimizing technologies and industry best practices to help Avidity meet strategic goals. This position will work cross-functionally with commercial/marketing, medical, legal, regulatory affairs, and IT, as needed. Additionally, this position will serve as a key member of product launch teams to ensure promotional material timelines align with organizational goals.

What You Will Contribute

• Lead all PRC operations, including the distribution of weekly agendas and meeting minutes, scribing live/offline review meeting verdicts, and Veeva PromoMats workflow management.
• Act as PRC/Veeva training liaison for new team members and ongoing learning/certification.
• Cascade and enforce new trainings and policies to appropriate stakeholders.
• Provide daily support and direction to Avidity project owners and creative agencies to ensure adherence to all PRC processes and FDA submission requirements.
• Establish long-term (i.e. 3-month) promotional material forecasting capabilities.
• Curate claims and asset libraries for brand marketing teams, to ensure consistent messaging in promotion.
• Gather qualitative metrics for the Director, Marketing Operations to implement into MLR performance dashboards.
• Provide project management oversight for promotional material timelines around product launches, indication updates, label updates, etc.
• Work with the Marketing Operations team to ensure a seamless transition of materials from review/approval into production.
• Ensure compliant use of approved materials and manage retraction policies for expired materials.
• Partner with IT and Veeva to continuously validate and improve the PromoMats experience.

What We Seek

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Advanced Degree (e.g. PMP) preferred.
• 4+ years of industry experience within life-science marketing, commercial operations, and/or MLR management.
• Experience with project management software, Veeva PromoMats experience preferred.
• Experience within a cross-functional matrix environment is preferred.
• Experience collaborating and building relationships with both internal and external stakeholders in project management roles.
• Ability to navigate complex regulatory environments and ensure compliance with marketing tactics.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment and managing complex workloads.
• Demonstrated excellent communication (oral and written), teamwork, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel as needed.

What We Will Provide to You:

• The base salary range for this role is $145,000 - $163,000. The final compensation will be commensurate with such factors as relevant experience, skillset, internal equity and market factors.
• Avidity offers competitive compensation and benefits, including the opportunity for annual and spot bonuses, stock options, RSUs, and a 401(k) with an employer match. In addition, the comprehensive wellness program includes coverage for medical, dental, vision, and LTD, and four weeks of time off.
• A commitment to learning and development includes a variety of programming internally developed by and for Avidity employees, opportunities for job-specific training offered by industry, and an education reimbursement program.