Medical Affairs Specialist

Axogen is committed to building and maintaining a strong and gratifying company culture that fosters professional growth. Our hands-on and personal approach makes transitioning to a new job a seamless and enjoyable process. Most benefits are effective on day one!  

Axogen is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or veteran status. 

 Why you’ll love working at Axogen: 

• Friendly, open, and fun team culture that values unique perspectives 
• Company-wide dedication to profoundly impacting patients’ lives 
• Comprehensive, high-quality benefits package effective on date of hire 
• Educational assistance available for all employees 
• Matching 401(k) retirement plan 
• Paid holidays, including floating holidays, to be used at your discretion 
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan 
• Referral incentive program 

If you want to see how you can impact lives at Axogen, take a look at these inspiring patient stories: https://www.axogeninc.com/patient-stories/ 

Axogen Mission and Business Purpose

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by making restoration of peripheral nerve function an expected standard of care. We aim to lead the markets we serve by always requiring the solutions we offer patients and caregivers provide an improved benefit-to-risk profile as compared to existing standards of care. To ensure we deliver improved benefit-to-risk solutions, we will guide and expect the market and design requirement specifications underlying our engineering, business development, and clinical research activities, objectively target advancements in standards of care.

Job Summary of the Medical Affairs Specialist 

The Medical Affairs Specialist is responsible for managing key aspects of the Medical Affairs department’s surgeon-driven engagements, Medical Affairs departmental operations, and overseeing other projects as assigned. This position ensures adherence to federal, state, and AATB requirements, and company and ethical standards. Travel requirements will be up to 40-50% and must be available on weekends as needed.

Requirements of the Medical Affairs Specialist 

• Bachelor’s Degree (Life Sciences discipline and/or in a related field preferred)
• Minimum of 3-4 years in life science event planning including venue selection, contract negotiation, on-site coordination, and compliance documentation and reporting
• Experience collaborating with multiple external and internal stakeholders. 
• Interpersonal skills with capability to impact and influence internal and external stakeholders. 
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.  
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and changing environment. 
• Capability to analyze and translate data into easily understood formats. 
• Broad scientific and technical understanding of biotechnological companies and products. 
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically up to 50% to respond to organizational and KOL needs.
• Proficiency of MS Office applications required. 

Responsibilities of the Medical Affairs Specialist 

The specific duties of the Medical Affairs Specialist  include but are not limited to:

• Managing Medical Affairs driven surgeon engagement activities including Medical Advisory Boards, Expert Panels, Visiting Surgeon Programs and Thought Leader Meetings.  These meetings are a combination of virtual and in-person requiring appropriate scheduling, hotel venue and restaurant sourcing and contracting, travel management and compliance reporting. 
• Serves as front line communication for key opinion leaders, internal team members, sales representatives and vendors as it relates to the coordination of these events.
• Processes surgeon invoices in a timely manner and may assist in the facilitation of the consulting agreement process. 
• May also assist with post-event analysis and debrief communication to necessary stakeholders.
• Travel as necessary to manage on-site logistics.
• Oversees departmental budget tracking including annual/monthly/quarterly reporting.  Partners closely with Finance Team and Department Leads to ensure appropriate budget planning and visibility. 
• Assists Medical Affairs Team with social media plans and posts by working cross functionally with Digital Communications Team.
• Plans and coordinates Medical Affairs department meetings both virtual, and in-person.
• Champions Company efforts to stay on the forefront of advancement in peripher