Director, Scientific Engagement and Professional Societies

Position Summary

The Director, Scientific External Engagement & Professional Societies – Nephrology will lead Travere’s strategic engagement across professional societies, guideline bodies, scientific advisory councils, and aligned stakeholder organizations. This role goes beyond relationship management. It will identify and develop collaborative initiatives that advance shared scientific and healthcare system priorities — including implementation science, disease education, and models such as glomerular Centers of Excellence — while ensuring alignment with Travere’s Medical strategy and long-term disease leadership objectives. The Director will serve as the strategic architect of nephrology society engagement and a key connector across Medical Affairs, Patient Advocacy, Government Affairs, and Commercial.

Key Responsibilities:

Professional Society & Scientific Body Strategy

• Develop and execute a multi-year engagement strategy across major nephrology organizations (e.g., GlomCon, ISGD, ASN, NKF, ERA, KDIGO, ISN and other regional/global societies)
• Serve as the primary Medical Affairs lead for professional societies and their scientific advisory councils
• Expand engagement beyond sponsorships & annual congresses to sustained, strategic collaboration
• Map leadership structures, committees, guideline panels, and advisory boards to identify influence pathways

Guideline & Evidence Alignment

• Lead engagement strategy with guideline committees and compendia decision-makers
• Partner with Ev Gen, Clinical Development, HEOR, and Scientific Communications to align evidence generation and publication timing with guideline cycles
• Monitor and inform scientific policy statements, consensus documents, and disease frameworks
• Ensure proactive internal awareness when journals or guideline bodies request external input

Strategic Scientific Initiatives & Collaborative Projects

• Ensure professional association collaborative educational efforts reinforce Travere’s disease-state strategy in a compliant manner
• Lead scientific engagements (e.g., closed door sessions, scientific meetings, advisory boards) with professional association leadership and their scientific advisors, providing subject-matter expertise and strategic direction to ensure consistent, high-impact scientific dialogue.
• Identify and develop collaborative initiatives with professional societies that align with shared priorities, such as implementation science programs, disease awareness initiatives, Glomerular Centers of Excellence models, or education on emerging mechanisms or standards of care
• Evaluate long-term opportunities that position Travere as a scientific thought partner

Policy & Patient Advocacy Alignment

• Partner closely with Government Affairs to monitor evolving nephrology policy landscape, align society engagement with broader health policy initiatives, identify opportunities where scientific collaboration and policy priorities intersect
• Collaborate with Patient Advocacy to ensure alignment between professional society engagement and patient-led initiatives
• Facilitate tri-directional alignment across Medical, Advocacy, and Government Affairs when shared initiatives arise

Measurement & Strategic Governance

• Define KPIs that measure impact beyond sponsorship metrics (e.g., guideline inclusion, educational adoption, collaborative project initiation, ecosystem influence)
• Provide strategic updates and forward-looking recommendations to Therapeutic Area and GMA leadership
• Establish governance processes for compliant, cross-functional society engagement

Qualifications:

• Advanced scientific degree (MD, PharmD, PhD)
• 6+ years Medical Affairs experience in biopharma, ideally within nephrology or rare disease
• Experience engaging professional societies, guideline bodies, and/or scientific advisory councils
• Demonstrated success building external partnerships beyond transactional sponsorships
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills, particularly across Advocacy and Government Affairs
• Strategic thinker with the ability to identify white-space opportunities and build structured initiatives

Additional Skills/Experience:

• Demonstrated ability to influence important customers, challenge common perceptions, and implement medical affairs tools to improve patient care and outcomes.
• Exemplary verbal and written communication skills, including formal presentation skills, and well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and execute against key objectives and deliverables, on time and within budget.
• Demonstrates the highest ethical standards with strong knowledge of and adherence to applicable regulatory, legal, and compliance requirements.
• Highly adaptable and resourceful, with the ability to prioritize, manage complexity, and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Ability to travel up to 40% (ASN, ERA-EDTA, NKF, KOL symposiums, etc.) and manage a rigorous schedule which may require some evening and weekend availability.
• All positions have an essential job function to perform face-to-face work with colleagues and/or onsite in San Diego. No role is expected to be 100% remote.

Key skills/competency

• Scientific Engagement Director
• Professional Societies
• Guideline Bodies
• Medical Affairs
• Nephrology
• Rare Disease
• Biopharma
• Strategic Initiatives
• Cross-functional Leadership
• External Partnerships