Medical & Clinical Affairs (MACA) Operations Specialist

Sirtex

$76K — $95K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
  • 2+ years of experience in operations, project coordination, or program management.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills to balance competing priorities.
  • High visibility and high volume external and internal customer-facing role requiring strong engagement and communication.
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality work.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and external partners.
  • Experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, or related fields is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary operations and administrative lead for Medical and Clinical Affairs.
  • Manage the end-to-end administration of educational and fellowship grants, as well as investigator-sponsored research programs.
  • Coordinate support for cross-functional governance committees during grant and research proposal reviews.
  • Partner with Medical Affairs leadership to track project progress and manage deliverables.
  • Oversee departmental financial operations, including budget planning and expense tracking.
  • Support physician training and evaluation programs by coordinating requirements and scheduling.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and healthcare professionals.

Benefits

  • Paid sick and vacation time.
  • Health insurance.
  • Generous 401k matching program.
  • Participation in incentive programs with a target bonus of 5%.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Key Responsibilities
  • Serve as the primary operations and administrative lead for Medical and Clinical Affairs, ensuring efficient execution of department programs, processes, and initiatives.
  • Manage the end-to-end administration of educational grants, fellowship grants, and investigator-sponsored research (ISR) programs, including application intake, review coordination, contract administration, budget tracking, reconciliation, and project closeout.
  • Coordinate and support cross-functional governance committees, facilitating grant and research proposal reviews, documentation, communications, and decision-making processes.
  • Partner with Medical Affairs leadership to track project progress, monitor risks, manage deliverables, and provide regular status updates and operational reporting to senior leadership.
  • Manage departmental financial operations, including budget planning, forecasting, accruals, invoice processing, expense tracking, contract management, and vendor oversight.
  • Support physician training, evaluation, certification, and proctoring programs by coordinating program requirements, documentation, scheduling, reimbursement processes, training materials, and learning management system updates.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, healthcare professionals, investigators, study teams, vendors, and cross-functional partners to ensure successful execution of Medical Affairs and Clinical Affairs initiatives.
  • Provide operational support for a variety of Medical Affairs activities, including advisory boards, fellowship programs, research studies, publications, educational programs, controlled document management, and other strategic projects


Qualifications

What You'll Bring:
  • Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Business, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
  • 2+ years of experience in operations, project coordination, or program management.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to balance competing priorities.
  • High visibility and high volume external and internal customer-facing role requiring strong consistent engagement and communication
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and external partners.
  • Experience in Medical Affairs, Clinical Research, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, or Medical Device environments is preferred.

The target base salary range for this position will range from $76,000 to $95,000 annually. Individual compensation for this job requisition will be based on non-discriminatory factors, including your geographic location, skills, experience, education and other factors as they relate to the position requirements. Actual compensation may vary depending on the confirmed job-related skills and experience.

In addition to the expected base compensation, this role is eligible to participate in Sirtex's incentive programs (target bonus of 5% for this position) and benefit plans, which include paid sick and vacation time, health insurance and a generous 401k matching program

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