Position Summary:
The Senior Medical Affairs Manager serves as an integrated partner in strategic business decisions and a scientific thought leader for the dietary supplement and consumer care portfolio, bringing strong expertise and the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders. This role partners cross functionally to guide claims development, evidence generation, external engagement, and scientific communication while connecting scientific strategy to business priorities. This role leads a team of Medical Affairs professionals, drives strategic alignment across platforms, and serves as an external scientific ambassador for the organization.

The Senior Manager will:
• Translate science into compelling claims, messaging, and education for internal and external stakeholders, enabling product innovation and business decision-making.
• Engage key opinion leaders, professional societies, and research partners to shape market understanding and strengthen scientific credibility.
• Create, evaluate, and activate evidence to differentiate VMHS brands in a competitive marketplace.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team to drive VMHS scientific strategy and execution.

Key Responsibilities:
Scientific and Medical Leadership: Serve as a scientific thought leader and integral business partner by providing scientific expertise to inform strategy, innovation, and marketplace differentiation:
• Integrate scientific and nutrition insights to inform commercial strategy, product lifecycle decisions, and concept development for VMHS / consumer care platforms
• Lead scientific strategy for assigned platforms, providing scientific expertise and ensuring alignment with business goals and market expectations
• Be a core partner in the I&R process, translating scientific opportunities to ensure projects meet consumer, patient, customer, and HCP expectations

Evidence Evaluation, Claims Substantiation & Scientific Communication: Guide team in development of compelling and compliant scientific content:
• Evaluate evidence and translate science to substantiate compelling product and platform claims
• Guide team in writing, reviewing, and approving medical and scientific content, including claims dossiers, scientific narratives, internal training tools, and external consumer / customer education
• Partner with Marketing, Innovation/Renovation, Regulatory, and other cross-functional partners to drive innovation, strengthen claims, and optimize the product portfolio
• Ensure scientific accuracy across all product communications and contribute to product development, renovation, and regulatory submissions.

External Engagement: Assure Nestlé leadership in the Nutrition, Health, & Scientific Community:
• Liaise / partner with industry professional societies, trade organizations, suppliers, and customer partners to drive business strategy
• Collaborate with key opinion leaders (KOLs), healthcare professionals, academic experts, and scientific societies to advance science, education and awareness (e.g., webinars, symposia, advisory boards)
• Identify emerging scientific, clinical, and market trends to inform product development and commercialization
• Shape protocols, pathways, and guidelines through education and research

Evidence Generation: Assess, guide and assure the delivery of evidence to support Nestlé assets:
• Participate with cross functional business partners to identify overall evidence generation needs and prioritize opportunities that advance science and competitive differentiation
• Assess evidence gaps and identify the need for evidence generation to support claims and efficacy and meet consumer and HCP expectations
• Lead evidence projects (e.g., real world evidence [RWE], clinical trials, literature reviews, meta-analyses), scientific publications and medical communications

People Management: Develop and elevate capabilities within the Medical Affairs team:
• Lead, coach, and develop VMHS Medical Affairs Managers to strengthen scientific capabilities, communication, and leadership skills.
• Identify team metrics, assess effectiveness and support professional development plans to enable organizational improvement
• Partner with key stakeholders and HR Business Partners to identify and prioritize learning needs, support talent development and build a high-performing collaborative team culture.

Experience and Education Requirements:
• MS or PhD with expertise in nutritional science and/or related field (biochemistry, physiology, biology)
• Professional credential in nutrition or clinical related field preferred (RD, RN, RPh, MD, etc.)
• 8+ years of experience in nutritional, medical, or scientific affairs or a combination of academic and industry experience, with demonstrated scientific leadership and external engagement experience
• Dietary supplement industry experience with focus on claims substantiation and commercialization of products based on evidence
• Strong scientific background and proven ability to translate science for consumer, customer, and HCP communications
• Demonstrated experience presenting scientific information in external forums and internal executive settings
• Experience managing people and teams #LI-SF1

The approximate pay range for this position is $170,000.00 to $190,000.00. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location.

Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at About Us | Nestlé Careers (nestlejobs.com).