Medical Affairs Project Associate Specialist, Post Graduate Trainee

The Medical Affairs Project Associate Specialist (post-grad trainee) will join the International Medical TTR team and report to International Medical Strategy & Operations. The post-grad trainee will support the planning, governance and execution of the international Medical Affairs Strategy for ATTR-CM across Alnylam's international markets, working closely with regional and country Medical teams and cross-functional partners. The role contributes to medical operations and planning deliverables, evidence generation portfolio, scientific engagement and insight programs, field medical excellence initiatives and patient experience work and offers first-hand insight into how a regional Medical Affairs organization is run. The scope is intentionally flexible: the more capability, initiative and curiosity the post-grad trainee brings, the more the remit can expand, in line with results.

01Key Responsibilities

• Support the International Medical Strategy & Operations team in planning, tracking and reporting on International Medical TTR strategic priorities and operating-model deliverables across international markets
• Help with the preparation of management materials, such as leadership updates, pre-reads, meeting materials and executive presentations, turning complex information into clear, decision-ready outputs
• Support medical planning and budget cycles by consolidating regional and country inputs, tracking spend against plan and preparing summaries, in partnership with Finance
• Contribute to evidence generation portfolio management by maintaining study trackers (e.g., investigator-initiated studies, research collaborations) and partnering with in preparing status, milestone and timeline overviews
• Support scientific engagement and medical education activities, including the speaker engagement process and congress planning, all scientific and non-promotional in nature
• Contribute to the TOP 41 Centers of Excellence (CoE) program, supporting the project owner in engagement mapping; this is a potential area where the post-grad trainee may take ownership of project deliverables, depending on experience and interest
• Support field medical excellence initiatives, such as field medical KPIs and dashboards, the quarterly medical insights process, training roll-out
• Contribute to patient experience work, including patient advocacy and engagement and patient support programs
• Gain first-hand insight into the regional medical leadership agenda by supporting cross-functional planning, governance meetings and operational follow-up
• Depending on experience and interest, support projects on AI-enabled tools, CRM and insights platforms, and other emerging medical priorities

02Qualifications

• Availability for a minimum of 9 months; 12 months is strongly preferred
• Completed bachelor's degree; a master's degree is a plus
• Academic background in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy, biomedical sciences, public health or another analytical discipline is preferred; interest in Medical Affairs, cardiology or rare diseases is valued
• Strong logical and analytical thinking, with the ability to navigate complexity and structure ambiguous problems
• Ability to read, interpret and critically summarize scientific and clinical literature
• Awareness of, or willingness to learn, the compliance principles that govern Medical Affairs
• Advance PowerPoint and Excel skills; confidence using Microsoft Copilot and AI-enabled productivity tools is highly valued
• Fast learner, proactive and adaptive, taking ownership of high-quality outputs and handling confidential information with discretion
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; additional languages are a plus
• Flexibility to work 2-3 days per week in the Zug office; occasional travel possible (mainly EU)
• Collaborative, flexible and comfortable working in a fast-moving, cross-functional and international environment

03What We Bring

• The opportunity to join a highly motivated, science-driven team in a leading RNAi therapeutics company
• Hands-on exposure to how International Medical Affairs supports the AMVUTTRA ATTR-CM launch, with a focus on science, evidence and patients
• The chance to contribute to Alnylam's mission of bringing groundbreaking medicines to patients
• Direct one-to-one mentoring, supportive supervision, and regular development feedback
• Collaboration with a diverse team of experts across medicine, scientific engagement, evidence generation, patient experience, and analytics
• A strong office community, with events and opportunities to connect with colleagues across functions and disciplines

About Alnylam: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ALNY) has led the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a whole new class of innovative medicines with the potential to transform the lives of people afflicted with rare and more prevalent diseases. Based on Nobel Prize-winning science, RNAi therapeutics represent a powerful, clinically validated approach to treating diseases at their genetic source by “interfering” with mRNA that cause or contribute to disease. Since our founding in 2002, Alnylam has led the RNAi Revolution and continues to turn scientific possibility into reality.

Our culture: Our people-first culture is guided by our core values: fiercely innovative, open culture, purposeful urgency, passion for excellence, and commitment to people, and these values influence how we work and the business decisions we make. Thanks to feedback from our employees over the years, we’ve been fortunate to be named a top employer around the world. Alnylam is extremely proud to have been recognized as one of Science Magazine’s Top Biopharma Employers, one of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2024 by Newsweek, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and UK, among others.

At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. We are dedicated to building an environment where employees can feel that they belong, can bring their authentic selves to work, and achieve to their full potential. By empowering employees to embrace their unique differences at work, our business grows stronger with advanced and original thinking, allowing us to bring groundbreaking medicines to patients.

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