Associate Director, Medical Affairs

At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us? This role is part of Alcon's Research & Development function, a team that innovates boldly and delivers new products and services to help revolutionize the eye care industry, advance optimal patient outcomes and help people see brilliantly. The Associate Director, Medical Affairs is primarily responsible for driving the medical strategy for surgical product development in Ophthalmology, focusing on strategy development, management, and implementation for Phase IIIB/IV studies. You will build relationships with global development teams, marketing, sales, and healthcare providers to meet diverse needs. In this role, a typical day will include: Support the execution of comprehensive Medical Affairs strategic plans Support development of regional medical affairs strategy for the assigned therapeutic area Provide medical and scientific support for product messaging and claims development Support post market / phase IV studies strategy and preregistration study strategic input Support launch strategies , lifecycle management and expansion of indications for use Support medical publications : Develop content for whitepapers , peer-reviewed manuscripts , posters , scientific articles and video scripts Support customer medical inquires ( i.e . medical exchange of information with K OLs , and management of medical issues raised by customer HealthCare providers ) Maintain peer to peer relationships with Medical Experts/ Key stakeholders and members of the scientific community, utilizing scientific and medical evidence based non-promotional materials Support planning and execution of medical advisory board meetings Provide fairbalanced scientific and educational information to healthcare professionals on specific medical issues Support internal training , and as needed for academic or healthcare professionals Medical promotional review support as needed WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO ALCON: Bachelor’s Degree or