Scientific Advisor
Axogen, Inc.

Axogen is committed to building and maintaining a strong and gratifying company culture that fosters professional growth. Our hands-on and personal approach makes transitioning to a new job a seamless and enjoyable process. Most benefits are effective on day one!

Axogen is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Why you'll love working at Axogen:

• Friendly, open, and fun team culture that values unique perspectives
• Company-wide dedication to profoundly impacting patients' lives
• Comprehensive, high-quality benefits package effective on date of hire
• Educational assistance available for all employees
• Matching 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible working hours
• Paid holidays, including floating holidays, to be used at your discretion
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Referral incentive program

If you want to see how you can impact lives at Axogen, take a look at these inspiring patient stories: https://www.axogeninc.com/patient-stories/

Axogen Mission and Business Purpose

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by making restoration of peripheral nerve function an expected standard of care. We aim to lead the markets we serve by always requiring the solutions we offer patients and caregivers provide an improved benefit-to-risk profile as compared to existing standards of care. To ensure we deliver improved benefit-to-risk solutions, we will guide and expect the market and design requirement specifications underlying our engineering, business development, and clinical research activities, objectively target advancements in standards of care.

Job Summary of the Scientific Advisor

The translational scientist will serve as part of the Medical Affairs Scientific Communications group and will provide scientific support to marketing to sales, marketing, regulatory, clinical, and new product development. This position will be responsible for representing Medical Affairs on new product development teams, as well as providing ongoing scientific support for released products. The Translational Scientist will work in a close team environment with Sales, Marketing, R&D New Product Development, Clinical, Professional Education, and Regulatory Affairs/Quality Assurance.

Requirements of the Scientific Advisor

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree; A relevant postgraduate qualification (PhD/research-based MSc/PharmD) preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years industry experience, post-doctoral research and/or practical research/laboratory work experience is beneficial.
• Knowledge of FDA regulations for medical device, human tissue, and biologics is beneficial
• Experienced and knowledgeable about related pre-clinical models and evaluations.
• Skilled and experienced in experimental study design and data analysis.
• Knowledge of scientific approach and methodologies.
• Knowledge of current technological developments/trends in area of expertise.
• Knowledge of scientific research principles, practices, and protocols.
• Ability to design, organize, and coordinate projects, especially literature reviews.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• Strong preference will be given to candidates with experience in the peripheral nerve space and to those with experience with paradigm changing technologies.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to accurately rely on a compelling value proposition for Axogen's portfolio of nerve repair products.
• Ability to transfer knowledge to others and coach them to achieve goals.
• Pleasant, professional, and proactive self-starter who enjoys being part of a fast moving and growing team.
• Willing and able to travel domestically, up to 30% of the time to respond to the needs of the customers and organization.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships.
• Self-directed, organized and goal oriented.
• Proficiency with MS Office Applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint is required.

Responsibilities of the Scientific Advisor

The specific duties of the Scientific Advisor include but are not limited to:

• Delivers expert scientific recommendations for the brand team by partnering with the brand managers in the planning and development of marketing materials and activities.
• Maintains current awareness of the medical and marketing teams by identifying new published data for a specific product - via congresses, peer-to-peer discussions, literature alerts - and disseminating them to the teams.
• Reviews and approves promotional and non-promotional material to ensure scientific accuracy.
• Supports medical affairs projects and activities: such as delivery of educational symposia, creation of sales training material, training of sales force.
• Supports handling of product inquiries from surgeons
• Serves as the main scientific reviewer of pre-clinical grant requests and runs the pre-clinical research grant committee.
• Responsible for clinical literature surveillance for articles related to our products and quarterly updates to the clinical bibliography.
• Responsible for Pharmacovigilance activities related to clinical literature surveillance.
• Responsible for managing awarded IIS grants.
• Responsible for assisting Regulatory with the annual CER submission.
• Responsible for the clinical literature review/SOTA creation for new products
• Participates in the planning stage of new marketing projects providing scientific expertise and value during scoping of specific activities.
• Contribute to the development of marketing materials and activities by closely collaborating with brand managers.
• Acts as the primary "data expert" for our products; shares clinical/scientific data
• Attends scientific meetings and congresses to enhance expertise and shares insights to support business needs.
• Provides insights about our products following peer-to-peer discussions with healthcare professionals (HCPs)
• Provides internal training for the Medical Affairs team on relevant topics.

Location

13631 Progress Blvd., Alachua, FL 32615

OR

111 West Oak Ave., Tampa, FL 33602

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Benefits/Compensation

This position is eligible for an annual bonus. Benefits offered for this position include Health, Dental, Vision, Matching 401K, Paid Time Off, 9 Paid Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Medical Flexible Spending Accounts, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Caregiver Leave, Basic Life Insurance, Supplemental Life Insurance, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and Disability Insurance, as described in more detail in summary plan descriptions.

Salary Range

$107,364-$134,204 USD

Axogen is on a hybrid work schedule for some of our positions based out of our headquarters in Florida, with 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The hybrid work schedule does not include sales or facilities in Ohio or Texas.

Axogen follows healthcare system guidelines with respect to credentialing, vaccinations and other employment/compliance related requirements, as well as CDC guidance. Axogen reserves the right to amend its policies from time to time in its sole discretion.

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