Vice President, Head of Medical – Central Nervous System (CNS)

Department: CMO Office
Reports To: Chief Medical Officer
Location: Raleigh (United States) 
Level: Executive / VP

Position Summary

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Vice President, Head of Medical  – Central Nervous System (CNS) to provide senior medical and scientific leadership across Azurity’s CNS portfolio in global markets. This role is accountable for defining and executing integrated medical strategies that support scientific differentiation, clinical value, and lifecycle advancement of CNS products across development, launch, and commercialization.

Reporting directly to the Chief Medical Officer, this executive will oversee a team of Medical Leads aligned to CNS brands and indications. The role will partner closely with Commercial Brand Executives and Franchise Portfolio Management to ensure medical strategy and input is embedded into brand planning, portfolio prioritization, and long-range value creation—while upholding the highest standards of scientific integrity, compliance, and patient centricity.

Key Responsibilities

CNS Medical Strategy Leadership

• Own and drive end-to-end medical strategy for the CNS portfolio across global markets, ensuring alignment with Azurity’s enterprise medical vision and CNS-specific objectives.
• Define portfolio-level CNS medical strategic imperatives, including unmet need, disease burden, scientific differentiation, evidence requirements, and lifecycle opportunities.
• Ensure consistent medical positioning and strategic clarity across CNS brands, indications, and treatment settings globally.

Leadership of Medical Leads

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Medical Leads supporting CNS brands and programs.
• Establish clear frameworks, standards, and expectations for CNS brand-level medical strategy development, execution, and measurement.
• Ensure Medical Strategy function as highly collaborative, credible scientific experts and trusted strategic partners  by Commercial Brand Executives and Franchise Portfolio leaders.

Integrated Brand & Lifecycle Planning

• Partner closely with Commercial Brand Executives to align CNS portfolio’s medical strategy with overall brand strategy, launch planning and execution - while maintaining appropriate medical function's compliance .
• Collaborate with Franchise Portfolio Management to inform portfolio prioritization, indication sequencing and timing, formulation strategies, and long-range CNS lifecycle planning across global markets.
• Oversee medical contributions to integrated brand plans, launch readiness, post-launch optimization, and expansion strategies.

• Unlock Your Earning Potential: Join our team and be rewarded with a competitive compensation package, including an annual bonus based on company performance, that recognizes your exceptional talent.
  • Sales - In lieu of annual bonuses, we offer an Incentive compensation program that allows you to earn more - even over plan.
  • Fuel Your Success: *Sales Only* - We understand the value of your hard work and provide a car reimbursement program and gas card for both business and personal use as part of our commitment to supporting you. 
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: We value your well-being and offer excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage to ensure you and your family are always taken care of.
• Flexibility for Your Lifestyle: Achieve work-life balance with our hybrid work model, allowing you to work two days from home and three days in the office. *Excludes Sales, Manufacturing, and some Operations positions*
• Invest in Your Future: Our Retirement Savings Plan (401K) is designed to help you secure a comfortable retirement by matching dollar for dollar up to 5%.
• Time Off That Counts: Take advantage of our generous time off policy, which offers up to 15 vacation days annually + rollover (up to 40 hours) as well as five sick/wellness days. For new employees, vacation accrual will be prorated based on your start date.
• Meaningful Time with Your Loved Ones: We close between Christmas and New Year’s to give you an extra week off to spend quality time with your family and recharge.
• Enjoy the Holidays: Over the course of the year, Azurity recognizes 13 holidays.
• Invest in Your Education: We support your professional growth with tuition reimbursement for undergraduate and graduate level courses or certifications.
• Recognize and Be Recognized: Our Azurity High Five peer recognition platform allows you to celebrate your colleagues' accomplishments and receive recognition for your own outstanding work.

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