Medical & Scientific Affairs Manager

Botanical Ingredients, Evidence Strategy & US Scientific Engagement

Department Medical & Scientific Affairs

Location Hyderabad, India | International collaboration

Experience 5-8 years in medical/scientific affairs

Reports to Founder / Head of Science

Scope Evidence strategy, studies, publications, KOLs and scientific commercialization The Chance

Own the medical and scientific affairs function for Ariv Biosciences and serve as the bridge between R&D;, external researchers, Regulatory, Commercial and US B2B customers. The role will shape the evidence strategy for Ariv’s botanical ingredients, coordinate preclinical and clinical programs, build credible scientific narratives, manage expert relationships, and ensure all medical and scientific communication is accurate, defensible and commercially useful.

What Success Looks Like

 A clear evidence-generation roadmap linking product positioning, mechanism, safety, claims and customer requirements.

 Well-governed in-vitro, in-vivo and human-study programs delivered through qualified CROs and research partners.

 A credible network of investigators, KOLs, toxicologists, medical advisers and scientific collaborators.

 Publication-ready study reports, abstracts, posters, white papers, dossiers and peer-reviewed manuscripts.

 Fast, accurate scientific support for customer R&D;, Regulatory, Quality and Commercial teams.

 An approved scientific narrative and claims-support system used consistently across the business.

Key Responsibilities

 Medical affairs strategy: Develop the medical and scientific plan for each ingredient, including evidence gaps,

priority indications, mechanisms, endpoints, safety requirements, publication goals and budget priorities.

 Study development: Translate commercial and scientific questions into preclinical and clinical research plans;

contribute to protocols, endpoints, investigator selection and study governance.

 External partner management: Identify and manage CROs, investigators, universities, laboratories, medical advisers, toxicologists and statistical experts; monitor timelines, quality, budgets and deliverables.





 Scientific interpretation: Critically review protocols, raw outputs, statistical analyses, study reports and literature; distinguish exploratory findings from substantiated conclusions.

 KOL engagement: Build ethical, evidence-led relationships with clinicians, researchers and scientific opinion leaders; organize advisory discussions and research collaborations.

 Publications and congresses: Own publication plans and coordinate manuscripts, abstracts, posters,

presentations, white papers and conference submissions.

 Scientific dossiers: Maintain product monographs, mechanism-of-action narratives, evidence summaries,

safety reviews, FAQs, technical presentations and claim-support files.

 Customer scientific support: Lead scientific discussions and respond to due-diligence questions from US customer R&D;, medical, regulatory and formulation teams.

 Claims governance: Partner with Regulatory to ensure structure-function narratives, scientific substantiation and commercial language remain accurate, appropriately qualified and compliant.

 Internal capability: Train Sales, Marketing, Quality and leadership on the ingredient science, evidence limitations, approved language and customer objections.

 Scientific intelligence: Monitor new research, competitor evidence, clinical trends, regulatory science and emerging opportunities relevant to Ariv’s portfolio.

Candidate Profile

Ariv Biosciences | Confidential Recruitment Document

 Education: PhD, PharmD, MD, MPharm or Master’s degree in Pharmacology, Clinical Research, Biochemistry,

Biotechnology, Life Sciences or a closely related discipline.

 Experience: 5-8 years in medical affairs, scientific affairs, clinical development, translational research or evidence strategy within nutraceuticals, botanical ingredients,



phytomedicine, pharma or biotechnology.

 Study literacy: Strong ability to evaluate preclinical and clinical study design, controls, endpoints, statistics,

biological relevance, limitations and safety data.

 Program ownership: Demonstrated experience coordinating external research partners and managing scientific projects from question definition through final report or publication.

 Communication: Excellent scientific writing, presentation and stakeholder-management skills; able to communicate with researchers and commercial teams without overstating evidence.

 US-market awareness: Practical understanding of dietary supplement evidence, structure-function substantiation and the difference between ingredient-level and finished-product claims.

 Working style: High scientific integrity, intellectual curiosity, strong project discipline and comfort building a function in an early-stage organization.

Non-Negotiable Hiring Criteria

 Has owned medical/scientific deliverables or study programs - not only written content supplied by others.

 Can critically challenge a protocol, CRO proposal, statistical conclusion or mechanism claim.

 Can show at least two substantive outputs such as a protocol, study report, publication, evidence dossier,

advisory program or scientific launch plan.

 Demonstrates rigorous citation discipline and zero tolerance for invented references, selective reporting or overclaiming.

 Comfortable representing Ariv in technical discussions with international customers, researchers and advisers.

Preferred / Advantageous

 Direct experience with botanical ingredients, natural products, nutraceuticals or metabolic-health evidence.

 Experience with CRO contracting, investigator management, GCP/GLP principles or ethics submissions.

 Peer-reviewed publications, conference abstracts, posters or KOL/advisory-board experience.

 Familiarity with HPLC/UPLC, LC-MS, phytochemical standardization, bioassays and common metabolic endpoints.

 Experience translating scientific evidence into B2B ingredient positioning and customer adoption.

📌 Medical & Scientific Affairs Manager (Hyderabad)
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