Boehringer Ingelheim Posted October 1, 2026

Postdoctoral Fellow - Medical Affairs and Scientific Communication (PhD) (Ridgefield, CT, United States, Connecticut)

Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States Type not listed
Medical Affairs Intern/Fellow/Postdoc
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About this opportunity

Description

The Medical Affairs and Scientific Communications Fellow is a post-doctoral position within Clinical Development and Medical Affairs (CDMA). This rotation-based position provides broad exposure to BI US Medical functions. This position will require the Fellow to develop competencies necessary to contribute to comprehensive medical activities within CDMA. The Fellow will be based at Boehringer Ingelheim´s U.S. headquarters in Ridgefield, CT, working on a particular or multiple therapeutic areas (TAs) in the areas of cardio-renal-metabolism, CNS, immunology, oncology, and respiratory. Through a series of rotations either within or outside of the assigned area, the Fellow will also gain an understanding of the broad range of opportunities available to a PhD in the pharmaceutical industry.

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies´ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for our employees.

Duties & Responsibilities

Medical Affairs:

•    Actively participate in therapeutic area development, execution, and strategic alignment of U.S. Medical and brand tactics

•    Gain experience in planning and executing advisory board meetings and engaging Key External Experts (KEEs)

•    Develop educational materials, train internal medical team members, and disseminate data from scientific manuscripts, congresses, etc.

•    Collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external colleagues to plan and implement educational programs at national conferences

•    Participate in the medical review of promotional and non-promotional materials as part of a multidisciplinary team (Human Pharma Review Committee)

•    Gaining an understanding of corporate structure, regulatory considerations, and the drug development process.

Scientific Communications:

•    Support in all aspects of publication management, including overseeing timelines, KEEs engagement/follow-ups, etc.

•    Participate in the annual publication planning, including creation of scientific objectives, tactical planning, etc.

•    Immerse in and contribute to global and cross-functional partnerships to define and refine publication strategies and tactical operations.

•    Collaborate across Medicine Excellence Pillars (e.g., Medical Information, Customer Engagement, etc) to  drive shared projects.

•    Critically evaluate current publication practice and drive innovative solutions to improve ways to publish clinical and scientific information.

•    Implement innovative process improvements and quality control solutions with regard to database support and overall dissemination of scientific information.

•    Lead and execute a longitudinal research project to improve Medical Affairs or Scientific Communications processes and presenting the outcomes at a national medical communications conference.

Requirements

•    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree prior to the start date at Boehringer Ingelheim.

•    Ability to perform MEDLINE and EMBASE literature searches.

•    Strong intrapersonal, active listening, and problem-solving skills with an ability to work well in a team environment.

•    Highly motivated and shows initiative in contributing to team deliverables.

•    Receptive to receiving and quickly implementing constructive feedback.

•    Ability to work independently within provided guidance from team leads.

•    Adaptable and able to contribute to multiple Therapeutic Areas as needed.

•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

•    Proven experience working in a dynamic, high volume environment handling multiple tasks.

•    Strong computer skills, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

•    Foundational understanding of corporate structure, regulatory considerations and the drug development process in pharmacy with an ability to quickly adapt to a changing Corporate environment that will allow the incumbent to be productive in rotational experiences.

Application Requirements

1. Curriculum vitae

2. Letter of intent - focusing on how a fellowship at Boehringer Ingelheim can help further your career growth. *Please upload under My Documents, Additional Attachments.

Eligibility Requirements :

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.

Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).

Must be 18 years of age or older.

Compensation

This position offers a base salary of $80,000.  We continuously review market data and may adjust salary ranges as needed in the future. Benefits include medical coverage, paid time off, paid holidays, disability and life insurance benefits, and other company-sponsored benefits. For additional information regarding our benefits and Total Rewards offerings, please click here .

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Job details

Seniority
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States
Employment type
Not listed

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 78 comparable Intern/Fellow/Postdoc Medical Affairs roles across 33 biopharma companies.

78Comparable roles tracked
74Currently active
33Companies hiring similar roles
30Countries represented

Salary context

4 of 78 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

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Peer group range $75,510 – $199,500 (median $179,400)

Where these roles are based

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Germany12
United States9
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China7
Japan4
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Seniority mix

78 of 78 peers have a known seniority level

Associate58
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc20

Therapeutic area mix

18 of 78 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology8
Neuroscience3
Vaccines & Infectious Disease2
Respiratory2
Rare Disease2
Cardiovascular / CVRM1

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