Scientific Director - Medical Communications

About the role

As a Scientific Director you will be a scientific expert, providing insights and knowledge to projects, clients and new business efforts. You will review projects for strategic alignment and scientific accuracy, and when needed, act as the medical writer for more scientifically complex projects.

Acting as a client relationship manager, you will build scientific credibility and partnerships, ensuring a high level of service with each client. You will provide scientific and strategic expertise to new business development activities, researching and developing content for pitches, as well as being part of the presentation team. Building a support network for junior members of the team, you will work closely with medical writers, account teams, client services and project management.

What You'll Do

• Work closely with teams, leading the scientific development of projects
• Lead the development of scientifically complex materials as appropriate, proactively driving projects through to completion
• Combine in-depth scientific understanding of the product/therapy area with strong commercial awareness to inform all deliverables and communication planning recommendations
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, ensuring the highest level of service
• Participate in business development activities, such as pitching and proposals
• Provide leadership to ensure that teams are exceeding performance standards and developing professionally

About You

• Ideally 5-10 years'+ experience in a medical communications agency environment, including medical writing experience and editorial management experience
• Experience working in Oncology is strongly preferred
• Bachelors degree in the life sciences; PharmD or PhD highly preferred
• Proficiency in the use of MS office, PowerPoint and Excel