Director, Medical (Pharma Ad Agency Experience Required)

WHAT DOES A DIRECTOR, MEDICAL DO?
We are seeking an experienced and knowledgeable Director, Medical for our medical team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in medical science, excellent communication skills, and a passion for translating complex medical information into impactful advertising. As the Director, Medical, you will be responsible for overseeing all medical content, ensuring scientific accuracy, and collaborating with creative and account teams to develop effective campaigns.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by:
Consulting with Creative, Account and Planning teams to develop compelling medical content across all digital and print media
Identifying new medical advances and opportunities, and implementing disease state knowledge to drive promotional efforts
Analyzing clinical data, conducting literature searches, participating in medical conferences and performing competitive analyses
Engaging and informing colleagues, healthcare professionals and clients, including medical, legal and regulatory groups
Collaborating in the development of EVERSANA INTOUCH POVs and recommendations with clients
Ensuring medical communications and promotional pieces meet and surpass marketing team objectives
Guide the creation of clinically cogent and engaging promotional and KOL materials while ensuring effective use of clinical data to reach strategic brand objectives
Improve medical literacy across contributing agency teams; provide medical understanding on disease states, clinical trials, treatments and competition
Guide submissions for client medical/regulatory approval processes and help to incorporate client and regulatory feedback
Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
All other duties as assigned
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, education, knowledge, skill and/or abilities required.
M.D., Ph.D. or Pharm.D. required with 5+ years of experience in an agency or pharmaceutical industry supporting scientific communications, medical affairs or medical education
A passion for science, medicine and innovation, with a proven track record of communicating medical advances to different audiences
Ability to lead and execute development of content, including data analysis for a wide range of complex projects with minimal review/direction
Ability to independently and accurately incorporate strategic concepts into projects, as well as the capability to guide others to do so
Understanding of clinical practice, with the ability to perform scientific literature searches; can interpret complex clinical data into compelling stories (copy)
Excellent verbal, written and organizational skills; insightful data analysis and accomplished presentation abilities, as well as the drive to build client and team relationships
Insightful with a problem-solving, solution-oriented mindset; comfortable with leading client interactions and defending work and opinions
Familiarity with FDA marketing regulations, AMA style and digital best practices
Willingness to travel is a requirement

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Yes