SVP – Medical Director – Medical Education

SVP – Medical Director – Medical Education

Requirements

• Advanced degree in biomedical sciences (MD, PhD)
• 7+ years previous experience in medical communications agency
• Experience in multiple therapeutic areas
• Experience managing multiple teams and client accounts
• Multiple, successful new business pitches
• Advanced skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Pubmed

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for senior client medical officers
• Provide scientific leadership on all projects for multiple accounts
• Act as mentor to the individuals in the science group and identify opportunities for individual growth and experiences by setting goals and coaching, when appropriate
• Share ideas and best practices across account teams
• Understand, execute, and drive strategic direction in partnership with account services teams and identify and help resolve people/departmental conflicts with practical solutions
• Keep management informed of client activity/issues/opportunities
• Ensure your science teams are adhering to internal processes and working in the most efficient and fiscally responsible manner as content pieces are developed
• Maintain a positive working relationship with all inter-departmental teams
• Assist in recruitment of new team members when necessary
• Be a steward of company culture and environment
• Be a team player and help fellow senior managers when necessary
• Structure, plan, resource, and lead new business team through the pitch process
• Drive both new and organic business
• Network and work in partnership across VML Health and WPP, when appropriate
• Foster and maintain a wide network of valuable relationships in the medical education communications and pharma business sectors (ie, follow clients to new company, keep relationships ongoing with key opinion leaders [KOLs])
• Be a brand champion by ensuring all agency efforts and projects are in the best interest of the brand and maximize scientific data to meet the overall strategic imperatives, positioning, and long-term vision
• Be the scientific point-person for all matters relating to content and be skilled in the translation of basic and clinical science into strategic and educational content
• Demonstrate scientific leadership at internal and external meetings
• Possess an intimate knowledge of the therapeutic markets to which the brands belong and stay abreast of market trends and new product entries
• Delegate, supervise, and review scientific pieces to ensure high-level deliverables (ie, provide references and direction, answer questions, review outlines, develop draft content, and review/critique drafts)
• Review scientific content for accuracy
• Actively participate in strategic development and ensure that communication plans have alignment between issues, strategies, and programming and challenge those that do not
• Proactively suggest new and innovative ways to present data
• Establish good working relationships with KOLs
• Instill confidence in the client such that counsel on issues of content and strategy in educational and promotional materials is sought out and followed
• Develop and maintain harmonious relationships with all levels of client teams
• Demonstrate a knowledge of the therapeutic market and share timely information about changes in the market
• Provide proactive written recommendations to client on a regular basis
• Take responsibility for client satisfaction and identify new ways/solutions to strengthen relationships
• Identify and resolves client conflicts quickly and efficiently
• Engage in client interaction including running teleconferences and client meetings, answering questions regarding content, attend meetings, and demonstrate knowledge of content
• Participate in the development of breakthrough creative and innovative programs founded in strong science
• Ensure high-quality agency output, reflective of consistently superior creative and innovative products, and constructively reject materials that do not meet this standard
• Ensure quality standards of medical writing freelancers

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.