What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP, Medical Director position at Havas Group?
Agency :
Havas Health & You
Job Description Summary :
The roleThe VP, Medical Director has overall accountability for the medical/scientific aspects of the finished programs/deliverables of this HCP AOR. They ensure the medical/scientific credibility input for existing accounts, projects, and new business proposals. They serve as a content consultant for Account, Planning, and Creative. The position is client-facing.
Job Description :
Responsibilities
Provide and Set Standards for Scientific Acumen
- Provides content expertise for assigned agency brands
- Familiarizes himself/herself with product strategic plans
- Educates agency teams on science and clinical content of materials
- Attends planning and start-up meetings to offer scientific and medical strategic input
- Helps define content of promotional materials
o Helps to direct messages and content flow
- Reviews content from medical/scientific/strategic perspective
o Assures message accuracy
o Assures message consistency
- Presents to clients and potential clients, as needed
Client Relations
- Ensures well-rounded quality support of client businesses (medically accurate, strategic, engaging, visually appealing)
- Develops and maintains relationships with selected clients (especially on the medical side) on said brands, and earns trust and respect of client counterparts
- Effectively represents scientific work to clients
- Positions agency at its best with clients
Agency Operations
- Collaborates well with different agency departments
- Ensures coverage for all assigned brands
- Ensures compliance with agency expectations for standard documentation
Performance Standards
- Demonstrates in depth knowledge and continually maintains/strengthens understanding of brands and businesses
- Expresses strong industry knowledge and, ideally, some medical education acumen
- Generates results through effective written and oral communications
- Exercises sound judgment
- Uses excellent interpersonal and listening skills
- Manages time effectively
- Demonstrates solid, professional work ethic
- Demonstrates passion for the brands and programs
- Follows up to ensure goals are met through encouragement and constructive feedback and provides direction when needed
- Displays professional conduct in alignment with agency values
Background/experience and skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and adept at the art of persuasion
- Strong presence with ability to participate in a group of strong individuals
- Strong analytical skills
- Good organizational skills
- Understanding of marketing principles
- 5 years or more of relevant industry experience with at least 3 years pharmaceutical advertising AOR experience
- Ability to travel including weekends
- PhD, MD, or PharmD
- MS Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required
Skills :
Contract Type :
Permanent
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