Medical Director

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Position Summary

The Scientific Medical Director is responsible for managing the writing aspects of medical advertising and medical communications materials developed and produced by Publicis Health and its clients.

Responsibilities:

Demonstrates in-depth understanding of the pulmonary and respiratory therapeutic areas.

• Participates in meetings and strategic discussions with clients
• Participates in the execution of established deliverables required for various programs and projects, adhering to project parameters including deadlines, budget, and content specifications
• Manages the development and completion of medical advertising and medical communications projects, including writing, editing, faculty approvals, and production; and is responsible for the quality, scientific and medical accuracy and integrity, and timeliness of assigned projects.
• Defines, identifies and works with clients and faculty on the development of medical advertising and medical communications materials including: peer-to-peer programming content, advisory board content and other enduring materials.
• Prepares a range of meeting summaries (e.g. executive summaries, top line summaries, highlights).
• Assists client team and faculty with pre-program content development (e.g. abstracts, slides, etc.) with regard to issues of presentation content, length, content overlap with other presenters, and meeting program objectives.
• Participates in new program concept development
• Assures that written materials meet project objectives and contain appropriate scientific and medical messages, marketing messages and objectives when available.
• Manages on-site slide review with client team, and other faculty presenters as applicable.
• Initiates discussions with the account team regarding any potential barriers to successful project completion that may arise (deadline, hours, budget, etc.) and suggest solutions that address client and agencyneeds.
• Adheres to project parameters including deadlines, budget, and content limitations.
• Tracks the work of researchers, copyeditors and freelance writers/editors throughout the development process to ensure on-time delivery.
• Travels to and manages on-site editorial needs for live meetings.
• Adheres to all Publicis Health policies and procedures.

Education:

• MD, PharmD or PhD in Life Sciences is required.
  

Professional Skills/Experience:

• Minimum of five years of clinical, writing, publishing and/or pharmaceutical experience.
• Experience in medical advertising and/or communication, marketing/strategic planning, and the journal publication process is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret scientific and medical data.
• Demonstrated organizational, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to manage projects with limited direction and work within tight deadlines are required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  
  

Compensation Range: $121,000 - $204,500 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 07/04/2024.