Senior Scientific Director - Medical Communications

Job summary

The Senior Scientific Director is responsible for planning, developing, and overseeing scientific content for assigned accounts across various therapeutic areas. This includes leading client interactions, managing resource allocation, and identifying areas for growth.

Job details

About Lockwood: Lockwood collaborates with clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries to identify effective, holistic, science-based strategies to address their objectives through medical communications. Our clients count on us to challenge their assumptions and help them creatively navigate around obstacles. From strategy through execution, we focus on accuracy, transparency, and scientific value to create programs that are evidence-based, clinically relevant, and contribute to the development of our clients’ brands. Over a third of our staff hold advanced scientific or medical degrees, and most work from where they live. Because our flexible structure provides better work-life balance, we attract the best talent, facilitate their best work, and as a result, are more responsive to our clients, wherever and whenever they do business. Summary: In this role, the Senior Scientific Director is responsible for the planning, development, and oversight of scientific content for an assigned account or accounts across various therapeutic areas and managing most aspects of the scientific contributions across a large and/or multiple accounts.. Responsibilities: Responsibilities include leading assigned accounts, leading client interactions and brand strategy, leading the scientific portion of brand planning and business development, managing resource allocation, partnering with client services to develop SOWs and timelines and identifying areas for new and organic growth. Education: An advanced degree in science is required. Professional Skills & Experience Candidates must have 8 or more years of relevant job experience with promotional medical education content such as advisory boards, speaker programs, slide decks, etc. This role requires demonstrated organizational, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills, as well as the ability to analyze and interpret scientific data, multitask, work independently, and manage projects within tight deadlines with limited direction. Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (eg, AMA style) and ethical guidelines is also required.

What you’ll do

The Senior Scientific Director is responsible for planning, developing, and overseeing scientific content for assigned accounts across various therapeutic areas. This includes leading client interactions, managing resource allocation, and identifying areas for growth.

Requirements

Candidates must have an advanced degree in science and at least 8 years of relevant experience in promotional medical education content. Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills are required, along with the ability to manage projects under tight deadlines.

Listed skills

• Data analysis · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Scientific Content Development
• Client Interaction
• Brand Strategy
• Project Management
• Analytical Skills
• Interpersonal Communication
• Data Analysis
• Medical Education
• Resource Allocation
• Business Development
• Ethical Guidelines
• Organizational Skills
• Multitasking
• Independent Work
• Medical Editorial Processes

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Science & Research
• Management & Leadership
• Marketing
• Consulting

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