Medical Director - Medical Communications

OPEN Health • Full-time • United States • 3d ago

Reports to Senior Vice President, Medical Direction

Job Summary

The Medical Director is responsible for the provision of strategic direction to internal colleagues and pharmaceutical, biotech & medical device clients across the medical communications spectrum. The Medical Director serves as the medical expert for the disease states they support, effectively developing high quality promotional medical education and commercial content that supports the strategic product positioning. The Medical Director must be able to quickly analyze and assimilate new clinical markets, therapeutic areas, and product information to support client strategic imperatives and actively drive growth and lead business development.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Strategy and Content

Ensure that medical teams deliver the highest level of strategic and scientific integrity throughout medical communications materials across assigned accounts, including hands-on content development of certain projects, as needed
Proactively share product/therapy area expertise, strategic direction, insights, recommendations, and solutions with clients on their projects and programs
Liaise effectively with clients, healthcare professionals, and external service providers and troubleshoot and manage objections from the client and external stakeholders to ensure good relationships and attainment of goals
Understand and apply healthcare industry best practices, policies, and guidelines pertinent to medical communications, as well as client MSAs and SOPs, proactively promoting team adherence

Business Development and Growth

Support new business strategy in partnership with the Senior Leadership Team, representing/leading the medical team on new business activities (eg, credentials presentations, RFIs, RFPs, and pitches) to ensure high scientific caliber and high win rate
Identify new opportunities within existing accounts, supporting the wider team to pursue organic growth opportunities by building strong and long-term trusted advisor-client relationships
Stay abreast of innovation, market changes and competitor landscape to continually assess the position of OPEN Health as leaders in our field and develop new service offerings in line with these insights/business direction

Team Leadership and Management

Motivate and promote a positive solutions-focused approach, open and timely communication, encouragement of feedback, and consideration of ideas and best practice sharing
Work with senior management, medical, project, and account teams to coordinate resources to ensure appropriate medical support
Lead internal and external meetings and discussions
Establish best practices across assigned accounts to ensure the highest possible standards in content, levels of consistency, efficiencies, and cost-effectiveness
Suggest adjustments to working practices and team structure and provide strategic guidance to the wider account team in this regard
Provide accurate estimates of budgeted hours and proactively inform account teams when projects are at risk of going over budget or out of scope
Develop close working relationships with team members to guide, coach, and motivate them, providing support as required and offering regular feedback on performance, both directly and to line managers
Collaborate with senior colleagues, ensuring assigned accounts achieve objectives and key performance indicators

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

Advanced degree (eg, PhD, MD, MPH, PharmD) required
Experience with promotional medical education/commercial tactics, such as promotional slide decks, national broadcasts, webinars, product theaters, speaker bureau, commercial advisory boards
Broad therapeutic experience; Oncology (solid and heme) experience preferred
Minimum 5 years of agency experience supporting promotional medical education (commercial/medical affairs)
Proficient in MS365 including Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and Teams

If we sound like the sort of business environment in which you would thrive, then we would love to hear from you.

OPEN Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

Related Jobs

Associate Medical Director, US Medical Affairs

Eisai US • Full-time • Nutley, New Jersey • $177.20k - $232.60k / year • 2w ago

Pharma associate medical director Medical Affairs MD Biotech Neurology AD diagnostic strategy

2w ago

Apply

Senior Director Medical Affairs Neuro-Rare

Lundbeck • Full-time • Remote (Deerfield, Illinois, US) • $260k - $310k / year • 2d ago

Pharma Medical Affairs MD senior director Biotech Neuro-Rare

2d ago

Apply

Scientific/Medical Lead, Global Medical Affairs Oncology

Takeda • Full-time • Boston, Massachusetts, United States • $228.20k - $358.60k / year • 3d ago

Pharma full time Oncology MD Medical Lead Global Medical Affairs

3d ago

Apply

Associate Medical Director, Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management (PVRM)

Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. • Full-time • Remote (United States) • $180.40k - $225.50k / year • 3d ago

Pharma associate medical director full time Oncology pharmacovigilance Risk Management PVRM

3d ago

Apply

Associate Medical Director, PVRM

Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. • Full-time • Remote (United States) • $180.40k - $225.50k / year • 3d ago

Pharma associate medical director MD PVRM Clinical trial drug safety

3d ago

Apply

Associate Director, Field Medical Advisor (Sr. MSL), Southeast Territory

Moderna, Inc. • Full-time • Remote (United States) • 3d ago

Pharma Medical Affairs MD Biotech Associate Director Immunology Infectious Diseases Field Medical Advisor Sr. MSL Southeast Territory

3d ago

Apply

Director, Medical Affairs Strategy and Scientific Engagement

Syndax Pharmaceuticals • Full-time • New York, New York, United States • $230k - $255k / year • 3d ago

Pharma clinical development Director Medical Affairs Hematology Oncology MD DO Strategy and Scientific Engagement

3d ago

Apply

Senior Medical Science Liaison - Southeast (Field-Based)

Denali Therapeutics • Full-time • South San Francisco, CA • 3d ago

Pharma Biotech Senior Medical Science Liaison Southeast Field-Based neurodegenerative diseases

3d ago

Apply

Associate Clinical Development Medical Director

Novartis • Full-time • Massachusetts • $204.60k - $379.40k / year • 1w ago

Pharma clinical development associate medical director full time MD Internal medicine Research & Development

1w ago

Apply

Senior Medical Director

Novartis • Full-time • Remote (United States) • $236.60k - $439.40k / year • 1w ago

Pharma remote full time Senior medical director MD DO

1w ago

Apply