Medical director
Open health brings together deep scientific knowledge, global understanding, and broad specialist expertise to support our clients in improving health outcomes and patient wellbeing.
We are united as one flexible organization, harnessing the power of the collective to solve complex challengesBeing built from cohesive partnerships across a range of specialist sectors gives us the ability to approach opportunities from fresh perspectives, creating solutions and innovations for market access and medical communications that are informed by the experience and knowledge of the many.
Our global team of experts — many with phd and pharmd degrees — work strategically alongside our client partners in medical affairs, health economics and outcomes research (heor), market access, and commercial teams across a wide range of therapy areas.
Open health: established as manyUnited as one.
You will love this role if you:
Have a strong scientific background and are passionate about medical communications
Would like to learn about new therapy areas and can critically appraise published information to strengthen your understanding
Are looking for a dynamic role involving interaction with a range of internal teams, clients, and scientific experts
Enjoy planning, managing, and reviewing scientific presentations and publications and helping to develop medical education programs
Appreciate the value of regular client contact either though face-to-face meetings, phone, and/or written communication
Like to participate in client meetings when the discussion centers on the scientific communication for the brand
Have a high attention to detail to ensure that quality outputs are delivered to clients
Enjoy working as part of a supportive and dynamic team
Are looking for an opportunity to mentor junior-level scientific staff
You will be a success if you:
Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
Communicate complex scientific ideas in an accurate and innovative way
Work independently and as part of a team to deliver high-quality work
Learn new skills and therapy areas
Develop new ideas to bring science and medicine to life
Build relationships with clients (external and internal) and value the importance of creating a good rapport
Actively grow client business
What you`ll bring:
Md, pharmd, or phd degree
3+ years of experience with a medical education company or clinical equivalent
Ability to work both independently (on-site and remotely) and in a team structure
Ability to quickly and thoroughly understand any pharmaceutical product, particularly as it relates to the overall therapeutic area
Experience in developing medical and marketing concepts through critical analysis of data, distilling complex technical information for a variety of medical audiences, and developing scientific overviews and publication concepts for proposals
High level of comfort working with clients and faculty
Aptitude for the english language and excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to perform all duties on-line, as open health is a paperless company
Ability to manage multiple and sometimes competing challenges, issues, and priorities with the ability to delegate, problem solve, and set clear expectations
Proficiency in office programs including ms word, ms excel, and ms powerpointEndnote experience is a plus!
Our medical department includes senior medical directors, medical directors, associate medical directors, and medical associates who partner with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to develop and execute strategic publication plans, strategic marketing solutions, promotional medical education, and sales training for their respective brands throughout all phases of the product lifecycle.
Medical directors must be able to work both independently and in a team structureThey must be particularly suited to high-profile client and faculty contactAs the medical lead on any project, the medical director is responsible for clearly communicating content needs to medical writers and concept needs to graphic designersThe medical director also has responsibility for adhering to medical budgets within a project, escalating resource needs as appropriate, and providing high-level strategy to the internal client account director.
Specific duties, activities, and responsibilities:
Mentor medical associates and associate medical directors by assessing and giving timely and constructive feedback to aid in development plans for junior team members
Provide therapeutic area expertise to assigned brand teams - oncology, hematology, immunology and/or neuroscience experience is a plus!
Build relationships with clinical and research executives in the pharmaceutical industry as well as academic opinion leaders
Plan, manage, and review scientific presentations and publications and help develop medical education programs
Work closely with account director to ensure that content meets the expectations of the client; drive client meetings when the discussion centers on the scientific communication for the brand; provide input into the annual planning process with the client
Lead medical team in meeting both timeline and budgetary parameters
Work closely with medical writers to ensure on-target communication, clinical accuracy, and delivery of projects on time and within budget
Represent the company at selected educational and client meetings and business pitches
Develop and/or repurpose technically high-level projects including publications in professional journals, monographs, slide presentations, executive meeting minutes, and other materials requiring sound clinical judgment and excellent writing skills
Working conditions
This position will be performed remotely or in a corporate business setting as required
Hours: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, monday-friday; or as required by business needs
Travel: domestic and international; up to 20%
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Candidates who apply should attach a copy of their latest resume and a list of specific product experienceA cover letter shows initiative.
If we sound like the sort of business environment in which you would thrive, then we would love to hear from you.
