Director, Medical Strategy

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$107K/yr – $171K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead medical insights and strategic direction for high-profile therapeutic areas at a healthcare-focused agency.

  • Own research on products and therapeutic categories to drive brand strategy and programming.
  • Must-have: Doctoral-level healthcare degree preferred.
  • Standout: Independent research, proactive literature monitoring, and cross-functional education across teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leads high-profile and scientifically complex therapeutic areas that shapes a product and provides insights which help to drive brand strategy and corresponding programming
  • Educates creative, marketing, planning, innovations, and business strategy & analysis teams about clients products and the diseases they treat
  • Contributes to new business pitch content and strategies, including presenting agency’s professional marketing insights at new business presentations
  • Stays abreast of the medical literature related to client’s brands
  • Maintains thorough knowledge of key competitors (strengths, weaknesses, positioning, performance)
  • Proactively and independently conducts research on the product and/or therapeutic category
  • Generates actionable insights and perspectives on disease-related topics, treatment categories, and healthcare professional attitudes and behaviors
  • Supervises medical writers on his/her accounts

Requirements

  • Doctoral level (MD, DO, PhD) degree in healthcare preferred
  • Healthcare agency experience (preferred) or pharmaceutical, biotech, or device company experience
  • Familiarity with US pharmaceutical marketing regulations
  • Familiarity with pharmaceutical industry medical-legal review processes
  • Teaching and mentoring experience
  • Ability to read and interpret the medical literature
  • Facility with Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint

Preferred

Benefits

  • medical coverage
  • dental
  • vision
  • disability
  • 401K
  • parantal and family care leave
  • family forming assistance
  • tuition reimbursement
  • flexible time off
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