Associate Director, Medical (Pharma Ad Agency Experience Required)

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic input to guide creation of clinically relevant educational content and ensure effective use of clinical data to reach strategic brand objectives
• Independent scientific content development including analysis and interpretation of clinical data across a wide range of project types
• Conduct literature searches, proactively monitor competitive landscape and perform competitive analyses
• Establish strong relationships with clients and proactively seek to contribute and collaborate in client meetings
• Partner with internal teams to create compelling symposia decks, scientific narratives, messaging platforms and engagement projects for healthcare professionals, including digital and print media
• Establish close partnership with copy, art and digital teams to create interactive, engaging programs utilizing scientific storytelling techniques and unique data visualization
• Collaborate to create and communicate Intouch’s POV and recommendations with clients
• Play key role on team to educate team members on disease state, clinical trials, treatments and competition
• Support submissions for client medical/regulatory approval processes and partners with all teams to incorporate client and regulatory feedback
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (PhD, MD or PharmD) in medical sciences related field required
• Preferably two or more years of agency experience in medical education, medical communications and/or HCP marketing
• Strategic thinker that understands how to effectively tell a scientific story in a compelling way to differentiate client products
• Two years minimum medical writing experience required
• Oncology experience preferred
• Expertise in extracting relevant information from clinical sources and writing medically accurate copy
• Excellent verbal, written and organizational skills
• Client-facing confidence that advances dialogue and creates strong agency-client relationships
• Experience with complex projects that require collaboration between internal and external teams including key opinion leaders
• Familiarity with FDA marketing regulations, AMA editorial style and digital