Director, Medical Communications & Congress Strategy

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic Medical Communications with partnering with Medical Strategy, Publications, and Medical Information to develop and execute integrated medical communication strategies across commercial products and pipeline programs.
• Lead the development of multichannel, peer-to-peer web-based and other HCP engagement strategies while ensuring scientific accuracy, objectivity, fair-balance, and alignment with internal medical communications plans.
• Support integration of new assets, products, or therapeutic areas into medical communications platforms, including development of disease-state, pipeline, clinical trial, congress, publication, and mechanism-of-action content.
• Lead planning and execution for medical congress presence, including communication objectives, exhibit booth strategy, vendor coordination, logistics, booth staffing, asset development, and post-congress follow-up.
• Lead planning and execution of sponsored medical education alongside omnichannel scientific communications, acting as liaison to medical education vendors for sponsored content and digital amplification of company data.
• Support Medical Information and Field Medical content development by providing scientific content strategy, therapeutic area context, and alignment with broader Medical Communications plans to inform response development and resource prioritization.
• Develop the annual tactical plan and budget for Medical Communications activities; manage Medical Communications vendor, contracts, and invoicing.
• Develop, monitor, and communicate metrics and KPIs that demonstrate the impact of Medical Communications on scientific engagement, customer experience, organizational priorities, and Medical Affairs strategy.
• Ensure medical education initiatives meet governance, legal, compliance, and regulatory standards.

Requirements

• Advance degree (PharmD, PhD, MD or equivalent).
• 8+ years of progressive Medical Affairs experience, including Medical Communications and Medical Information leadership responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategic medical communications.
• Experience with digital medical communications platforms, content management systems, and multichannel engagement strategies.
• Experience in Medical Information operations, inquiry management, and compliant scientific exchange.
• Vendor management including performance, quality, and budget oversight.
• In depth knowledge of Medical Affairs ethics and compliance environment.
• Travel expectations: approximately 20%, domestic and international.

Benefits

• outstanding benefits program.