VP, Medical Communications Strategy

USA (Hybrid)

$170K/yr – $185K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive medical communications strategy and advisory-board/peer-to-peer engagements for pharma/biotech clients, with a focus on compliance, data-grounded content, and digital-first approaches.

  • Must-have: 10+ years in promo medical communications and 6+ years in HCP/P2P engagement/advisory boards
  • Standout: Proven leadership across advisory boards and multi-stakeholder programs with strategic client impact

Job Description

Responsibilities
  • Lead and co-develop medical communications strategy with the scientific medical team across assigned clients
  • Ensure initiatives and content are grounded in brand strategy
  • Assist teams in MLR readiness, helping to identify and mitigate risk
  • Contribute to standards and best practices for promotional medical communications across the agency in partnership with scientific/medical, account, and project management
  • Support planning, design, and execution of HCP-focused peer-to-peer initiatives, including advisory boards, including advisory board facilitation as needed
  • Shape objectives, discussion frameworks, and success measures for ad boards and P2P engagements
  • Work with scientific/medical to translate advisory insights into actionable strategy and engagement plans
  • Oversee rollout of P2P-driven tactics, which may include facilitating discussions with KOLs to inform content and strategy, and ensure insights are effectively activated
  • Champion digital-first and AI-enabled approaches to medical communications and stakeholder engagement
  • Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior client stakeholders
Requirements
  • Deep experience (10+ years) in promo medical communications strategy within pharma and biotech
  • Extensive hands-on experience (6+ years) in HCP, P2P engagement, including advisory boards
  • Strong understanding of market data, regulatory frameworks, and promotional compliance
  • Collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset with comfort navigating ambiguity and influencing across teams
  • Proven experience leading product launches and complex, multi-stakeholder programs
  • Strong executive communication skills: able to facilitate discussions and present a clear, compelling strategic story with clients and internal teams
  • Strategic, disciplined thinker with a strong point of view
  • Deeply ingrained in the HCP/P2P world and energized by it
  • Reliable, trusted partner with a positive, solutions-oriented mindset
  • Team-first mentality with the ability to lead through influence
Benefits
  • Immediate eligibility for all benefits, including medical, dental, vision, group term life, short-term and long-term disability
  • Benefits 100% company paid
  • 401k plan employer matching contributions
  • Eligibility for company sponsored incentive plans
  • Generous PTO, including a week off in December for the holidays
  • Paid volunteer time off
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • On-site gym and other employee wellness initiatives
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Comp pay or comp time for onsite weekend work
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The HWP Group (Health & Wellness Partners, LLC)

Founded in 2005, The HWP Group (Health & Wellness Partners, LLC) is a leading provider of medical communications solutions to global life sciences companies. HWP currently provides three synergistic service offerings: medical affairs, medical marketing and speaker bureau. Each service offering is seeded in expert strategy, scientific content and proprietary technology enabling solutions that allow HWP to deliver tailored, high-impact educational engagements. HWP has built a reputation for achieving outcomes that are measured across customer type and delivery method, whether it be in-person, digital or virtual. HWP supports life-science companies across a multitude of therapeutic areas and disease states, from early preclinical to patent expiry.

Founded in 2005
Saddle River, New Jersey, USA
343 employees (57 in marketing)

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2.9K
Traffic Source Mix
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24.7%
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Referral
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Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~343

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
48 (14% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
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Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2023
    Private Equity

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