Nucleus Global
Scientific Director
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Scientific Director
London/Manchester – Hybrid or remote working also available
About Nucleus Global
Nucleus Global is a global leader in the medical communications space, with more than 900 people across Europe, the US and APAC. We pride ourselves in setting the standard for industry best practices, with our unparalleled dedication to impactful and innovative communication. Our continued authenticity, credibility, and reliability have cemented our reputation as true partners to our clients.
We form part of the iNIZIO Medical group. Our unique position as part of this international network, which includes three of the world’s top medical communications companies, gives us an important advantage over commercial competitors. Within the wider iNIZIO network we have access to a full suite of advisory, medical, marketing, communications, patient and partner engagement services.
About the role
We’re looking for a Scientific Director to lead global, exciting and fast-paced publications teams in thrombolytics and respiratory. You will partner with senior global clients on high-impact publications and publications strategy, plus some medical affairs. Overseeing junior writers is an important part of the role - we have a passion for developing people and we hope you do too! Lytics/respiratory experience is an advantage, but motivation for the role is more important. This is a great opportunity to take the next step into senior account leadership, build deep relationships with clients, and lead a large, supportive, fun team.
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Here's what you'll do:
- As a Scientific Director, you will be responsible for accurate and high-quality scientific content across your workstream.
- You will be a senior scientific leader of a well-established team and will partner with the scientific and CS leads to streamline processes, manage resourcing, mentor and review work, enable high quality delivery and grow the business.
- You will develop your own content across diverse publications deliverables, and oversee, support and motivate a global team of medical writers to do the same.
- You will develop strong client and author relationships that enable you to make great, strategy-driven suggestions.
- You will lead client and author calls and scientific meetings.
- You will have a growth mindset and work with the agency leadership on account growth and innovating our client offerings.
- The role offers opportunities to be a partner and trusted advisor to the client, with some travel for client meetings and events.
The Scientific Director will report to the VP, Scientific Services and will line manage junior members of the medical writing team.
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About you:
To succeed you will have:
- A number of years’ experience working in a medical writing leadership role, including publications, within a medical communications agency environment.
- Experience writing across a broad range of deliverables and formats for a variety of medical audiences.
- Experience reviewing and overseeing other writers, ideally including line management.
- Growing leadership skills and a desire to lead a global team.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with colleagues, clients and external experts.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, work to deadlines and juggle multiple projects.
- Excellent attention to detail and pride in quality control.
Application Process
To begin an application, please apply via the appropriate link on this page. Selected candidates will first complete an informal ‘screening’ call to ensure the position is suitable before proceeding.
Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.
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