OPEN Health
Scientific Director - UK
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Scientific Director
Reports to the EVP, Medical & Scientific Services
Job Summary
The Scientific Director will have the skills and ability to lead multiple projects for multiple clients simultaneously. They will serve as the medical expert for the teams they support, understanding the therapeutic landscape and related scientific data. They will be responsible for directly developing high quality medical and commercial content that supports the strategic product positioning of their clients.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Developing meaningful strategic content, provides strategic alignment, ensures medical accuracy, and accepts responsibility for the scientific content in a variety of projects, including but not limited to advisory boards, promo slide presentations, and scripts.
- Anticipating a client’s scientific content needs and proactively addressing those needs to ensure complete client satisfaction. Ensure the highest levels of quality control and client service.
- Planning and execution of project work, along with senior management, project and account teams, to ensure appropriate scientific support and communication.
- Developing high-quality written materials that are scientifically accurate and appropriate to the target audience.
- Working independently to incorporate necessary rounds of revisions and address reviewer questions/comments.
- Successful management of workload to allow timelines to move forward in an effective and smooth manner.
- Maintaining scientific integrity of content during project implementation
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Experience, Skills, And Qualifications
- Doctoral-level degree (PhD, MD, PharmD) in a relevant field preferred (account support will likely be solid and hematologic oncology and/or ALS).
- Extensive experience in medical communications, medical education, pharmaceutical marketing, medical affairs, content production (promotional slide presentations and ad board decks) or equivalent.
- Superior communication skills (both written and verbal) and a proven ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a variety of audiences including clients, patients, and the external scientific community.
- Proficient in MS365 including Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and Teams.
- Familiarity with ABPI code of practice as they pertain to the core business and product legalities.
- Ability to foster integration, collaboration, and teamwork with account team members.
- Apply experience by demonstrating a clear and full understanding of evolving medical education policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Ability to interact with third parties (other agency vendors, professional organizations, societies) where appropriate.
- Understanding of a variety of therapeutic categories as required, with the ability to learn quickly.
- Complete and comprehensive knowledge of the professional education (on label) process.
- Proficiency pusing MS365 including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.
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