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Associate Medical Director

Position: Associate Medical Director

MedThink, a Fingerpaint company, offers extensive medical communications through two distinct divisions: MedThink SciCom, which harnesses deep scientific knowledge and extensive industry experience to develop solutions for medical affairs, medical communications and publication groups, and MedThink Communications, which provides healthcare communications and marketing services to commercial teams that leverages performance-driven medical education to enhance HCP beliefs and understanding.

Moving Minds. Moving Markets. Moving Medicine.

The Associate Medical Director is responsible for the development and review of scientific/medical content in a variety of formats (slides, advisory board meetings, websites, etc.); providing medical direction, internally to promotional writing staff and account team, and externally to clients; accurate interpretation of data; presentations of medical content and strategy, including clinical discussions about treatment options with clients, speakers, and HCPs; supporting new business presentations; management of writing staff; efficient planning and organization; establishing effective working interactions with editorial, creative, account services, and project management teams; and efficiently producing high-quality deliverables. Position matriculation includes Medical Director and Senior Medical Director.

Position Requirements

PhD, MD, PharmD, or advanced nursing degree

Experience

4+ years professional content development experience at a promotional medical communications agency
Demonstrable expertise in multiple therapeutic areas
Extensive experience developing speaker slide decks, advisory board content, white papers, disease state summaries, etc.

Position Responsibilities

Demonstrates behavior expected of a professional member of the organization, including but not limited to:

Serve as a therapeutic category expert while working in cross-functional teams
Confidently engage internal colleagues, clients, and expert HCPs in collaborative project meetings, presenting medical content and strategic recommendations
Create accurate scientific/medical writing for a variety of medical communication and promotional projects
Translate scientific concepts into promotional content in collaboration with copy writers, creative directors, and medical writers
Stay up-to-date on scientific developments and their medical implications
Understand the clinical utility of therapeutic choices within disease states
Ensure quality standards and provide final sign-off on promotional projects
Mentor and review work of other team members
Support new business initiatives
Represent the agency with the highest standards in all endeavors
Excellent work product requiring minimal internal review
Regular engagement with pharmaceutical clients and HCPs
Willingness to travel (~15%)

Talent & Knack

The candidate should possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Excellent writing abilities (clear, concise, creative)
Diligent problem-solving skills
Ability to consistently apply critical thinking
Expertise with creating content in PowerPoint
Excellent communication skills
Ability to understand and consistently apply marketing strategies when developing content for promotional medical education
Ability to handle multiple timelines
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and reference management software (e.g., Endnote, Reference Manager)
Ability to provide scientific, strategic, and tactical direction to writers, account team, creative team, and clients

By MedThink Communications

MedThink SciCom is a medical communication agency that breaks from conventional wisdom to transform scientific exchange. Its multidisciplinary team uses its diverse expertise to help pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies develop strategies th...

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FUNDING

Private

DEPARTMENTS

Medical Communications

SENIORITY LEVEL REQUIREMENT

Senior

TEAM SIZE

11-50

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