Senior Medical Director, Medical Strategy & Scientific Affairs

The role

The Senior Medical Director leads the strategic direction and creation of medical and scientific content across multiple therapeutic areas. This role manages a team of Associate Medical Directors, Medical Writers, and Medical Interns while ensuring scientific integrity for medical education programs and business proposals.

What you will do

• Engages in meetings and strategic conversations with clients to provide insight and guidance.
• Contributes to the execution of deliverables for various programs and projects.
• Oversees the development and completion of medical advertising and communication projects.
• Collaborates with clients to define and develop promotional medical materials.
• Prepares meeting summaries such as executive summaries and top-line overviews.
• Participates in brainstorming and concept development sessions for new materials.
• Ensures written content aligns with project goals and conveys necessary messages.
• Communicates with the account team about potential challenges regarding deadlines, hours, or budgets.
• Maintains adherence to project parameters including deadlines, budgets, and content restrictions.
• Monitors the progress of researchers, copyeditors, and freelance writers/editors.

Required qualifications

• Manage a team that includes Associate Medical Directors, Medical Writers, and Medical Interns.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in biomedical sciences, such as a PhD, PharmD, or MD.
• Solid scientific knowledge with the ability to quickly familiarize oneself with various therapeutic areas and treatments.
• In-depth understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, MLR guidelines, and FDA regulations.
• Strong scientific expertise with the ability to research, comprehend, and clearly summarize complex scientific concepts.
• A proactive problem solver and team player who actively contributes insights to cross-functional teams.
• Capable of maintaining professionalism and composure in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.

Benefits

• health care insurance
• retirement plans
• generous paid time off and holidays
• wellness benefits
• life insurance
• learning and development opportunities

About the company

BGBx is an independent commercial solutions partner to pharmaceutical and life science companies. They bring together strategists, scientists, communicators, creatives, technologists, and data experts to tackle healthcare challenges.