Content & Market Intelligence Director I (Hybrid)

American Medical Association • Chicago, IL

2d • $128,906 - $174,241 • Hybrid

About The Position

The American Medical Association (AMA) is a nonprofit professional association and the nation’s largest association of physicians. Its mission is to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. The AMA describes its culture as inclusive and people-first, and supports employee professional development and social responsibility.

The AMA’s Center for Digital Health and AI works to advance the responsible development and adoption of technologies that improve health and healthcare. Its work includes research and evidence, policy, implementation, education and resources, product development, and ecosystem engagement, with physicians actively shaping the future of care delivery in the digital era.

The Content & Market Intelligence Director I is responsible for developing the Center’s content strategy and leading its market intelligence functions. The role establishes consistent messaging across Center initiatives, ensures content advances strategic priorities, and monitors developments that may present opportunities for AMA leadership. Working in a matrixed relationship with AMA Communications and Marketing, the director provides substantive content, audience insights, and key messages, and partners with subject-matter experts to turn their expertise into compelling reports, resources, publications, and thought leadership. The position also contributes to Center strategy by identifying consequential developments, shaping content priorities, and connecting the Center’s expertise to opportunities for influence and impact.

This is a hybrid role based in the AMA’s Chicago or Washington, D.C. office, with a requirement to work in the office three days per week. It is an exempt position. The stated salary range is $128,906–$174,241, and employees are eligible to participate in an incentive plan.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 10 years of experience in content development or communications in healthcare, technology, policy, science, or another rapidly evolving field.
• Proven experience translating complex technical, scientific, clinical, or policy subject matter into substantive publications, resources, or thought leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop the Center’s integrated content strategy in alignment with strategic priorities, intended audiences, and organizational goals.
• Partner with clinical, technical, research, and policy subject-matter experts to translate complex work into compelling, scientifically rigorous reports, publications, resources, and thought leadership.
• Shape the narrative, structure, key messages, and actionable implications of Center outputs, clearly articulating their significance and value for physicians and other stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain consistent messaging across Center initiatives, connecting work in governance, economic sustainability, care transformation, research, education, and ecosystem engagement.
• Lead the Center’s editorial calendar, coordinating content priorities, development timelines, and publication sequencing with relevant AMA teams.
• Establish measures of content quality, relevance, reach, and impact, and use data and feedback to strengthen Center outputs.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of developments in digital health and AI, including technology, research, policy, regulation, adoption, market activity, and public trust.
• Identify consequential developments, emerging issues, stakeholder needs, and opportunities that should inform the Center’s strategic priorities, content, and external engagement.
• Analyze how influential organizations and stakeholders frame developments in digital health and AI, identifying opportunities for distinctive physician-led AMA perspectives.
• Translate market intelligence into actionable recommendations for Center leadership, including content priorities, thought-leadership opportunities, and adjustments to the timing or positioning of planned work.
• Provide timely intelligence and insights to Center colleagues to inform research, policy, resource development, programming, and other initiatives.
• Partner across Center functions to ensure individual initiatives reinforce a coherent Center-wide narrative.
• Collaborate with AMA Communications, Marketing, Publishing, and other enterprise teams to align content priorities with enterprise strategies and support publication, dissemination, and amplification.
• Develop substantive briefs for enterprise colleagues that identify target audiences, key messages, supporting evidence, intended impact, and dissemination opportunities.
• Identify compelling stories, physician perspectives, examples, and expert voices that make the Center’s work relevant and accessible.
• Identify opportunities to connect Center publications, resources, convenings, and thought leadership into coordinated initiatives that strengthen awareness, understanding, and use of the Center’s work.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

• Eligibility to participate in an incentive plan
• The AMA supports professional development for its employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director