Director, Educational Strategy - Infectious Disease

Clinical Care Options LLC

18h•Remote

About The Position

Decera Clinical helps life sciences companies accelerate HCP adoption of breakthrough therapies through three divisions: Accredited Medical Education, HCP Insights, and Medical Communications. As the Scientific Activation™ company, Decera Clinical supports pharmaceutical and biotech partners in engaging HCPs with clear, credible information that strengthens clinical understanding and decision-making. With more than twenty years of experience across major therapeutic areas, Decera Clinical delivers trusted scientific engagement that helps HCPs move from evidence to action. The Director, Educational Strategy - Infectious Disease will be responsible for supporting the overall educational and scientific strategy for Infectious Disease team within the Education division, relying on needs assessments and gap analyses to inform areas of greatest educational need, to improve healthcare professional knowledge, competence, confidence, and performance.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years in sales, account management and/or direct responsibility for $5M grant/independent education funding procurement role, AND/OR Minimum of 3 years of clinical practice, directly involved in patient care or commiserate pharmaceutical industry experience.
In addition, 3-5 years of developing grants and/or experience writing, developing, and editing education activities.
Working knowledge of the ACCME, ACPE, ANCC, Joint Accreditation, and other regulatory agencies’ guidelines and policies in relation to commercially supported educational activities
Excellent presentation, communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills
Strong knowledge of the Internet and computers, including a sophisticated knowledge of existing Internet-based educational program models
Ability to function independently with effective time management, organization, and project management skills; attention to detail; ability to manage diverse tasks to deliver work on time, within budget, and at a high level of quality
Exemplary skill in working effectively on interdisciplinary teams and in decentralized work and communication environments
Effective decision making, initiative and judgment; strong analytical and problem-solving skills; and a resourceful, “can-do” attitude
Leadership including ability to establish and communicate individual goals aligned to the BU and corporate objectives, develop a cadence of communication and actions associated with goals, prioritize tasks, innovate ideas with the team, build and foster a culture aligned with the organization, build and foster strong relationships with all areas of the business.

Nice To Haves

Travel to the corporate headquarters in Reston, Virginia, commercial supporters, medical conferences both in the US and internationally within the designated specialties as well as CME/CE and other medical education conferences and meetings is required in order to accomplish the goals of this position.
Home-based office is acceptable; however, a location convenient to a major airport is ideal.

Responsibilities

Meet assigned targets for strategy quotas, market share, and other established key financial performance objectives
Achieve annual grant support goals and objectives
Achieve or surpass industry-standard win rate across grants submitted
Lead grant development and funding for programs
Develop relationships with top accounts and strategic partners, ensuring attainment of monthly sales quotas
Leverage the corporation’s growth vision to develop and evolve education strategies, building out the combined and individual team’s value proposition(s) and supporting go to market strategies
Actively seek account feedback, leveraging information to make decisions / monitor strategies and performance, identifying new ways / techniques to drive educational support growth YoY
Develop and foster compliant supporter relationships through continual communication, reporting of program status, providing outcomes results
Thoroughly understand and monitor the competitive landscape for the Business Unit and the Company and communicate key competitive information within the Company
Knowledge of ongoing research and development and pipeline for potential supporters of education
Integration of knowledge of ongoing research and development, supporter funding interests, current patient management, and best patient management practice in order to develop refined funding opportunities through grant conception and development
Foster a culture of teamwork, innovation, and commitment to our mission