Director, Medical Communications
Definium Therapeutics
•$180,000 - $235,000
About The Position
The Director, Medical Communications will lead the development and execution of medical communication strategies supporting Definium’s psychiatry portfolio. This role will translate medical strategy and emerging scientific evidence into clear, accurate, and impactful communications for a range of internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a strategic and hands-on Medical Affairs professional with experience developing scientific narratives and medical communication materials, supporting scientific training, facilitating medical review, and managing agency partners. This individual will work closely with Publications, Medical Information, Field Medical, Clinical Development, Regulatory, Legal, Compliance, and other cross-functional partners.
Requirements
- Advanced scientific degree, such as a PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent degree in a relevant discipline
- Minimum of 7 years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or related healthcare industry experience, including experience in Medical Affairs, medical communications, scientific communications, or scientific training
- Demonstrated experience developing medical communication strategies, scientific narratives, and medical communication materials
- Experience developing scientific training and educational resources for Medical Affairs or other internal audiences
- Experience participating in or facilitating medical, legal, regulatory, or promotional review processes
- Demonstrated experience managing medical communication agencies, vendors, budgets, and scopes of work
- Strong scientific writing, editing, presentation, and data-interpretation skills
- Ability to translate complex scientific information into clear and audience-appropriate communications
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders without direct authority
- Ability to operate strategically and independently while remaining willing to directly develop and advance high-priority deliverables
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, growing biotechnology environment with evolving priorities
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting late-stage development, prelaunch planning, or product launch preferred
- Psychiatry, neuroscience, or central nervous system experience preferred
- Experience with Veeva Vault, medical content-management platforms, or related technologies preferred.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute integrated medical communication strategies aligned with Medical Affairs priorities, evidence-generation plans, data dissemination, and launch readiness
- Lead the development and maintenance of scientific narratives, core medical messages, communication plans, and foundational scientific content
- Identify scientific communication and education needs based on emerging data, stakeholder needs, insights, and changes in the treatment landscape
- Partner cross-functionally to ensure scientific evidence is communicated consistently, accurately, and appropriately across audiences and channels
- Lead the development and maintenance of medical communication materials, including scientific slide decks, clinical data presentations, disease-state resources, scientific FAQs, congress materials, visual summaries, and other educational content
- Translate complex clinical and scientific information into clear, balanced, and audience-appropriate communications
- Develop scientific training materials and programs supporting new data, congresses, medical strategy, regulatory milestones, and launch readiness
- Partner with Medical Affairs colleagues and subject matter experts to ensure communications and training address relevant scientific and educational needs
- Maintain consistency across medical communication deliverables through effective use of scientific narratives, core content, references, and approved terminology
- Apply adult-learning and audience-centered communication principles to improve the clarity and effectiveness of educational materials
- Serve as backup medical reviewer for medical and promotional materials, ensuring scientific accuracy, appropriate balance, consistency with available evidence, and compliance with company policies
- Facilitate the timely review and approval of content through applicable medical, legal, regulatory, and compliance review processes
- Partner with Regulatory, Legal, Compliance, Commercial, and Medical Affairs colleagues to resolve scientific questions and support compliant execution
- Help establish and improve standards and processes for content development, referencing, review, approval, version control, and material retirement
- Select, onboard, and manage existing medical communication agencies, scientific writers, training partners, and other external vendors
- Provide clear strategic direction and ensure vendor deliverables meet expectations for scientific quality, audience relevance, timing, and cost
- Manage scopes of work, budgets, timelines, risks, and competing priorities across multiple projects
- Establish effective agency working models and performance expectations to support efficient and high-quality execution
Benefits
- company-paid health coverage
- a 401(k) program with company match
- flexible time off
- generous parental leave
- additional employee benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
