Director, Medical Strategy (Pharma Ad Agency Experience Required)

Eversana•New York, NY

About The Position

THE POSITION: We are seeking an experienced and knowledgeable Director, Medical Strategy for our medical team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in medical science, excellent communication skills, and a passion for translating complex medical information into impactful advertising. As the Director, Medical Strategy, you will be responsible for overseeing all medical content, ensuring scientific accuracy, and collaborating with creative and account teams to develop effective campaigns. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by: Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws, it is the policy of EVERSANA to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by an employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship for EVERSANA. If reasonable accommodation is needed to perform the essential functions of your job position, please contact Human Resources. PEOPLE LEADER: People leaders must possess both the skills to effectively accomplish these tasks and the emotional intelligence to do so in alignment with our cultural values. In addition to the critical management and leadership tasks listed above, this role also includes the following unique responsibilities: Responsible for and oversee their respective department. Interview, select and supervise the activities of the department staff; communicate interpret and discuss with team the company policies and procedures. Determine job objectives, work methods and performance standards; review performance relative to departmental objectives discussion appraisal with each employee and performance; authorize and communicate salary changes, promotions, transfers, discipline, and discharge and administer all other personnel actions.

Requirements

M.D., Ph.D. or Pharm.D. required with 3+ years of experience in an agency or pharmaceutical industry supporting scientific communications, medical affairs or medical education
A passion for science, medicine and innovation, with a proven track record of communicating medical advances to different audiences
Ability to lead and execute development of content, including data analysis for a wide range of complex projects with minimal review/direction
Ability to independently and accurately incorporate strategic concepts into projects, as well as the capability to guide others to do so
Understanding of clinical practice, with the ability to perform scientific literature searches; can interpret complex clinical data into compelling stories (copy)
Excellent verbal, written and organizational skills; insightful data analysis and accomplished presentation abilities, as well as the drive to build client and team relationships
Insightful with a problem-solving, solution-oriented mindset; comfortable with leading client interactions and defending work and opinions
Familiarity with FDA marketing regulations, AMA style and digital best practices
Willingness to travel is a requirement

Responsibilities

Consulting with Creative, Account and Planning teams to develop compelling medical content across all digital and print media
Identifying new medical advances and opportunities, and implementing disease state knowledge to drive promotional efforts
Analyzing clinical data, conducting literature searches, participating in medical conferences and performing competitive analyses
Engaging and informing colleagues, healthcare professionals and clients, including medical, legal and regulatory groups
Collaborating in the development of EVERSANA INTOUCH POVs and recommendations with clients
Ensuring medical communications and promotional pieces meet and surpass marketing team objectives
Guide the creation of clinically cogent and engaging promotional and KOL materials while ensuring effective use of clinical data to reach strategic brand objectives
Improve medical literacy across contributing agency teams; provide medical understanding on disease states, clinical trials, treatments and competition
Guide submissions for client medical/regulatory approval processes and help to incorporate client and regulatory feedback
Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
All other duties as assigned