Director, Scientific Strategy

fingerpaint

2d

About The Position

Fingerpaint is a healthcare and wellness advertising agency that brings scientific thinking and creativity together to develop brand-building and medical communication strategies. The Director of Scientific Strategy serves as the scientific lead for multiple brands, translating scientific discoveries into brand strategies, provider education, and patient-care communications. This person develops focused scientific concepts and insights, owns the approach and finalization of deliverables, and leads client relationships and interactions. The role also contributes to scope development, design workstreams, and the mentoring and management of others.

The position partners with strategy, medical affairs, HEOR, clinical development, client brand and medical teams, and other medical personnel. It includes leading workshops and advisory boards, attending congresses, supporting new business pitches, and helping develop evidence-generation approaches and agency services. Fingerpaint describes its culture as people-first, collaborative, curious, and committed to an inclusive workplace.

Requirements

• Relevant degree.
• At least 6 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or pharmaceutical marketing.
• Effective presentation skills in a variety of formal settings, including one-on-one and small or large groups, with peers, subordinates, and leaders, both inside and outside the organization.
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, and Adobe.
• Curiosity and a passion for exploration and creation.

Nice To Haves

• PhD.
• Experience developing medical communications programs.

Responsibilities

• Partner across strategy disciplines to drive brand building, unbranded initiatives, and communication planning.
• Develop authentic and effective relationships with client brand and medical teams and relevant medical personnel, including key opinion leaders and MSLs.
• Partner in developing and executing strategic workshops, including agendas, frameworks, content, shared meeting leadership, and breakout facilitation.
• Cover congresses and advisory boards on-site and produce accurate, comprehensive output reports identifying perceptions, barriers, opportunities, and Fingerpaint recommendations.
• Manage and mentor scientific strategists in their career and personal development.
• Independently run client workshops and advisory boards.
• Participate in developing and attending new business pitches.
• Maintain strong knowledge and awareness across assigned brands.
• Independently create and guide scientific concepts and brand advantages.
• Partner with medical affairs, HEOR, and/or clinical development to propose novel evidence-generation approaches.
• Improve project quality or efficiency and propose new ideas for Fingerpaint services or deliverables.
• Recommend brand coverage and staffing based on an in-depth understanding of brands and workload fluctuations.
• Partner in annual scope development and review.
• Develop meaningful and productive lead client relationships across medical and commercial teams.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed