Medical Director (Publications)

Real Chemistry

6h•$130,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact-obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Our #LifeatRealChem culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, if you share our passion for healthcare and connection, we invite you to explore our opportunities. Discover your purpose. Embrace innovation. Experience #LifeatRealChem. Real Chemistry is looking for a Medical Director, Publications to join our growing team! The Medical Director leads scientific strategy and content delivery across assigned accounts or programs, bringing deep publication expertise and the versatility to support broader medical affairs deliverables. This role serves as a senior scientific partner to clients and internal teams, helping translate evidence into credible, compliant, and strategically aligned communications across publication and non-publication channels. The role leads publication strategy and execution while contributing to broader medical affairs content and evidence dissemination across key scientific communication channels. This position connects publication planning with broader medical affairs priorities, stakeholder needs, and integrated scientific communication programs.

Requirements

Degree in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy, public health, or related discipline required; advanced degree such as PhD, PharmD, MD, MPH, MSc, or equivalent experience preferred
6+ years of publications, medical affairs, or medical communications experience within an agency, pharmaceutical, biotech, academic, or related environment
Advanced publication strategy, scientific leadership, and client advisory capability, complemented by strong working knowledge of broader medical affairs deliverables
Strong command of publication ethics, ICMJE, GPP, journal/congress requirements, authorship considerations, and evidence dissemination best practices
Ability to lead scientific content across publications, scientific platforms, core decks, advisory board materials, medical education content, congress assets, and field medical resources
Excellent data interpretation, scientific writing, reviewing, and editorial judgment across clinical, HEOR, real-world evidence, and published data sources
Ability to connect publication strategy with medical affairs objectives, audience needs, stakeholder engagement, and integrated communication planning
Strong client, author, KOL, and cross-functional stakeholder management skills, with ability to lead teams under complex timelines while maintaining quality and scientific integrity
Ability to model responsible AI use and identify AI-enabled workflow improvements for research, content development, quality checks, and evidence synthesis

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated strength in publications required, with experience or strong working knowledge across broader medical affairs deliverables preferred

Responsibilities

Develop and execute publication strategies aligned with client objectives, evidence priorities, and broader medical affairs goals
Lead strategy for manuscripts, abstracts, posters, congress activity, plain language summaries, and other dissemination formats
Guide evidence gaps, sequencing, target journals/congresses, author engagement, and publication impact measurement
Provide scientific direction for selected medical affairs deliverables, including platforms, core decks, advisory board materials, medical education content, field medical tools, and congress resources
Translate clinical, HEOR, real-world evidence, and published data into clear narratives for publication and medical affairs channels
Connect publication outputs with broader evidence dissemination, omnichannel engagement, and medical education needs
Provide senior scientific oversight to ensure accuracy, clarity, balance, and strategic alignment across deliverables
Lead or direct writing, review, and refinement of manuscripts, congress materials, scientific platforms, core narratives, and related content
Maintain consistent scientific messaging across publication plans, medical affairs materials, congress activity, and account deliverables
Serve as a senior scientific and strategic contact for clients across publication and medical affairs workstreams
Build trusted relationships and guide content priorities, data interpretation, audience needs, and dissemination formats
Lead author, KOL, advisory board, steering committee, medical affairs, and cross-functional discussions where appropriate
Ensure deliverables meet applicable quality, publication ethics, journal/congress, ICMJE, GPP, client, and internal standards
Oversee progress, risks, review cycles, workflows, timelines, scope, resources, budgets, and client expectations
Identify issues related to scientific accuracy, evidence interpretation, review complexity, timelines, and stakeholder alignment, and recommend solutions early
Collaborate with medical affairs, publications operations, account, clinical, regulatory, analytics, editorial, design, strategy, and project management teams
Share publication and medical affairs best practices to strengthen consistency, quality, and strategic alignment
Provide leadership, mentorship, and feedback to writers, content leads, and cross-functional contributors
Build team capability in publication strategy, medical affairs content, data interpretation, scientific storytelling, and quality standards
Support proposals, pitches, publication strategy recommendations, medical affairs content strategy, and organic growth opportunities
Help shape scopes that reflect scientific complexity, stakeholder review needs, and delivery requirements