VP, Medical Strategy

Calcium+Company • Philadelphia, PA

2d

About The Position

As VP, Medical Strategy, you will serve as a senior strategic leader across key brands and accounts, translating complex science into clear, differentiated, and commercially meaningful direction. The role sits at the intersection of scientific rigor, human insight, and business strategy, ensuring the work is accurate and influential.

You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to shape positioning, messaging, audience strategy, and omnichannel planning. In addition to leading brand strategy, you will mentor team members, strengthen client relationships, and contribute to the continued advancement of the medical strategy discipline. This role is designed for a leader who connects data to insight, insight to strategy, and strategy to measurable impact.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in medical strategy, healthcare strategy, or related scientific roles.
• 3–5+ years of experience mentoring or managing team members.
• Demonstrated experience shaping brand positioning, messaging strategy, and integrated healthcare communications.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and experience working within integrated agency teams.
• Experience leading or synthesizing market research and translating findings into actionable strategic direction.
• Comfort presenting complex scientific and strategic concepts to diverse stakeholder audiences.
• Experience using scientific literature, clinical trial databases, congress publications, and market intelligence resources to inform medical strategy.
• Working knowledge of regulatory and compliance considerations within healthcare communications.
• Strong storytelling and communication skills across presentations, briefs, and client-facing materials.
• Intellectual curiosity and ability to connect scientific detail with broader human and market context.
• Proactive, accountable leadership mindset with flexibility and commitment to excellence.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced scientific degree, such as PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent (preferred, not required).

Responsibilities

• Lead medical strategy across assigned brands and initiatives, aligning it with client objectives, market realities, and competitive dynamics.
• Evaluate clinical evidence, mechanisms of action, treatment landscapes, and emerging data to develop scientific platforms, differentiated narratives, and actionable medical strategy.
• Guide the development of positioning, messaging frameworks, value propositions, and omnichannel brand strategies.
• Drive audience identification, persona development, and journey mapping for human-centered, insight-driven planning.
• Synthesize primary and secondary market research, analytics, and behavioral insights into differentiated strategic recommendations.
• Partner with Creative, Account, Analytics, Engagement Strategy, and Operations teams to ensure cohesive strategy from discovery through execution.
• Partner with Strategy and Creative teams to shape briefs, concepts, and communications, ensuring scientific accuracy, clinical relevance, and compelling expression of the science.
• Serve as a senior strategic voice in client interactions and present recommendations with clarity, confidence, and executive presence.
• Contribute to new business efforts and organic growth initiatives through strategic narrative development and pitch participation.
• Maintain deep immersion in assigned therapeutic areas and brands, proactively identifying risks, opportunities, and white-space positioning.
• Support KPI development and measurement planning with analytics teams so strategy is connected to performance outcomes.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, providing guidance on strategic thinking, scientific rigor, and professional growth.
• Contribute to internal capability building, including developing tools, frameworks, and knowledge-sharing resources.
• Stay informed about healthcare trends, competitive shifts, and evolving regulatory landscapes, translating changes into actionable client guidance.
• Model collaboration, accountability, and intellectual curiosity to elevate team culture and work quality.

What This Job Offers

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