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About the Role

Omnicom Health Medical Communications is seeking a Senior Director to oversee the development, execution, and delivery of medical communication projects. This role involves developing client relationships, ensuring scientific needs are met with strategic focus, rigor, and accuracy, and supervising junior scientific team members.

Responsibilities

• Oversee content development, including primary writing, ensuring efficient execution and delivery to client.
• Manage a wide range of complex projects across multiple teams/therapeutic areas.
• Contribute to scope creation and provide feedback on scientific components of budget development.
• Collaborate with Client Services partner on forecasting and resource planning.
• Ensure scientific teams are staffed appropriately.
• Serve as scientific lead, providing strategic direction and demonstrating consistent leadership and management.
• Demonstrate deep understanding of assigned therapeutic categories and strategic needs of associated stakeholders.
• Develop a rigorous strategic plan focused on achieving client goals.
• Build and manage strong client relationships.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, especially through digital channels.
• Moderate and facilitate effective, productive client sessions.
• Work with Client Services partner to plan for team organization and project execution in line with timelines and budget.
• Provide routine, proactive feedback on client relationships, including suggestions for improving client satisfaction, to Team and Senior Leadership.
• Demonstrate effective and efficient time and project management skills on assigned accounts.
• Proactively manage Scientific Services team and individual performance, including training and development of junior scientists.
• Develop understanding of agency capabilities and business/industry environments to help target and act on new business opportunities.
• Work with functional teams to cross-sell scientific services.

Requirements

• An advanced scientific degree (PhD, MD, PharmD) with 5+ years of experience in a Medical Communications agency setting.
• Strong therapeutic category knowledge and experience.
• Experience establishing and growing pharmaceutical client relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret data and provide strategic/scientific direction to clients.
• Strong organizational, problem solving, project management, and financial skills with expertise overseeing a range of complex projects within a team structure.
• Strong self-motivation and enthusiasm with demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, highly detail-oriented environment.
• Experience managing, mentoring, and motivating scientists.
• In depth knowledge of pharmaceutical standards, compliance, and regulations.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, including strong proficiency in related technologies (Microsoft applications, Internet research platforms, etc).
• Ability and willingness to travel as needed.

Skills

• Medical Communications
• Scientific Content Development
• Project Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Strategic Planning
• Team Leadership
• Therapeutic Category Knowledge
• Data Interpretation
• Financial Management
• Mentoring
• Pharmaceutical Standards and Regulations
• Communication
• Presentation
• Microsoft Applications
• Internet Research

Location

• Remote
• Onsite

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior
• 5+ years

Education Level

• PhD
• MD
• PharmD

Salary/Compensations

• $135,000 – $170,000

About the Company

• Omnicom Health Medical Communications is part of Omnicom, committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent.
• We believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together.
• We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

Equal Opportunity

• It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.
• EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.