MD, Medical Strategy & Scientific Affairs

BGBx; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care insurance

Retirement plans

Generous paid time off

Job summary

BGBx in Ottawa is seeking a Medical Director to lead medical strategy and content across brands. You will onboard, train, and mentor junior medical writers and AMDs while ensuring scientific quality and brand consistency.

You will manage content development from kickoff through execution and collaborate with creative, strategy, and accounts teams to shape messaging and project plans. The role offers a salary range CAD 130,000–175,000 with a comprehensive benefits package including health care,

Qualifications

• Advanced degree required (PhD, PharmD, MD or equivalent).
• 3–4 years of experience in pharmaceutical advertising, ideally in HCP promotional workstreams.
• Experience mentoring junior medical team members and collaborating with creative, strategy, and account teams.
• Experience interacting with clients and KOLs.

Responsibilities

• Content development & execution leadership across brands; oversee translation and execution to meet standards and client expectations.
• Provide strategic guidance from kickoff through execution, ensuring messaging and style alignment.
• Review deliverables for accuracy and brand consistency; lead strategy-heavy projects.
• Lead planning, foresee challenges, and define steps/timelines for content tasks.
• Act as strategic medical lead in external kickoff meetings and client discussions.
• Foster collaboration across departments to tell cohesive brand stories.
• Mentor and onboard junior staff (AMD/SMW/MW) to grow the medical writing team.

Skills

Pharmaceutical advertising

Mentoring junior team

Education

Advanced degree (PhD/PharmD/MD or equivalent)

Job description

About Us

At BGBx, we're driven by a simple idea: breakthrough thinking creates breakthrough impact. As an independent commercial solutions partner to pharmaceutical and life science companies, we bring together strategists, scientists, communicators, creatives, technologists, and data experts to tackle some of healthcare's most important challenges. Our teams work across consulting and communications to help clients shape strategy, launch innovations, engage stakeholders, and drive meaningful results throughout the product lifecycle. The work is complex, fast-moving, and deeply connected to improving lives, creating opportunities for curious minds to make a real difference every day. If you're energized by collaboration, inspired by innovation, and motivated by work that matters, you'll find a place to grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact at BGBx.

Medical Director

Position Overview

The Medical Director is the Medical strategy/content lead on his/her brand(s). They must have a proven record of independently executing the responsibilities and successfully demonstrating the competencies outlined below, and must demonstrate the ability to successfully onboard, train, and mentor others in the Associate Medical Director (AMD), Senior Medical Writer (SMW) and/or Medical Writer (MW) roles. Please see required experience below.

Key Responsibilities

Content Development & Execution:

• Manages the scope of existing work and assumes primary responsibility for overseeing translation and execution of BGB standards, client expectations, and brand strategy
• Provides strategic guidance to team/brand from kick-off through execution (reviewing for messaging and style)
• Reviews deliverables and ensures that BGB standards, client expectations, and brand strategy are met; assumes lead role in strategy-heavy projects
• Assumes accountability for accuracy of own work and work of reports, and works to address accuracy issues internally as they arise
• Effectively partners with other departments (eg, art, copy, account), as appropriate, to provide out-of-the-box recommendations on how to creatively tell the brand story and reinforce the brand messages
• Writes and annotates content as appropriate

Planning

• Understands the brands therapeutic space and proactively provides recommendations regarding planned projects to internal and external team
• Functions as Strategic Medical Lead during external project kickoff meetings
• Demonstrates complete understanding of BGB process and can foresee possible challenges and suggest solutions in the project planning stage
• Defines steps and range of time to execute content-related tasks, formalizing content development timing and benchmarks

Client Interface

• May act as strategic medical brand lead
• Interprets client expectations and incorporates into project execution plans
• May act as Medical lead for a range of projects, calls, advisory boards, and onsite meetings
• Comfortably, clearly, and concisely communicates with clients and KOLs and builds and maintains strong professional relationships
• Proactively initiates discussion with client and drives internal follow-up regarding organic growth opportunities

Agency Interface And Process

• Understands the role of Medical within the agency and works to set appropriate expectations and operating norms within the team
• Shares best practices and strategic insights with internal team to maximize efficiencies and support team’s therapeutic learning/proficiency
• Leads by example to demonstrate efficiency, teamwork, and superior scientific quality for all deliverables
• Leads by example to utilize conflict resolution skills to address internal and external conflicts

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, or equivalent)
• 3-4 years of experience in pharmaceutical advertising, ideally in HCP promotional workstreams
• Experience managing and mentoring junior medical team members
• Demonstrated success in partnering with creative, strategy, and account teams
• Experienced in interacting with clients and KOLs

Salary Range: $130,000-$175,000 CAD

What We Offer

At BGBx, we invest in our people because exceptional talent drives exceptional work. We provide a competitive rewards package designed to support your health, well-being, professional growth, and life outside of work.

Our benefits package typically includes health care insurance, retirement plans, generous paid time off and holidays, wellness benefits, life insurance, learning and development opportunities, and other resources that support our employees throughout their careers. Additional benefits may be available based on your location.

Beyond benefits, you'll find a culture built on collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on healthcare and the people it serves.

BGBx is an equal opportunity employer.All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or any category or class of person protected by law.