Associate Scientific Director

Inizio; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Nucleus Global, part of the iNIZIO Medical group, seeks an Associate Scientific Director to co-lead a global publications team focused on multiple sclerosis. You will partner with global clients on high-impact publications, mentor mid-level writers, and help drive strategic direction and client relationships.

The role reports to the Senior Scientific Director or VP, Scientific Services and will lead a global team of medical writers, with opportunities to advance and travel for client meetings.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in medical writing within a medical communications agency.
• Experience writing across publications deliverables and formats for medical audiences.
• Experience reviewing and overseeing writers, including line management.
• Leadership mindset with ability to lead a global team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with clients and colleagues.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• A keen eye for detail and quality control.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead a global, fast-paced publications team for multiple sclerosis.
• Partner with global clients on high-impact publications and strategy.
• Mentor and review work of junior writers and mid-level staff.
• Lead client and author calls and scientific meetings; drive account growth.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team and support travel for client meetings.

Skills

Medical writing

Publications strategy

Line management

Global leadership

Client collaboration

Communication

Time management

Job description

London/Manchester – Hybrid or remote working available

About Nucleus Global

Nucleus Global is a global leader in the medical communications space, with more than 900 people across Europe, the US and APAC. We pride ourselves in setting the standard for industry best practices, with our unparalleled dedication to impactful and innovative communication. Our continued authenticity, credibility, and reliability have cemented our reputation as true partners to our clients.

We form part of the iNIZIO Medical group. Our unique position as part of this international network, which includes three of the world’s top medical communications companies, gives us an important advantage over commercial competitors. Within the wider iNIZIO network we have access to a full suite of advisory, medical, marketing, communications, patient and partner engagement services.

About the role

We’re looking for an Associate Scientific Director to co-lead a global, exciting, and fast-paced publications team in multiple sclerosis. You will partner with global clients on high-impact publications and publications strategy, plus work as part of a larger, cross-functional publications, medical affairs, and knowledge transfer global account team. Overseeing mid-level writers is an important part of the role - we have a passion for developing people and we hope you do too! Neurology experience is an advantage, but extensive publications experience and motivation for a new role is more important. This is a great opportunity to take the next step into senior account leadership, build deep relationships with clients, and lead a large, supportive, fun team.

As an Associate Scientific Director, you will be responsible for accurate and high-quality scientific content across your workstream. You will be a senior scientific leader of a well-established team and will partner with the CS lead to mentor and review work and enable high-quality delivery to grow the business. You will develop your own content on high-impact projects, and oversee, support, and motivate a global team of medical writers to do the same. You will facilitate strong client and author relationships that enable you to make great, strategy-driven suggestions. You will lead client and author calls and scientific meetings. You will have a growth mindset and work with the agency leadership on account growth and innovating our client offerings. The role offers opportunities to be a partner and trusted advisor to the client, with some travel for client meetings and events.

The Associate Scientific Director will report to the Senior Scientific Director or VP, Scientific Services and will line manage junior members of the medical writing team.

About you:

To succeed you will have:

• Extensive experience working in a medical writing role, including publications, within a medical communications agency environment.
• Experience writing across a broad range of publications deliverables and formats for a variety of medical audiences.
• Experience reviewing and overseeing other writers, ideally including line management.
• Growing leadership skills and a desire to lead a global team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with colleagues, clients and external experts.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, work to deadlines and juggle multiple projects.
• Excellent attention to detail and pride in quality control.

Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.