Director, Medical and Scientific Strategy

QUK IQVIA Ltd.; England; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global healthcare solutions provider seeks a Director for Medical & Scientific Strategy to guide and oversee effective programs across multiple therapy areas. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of client-facing experience in medical communications, a strong background in strategic planning, and excellent interpersonal skills. This home-based role offers a competitive salary and benefits including a profit-related annual bonus.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Profit-related annual bonus

Qualifications

• 8+ years of client-facing experience in medical affairs or communications.
• 6+ years of direct people management experience in a global organization.
• Native-level proficiency in academic English.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of communication strategies.
• Manage business development and execution of projects.
• Provide strategic advice on medical and scientific tactics.

Skills

Scientific writing

Client relationship management

Strategic planning

Project leadership

Team management

Therapeutic expertise

Education

Advanced degree (MS, MD, PharmD, or PhD)

Tools

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Overview

Join us on our exciting journey!

IQVIA is The Human Data Science Company, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, Technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.

IQVIA Medical Communications (IMC) is seeking a leader for our Medical and Scientific Direction team that is experienced in creating and overseeing effective programme strategies for pharmaceutical and biotech companies across diverse therapy areas, with strong people and business growth skills.

Who We Are:

IQVIA is a global leader in bringing together data, technology, advanced analytics, and human science expertise to help the healthcare industry make better decisions and ultimately improve patient outcomes. Thanks to our unique position within IQVIA, the Medical Communications division provides offerings that extend well beyond those of a traditional agency to support this mission.

Our tightly knit team includes practice area leads, strategists, medical writers, editors, project and event managers, operations specialists, plus design professionals. Together, we create fit-for-purpose communication strategies and deliverables across the full product lifecycle from clinical development through approval and post-launch. Incorporating the latest research in adult learning and behavioural science enables us to effectively engage diverse audiences to effect change.

We are a highly collaborative and intellectually curious group of people located in 13 countries across 4 continents. We are continually pushing each other to improve our solutions, drawing on our unique blend of backgrounds and experience.

The Director, Medical & Scientific Strategy:

This position is home-based with frequent collaboration across a globally distributed team. IQVIA offers a competitive salary and great benefits, including a profit-related annual bonus.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently act as Senior Scientific Lead for the development and delivery of diverse programmes and projects, from business development to profitable execution.
• Create innovative, high-quality communication strategies for complex, large, or unique projects, applying a deep understanding of therapy areas, market dynamics, and client objectives.
• Provide senior oversight, subject matter expertise, and strategic advice to guide the development of medical and scientific communication tactics, including publication plans, manuscripts, congress/symposia materials, steering committee meetings, and advisory board meetings.
• Ensure consistent production of high-quality strategies and tactics that meet client needs, audience expectations, and delivery modalities, while adhering to compliance, deadlines, and scope requirements.
• Travel to local or international face-to-face client meetings, congresses, or other meeting types, if needed (up to 10% of contracted hours per year); lead and facilitate meetings.

People and Business Leadership

• Provide operational support and leadership for the Medical and Scientific strategy division in alignment with the Dir, Content Development, IQVIA Medical Communications, client need, industry standards, and compliance requirements.
• Embed a culture of growth and delivery excellence.
• Accountable for performance, efficiency, quality, and compliance while maximising profitability.
• Position the team to meet evolving business needs.
• Proactively plan, forecast, hire, and allocate staff and contractors for existing and new business.
• Grow the business with existing and new clients:
• Act as content lead in the development and delivery of new business proposals and RFIs/RFPs.
• Work closely with account teams to lead on project specifications, cost estimates, compliance with industry standards and practices, proactive planning, and problem-solving.
• Proactively drive opportunities for growth and identify new solutions and services; collaborate to develop new offerings.
• Elevate our profile as a best-in-class reputable brand of IQVIA in part by participating in relevant industry forums, contributing to thought leadership and marketing articles, and establishing a reputation and network within the wider industry.
• Continually welcome feedback and improve departmental outputs based on defined metrics and KPIs with support of the Dir, Content Development.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in medical or scientific discipline (MS, MD, PharmD, or PhD).
• Extensive (8+ years) prior client-facing experience in medical affairs or medical communications with a minimum of 6 years direct people management experience, preferably in a global, matrixed organisation.
• Native English speaker or native-level proficiency in academic English.
• Exemplary writing and content development skills in PowerPoint and Word, to a standard appropriate for mentoring junior staff and providing QC sign-off.
• Strategic ability, deep therapeutic expertise, and creative ability appropriate for leading and shaping scientific strategies and ideating new offerings.
• Proven mentorship, project leadership, and business leadership skills.
• Excellent interpersonal/communication skills with proven ability to build and maintain effective work and client relationships.
• Full understanding of current industry code of practice guidelines and their implications.
• Knowledge of new industry/healthcare directions and trends to identify opportunities and challenges for clients and IQVIA.
• Both strategist and people management experience within a matrixed, global, medical communications agency.

We know that meaningful results require not only the right approach but also the right people. Regardless of your role, we invite you to reimagine healthcare with us. You will have the opportunity to play an important part in helping our clients drive healthcare forward and

Whatever your career goals, we are here to ensure you get there!

We invite you to join IQVIA.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at IQVIA jobs site.