Medical Manager

Havas Life London; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and wellness agency based in the United Kingdom is looking for a Medical Team contributor to oversee medical writing and provide strategic guidance on projects. The ideal candidate will have a medical, pharmacy, or nursing background and previous clinical practice experience. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with medical standards, managing projects, and collaborating with various teams to achieve client objectives. Join a culture focused on creativity, strategic thinking, and patient-first initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Medicine, Pharmacy or Nursing is required.
• Previous clinical practice experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance on client projects.
• Ensure compliance with medical and ethical standards.
• Manage medical writing across accounts.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Clinical understanding

Project management

Education

Medical, Pharmacy or Nursing degree

Job description

Havas Life London is not just evolving; we’re reimagining what a health and wellness agency can be. We’re building a destination for the brightest minds, the boldest ideas, and the kind of creativity that reshapes industries.

We’re a collective of curious thinkers, courageous makers, and kind collaborators. The culture we’re building is fast, fearless, and future-facing - driven by a belief that creativity is the most powerful force for growth.

We are vibrant collaborators, smart decision-makers, and believers in a win-or-learn mindset. Our emerging creative culture is built on curiosity, courage, and kindness. We expect more from ourselves and those who join our high-performance team.

As part of the Havas Health network, we’re pushing boundaries, embracing AI and emerging tech, and reimagining how strategic creativity can unlock new value for clients across the globe. We’re here to make London the beating heart of global health communications. Be the go-to creative strategic partner for our network colleagues and client partners alike.

The role

The Medical Team exists to provide medical oversight and foster a ‘patient-first’ mentality within Havas Life London. The Medical Team is involved at all stages of project development, from project conception and touchpoints through the lifecycle to ensure the medical strategy is reviewed and aligned to deliver high-quality medical writing, clinical relevance, and regulatory compliance.

You will provide strategic, commercial, and clinical guidance to support both the agency and our clients. You will also be responsible for oversight of medical writing responsibilities across accounts and therapeutic areas, as well as considering the longer-term business needs of the agency to support both new and organic growth. Working alongside all Medical, Strategy, and Client Services teams, to ensure that projects meet key medical, strategic, and ethical standards in their delivery to clients, healthcare professionals, and patients.

The responsibilities of the role include providing strategic insight for client projects and programmes, understanding the medical and commercial ramifications of client actions and offering perceptive solutions, providing guidance surrounding the longer-term business needs of HLM, thought leadership, managing medical writing accountabilities, meeting facilitation, client liaison and communication, project management (as required), keeping up to date with therapy area knowledge, ensuring the wider teams are kept up to date on medical and scientific developments, providing clinical insight, and ensuring clinical relevance and compliance in all projects that they are involved in.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide input and strategic solutions to briefs and client asks. Work in conjunction with the Client Services and Strategy teams to formulate the optimal client solution and consider the longer-term commercial and / or medical ramifications
• Rapidly demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of new therapeutic areas
• Have a deep scientific understanding of client products, therapy areas, portfolio, and clinical and commercial strategies
• Facilitate external meetings and briefings (client and / or HCP)
• Attend and support international congresses to gather scientific and medical intelligence, as required
• Provide meaningful and strategic clinical and healthcare environment insights
• Develop and share best practice and up-to-date medical knowledge within accounts / therapy areas (e.g. medical backgrounders and clinical updates)
• Offer perceptive solutions to the medical and commercial issues faced by our clients
• Rapidly demonstrate comprehensive understanding of new therapeutic areas
• Have a deep scientific understanding of client products, therapy areas, portfolio, and clinical and commercial strategies
• Champion the importance of considering the needs of patients, HCPs, and other relevant decision-makers at all stages of project delivery, and work pragmatically with clients / colleagues to find solutions to these needs
• Collaborate with account teams to ensure compliance with medical and industry ethical codes of practice and regulations (e.g. EFPIA, ABPI, Pharmacovigilance) to a standard expected by our clients
• Work with the wider team to engender a culture of ‘patient-first’ thinking
• Provide high-quality medical writing review and guidance across a variety of formats and deliverables, as required
• Support Client Services to scope the project and estimate hours for the medical and / or writing team resource on the project
• Assist with the development of proposals and pitches
• Promote the role of the Medical Team within the Havas network

Skills and Experience

• Medical, Pharmacy or Nursing degree
• Previous clinical practice experience