Scientific Director

Momentum Worldwide; City Of London; Sur place; GBP 80 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Omnicom Health Medical Communications is seeking a senior professional to lead project delivery, guide scientific content, and drive strategic direction for multiple therapy areas. You will supervise junior staff, manage cross-team collaboration, and contribute to business development efforts.

The role emphasizes high-quality client deliverables, budget review input, and maintaining best practices across projects. Office presence is expected at least three days a week.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant science subject or 6+ years' experience writing in a medical communications agency or similar environment.
• Experience in independently writing across a range of medical communications media.
• Previous line management experience.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office programmes (PowerPoint, Excel, etc.).
• Excellent command of English in writing and speaking.

Responsabilités

• Support senior leaders on multi-writer projects, assist with resourcing and scientific reviews.
• Lead on scientific content review and ensure adherence to best practices.
• Produce client-ready deliverables across projects.
• Provide feedback on scientific components of budgets.
• Communicate updates and milestones to the team and identify new business opportunities.
• Enter time and submit expenses by deadlines with proper job codes.
• Act as scientific lead, providing strategic direction and leadership.
• Collaborate with client services in strategic planning and issues management.
• Develop proposals and pitches with business development input.
• Establish and maintain scientific relationships with clients and experts.
• Lead staff development with clear feedback and coaching.
• Provide line management and support team objectives.
• Participate in performance discussions and development planning.
• Support travel when required.

Connaissances

Scientific leadership

Strategic thinking

Client advisory

Team building

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget review knowledge

Time management

Quality review

Excellent English communication

Formation

Science degree or 6+ years writing in medical communications

Outils

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

Project Delivery

• Support the senior leaders, taking the lead on multi-writer projects, assisting with resourcing and scientific communications review
• Demonstrate a high degree of scientific and commercial knowledge and insights across all activities, helping guide others to develop this skill
• Oversee content on a wide range of complex projects across multiple teams and therapy areas
• Demonstrate a high degree of proficiency in review of scientific content, helping to guide others to develop this skill
• Consistently produce client-ready deliverables across a wide range of projects
• Demonstrate full compliance with internal processes and lead adherence to best practices across teams, setting the example for junior team members to follow
• Provide feedback on scientific components of budget development
• Identify and communicate important updates and any medical/regulatory milestones to the team. Link this with any potential new business opportunities where applicable
• Enter time and submit expenses by the deadlines set, using appropriate job codes

Strategic Mindset

• Act as scientific lead on assigned accounts, providing strategic direction and scientific leadership
• Demonstrate a high degree of scientific knowledge and commercial insight across all activities
• Partner with client services teams in strategic planning activities and account/issues management
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of a range of therapeutic and scientific concepts, and the ability to communicate these to colleagues, clients and external experts, knowing how and when to adapt language and content
• Demonstrate leadership to deliver the highest possible standards in scientific excellence throughout the entire project process
• Able to keep an effective overview of the 'bigger picture', whilst not getting lost in the detail for the account and agency

Business Development

• Participate in business development initiatives with existing and potential clients, as well as collaborating with the business development team in order to develop proposals and pitches
• Work collaboratively across departments to cross-sell services, demonstrating an excellent understanding of the client's business strategy/implications
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of business offerings, identifying opportunities for account growth and cross-selling

Collaboration and Building Relationships

• Establish, maintain and lead scientific relationships/communications with clients, medical experts and third parties, supporting junior team members to ensure they develop this skill
• Lead collaborative work between Omnicom Health Med Comms and client teams/medical experts to moderate/facilitate activities

Builds Effective Teams

• Share in-depth knowledge of pharmaceutical industry standards across multiple teams and therapy areas, keeping up to date on latest industry developments
• Utilising previous experience, guide the decision-making process and provide additional insight into writing styles, content inclusion, and data interpretation
• Oversee the work of and provide clear direction to junior scientific service colleagues, delegating responsibilities and tasks where appropriate to provide experience, growth and knowledge transfer
• Provide clear, constructive and actionable feedback to junior staff on a regular basis, and to peers when required
• Help guide junior team members in their own strategic development by clearly explaining how to incorporate strategic concepts into projects
• Provide effective line management, and supervise and support your team to help them achieve their objectives
• Partner with HR to identify and proactively address any performance management issues
• Take responsibility for the account team's understanding of the therapy areas they work on
• Share your knowledge and experience by confidently developing and delivering group presentations, or one-to-one/small group coaching sessions where appropriate
• Ask team members (across all levels) for feedback, and proactively implement learnings
• Own responsibility for your personal development, regularly looking for other ways to learn and grow professionally by maximising exposure to new opportunities, making the most of training and requesting training as required
• Undertake tasks outside of the specifics of the job description where business reasons require it

Essential

• Educated to degree level in a relevant science subject or 6+ years' experience writing in a medical communications agency or similar environment
• Experience in independently writing across a range of medical communications media
• Previous line management experience
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office programmes (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
• Have an excellent command of the English language in both written and verbal communications

Desirable

• Previous experience in a medical communications agency or industry would be advantageous
• A keen interest in working and developing scientific expertise across a range of therapy areas
• Previous business development experience - including taking part in live pitches
• Ability to travel

No Range Posted. Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

At Omnicom Health Medical Communications, we give science a story to tell. As a global leader in publications, medical affairs, regulatory consultation, and AOR medical communications, we boldly define the journey from molecule to market for pharmaceutical and biotech clients. Our agency is powered by the convergence of highly skilled people, a higher purpose, and the nexus of science and technology innovation.

We support 150+ transformational medicines across pharma, biotech, and healthcare. From early-stage discovery through commercialization, Omnicom Health Medical Communications partners with the medical communications community across the lifecycle of their assets-supercharging their science to engage and reach healthcare professionals.