Vp, Medical Strategy

Klick Health; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Klick in the United Kingdom is seeking a Medical Strategist to translate complex clinical data into strategic brand guidance and promotional direction. You will shape science-driven narratives, support brand planning, and partner with client services, strategy, creative, and medical leaders to deliver rigorous, audience-focused campaigns.

Ideal candidates have several years in medical strategy or life sciences, MSc, and proven ability to present recommendations to senior clients.

Qualifications

• Several years of medical strategy, medical communications, healthcare advertising, or life sciences experience.
• MSc or similar post-graduate degree in a scientific, medical, pharmacy, or related discipline.
• Experience developing scientific narratives, competitive analyses, or strategic recommendations.
• Experience presenting to senior clients and cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical marketing principles.
• Experience leading cross-functional discussions with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Guide medical strategy across brands, including scientific narratives and promotional content direction.
• Translate clinical data into recommendations for client teams, creative teams, and strategy partners.
• Develop medical downloads, competitive analyses, POVs, and pitch content.
• Review campaign materials from medical, scientific, and brand strategy perspectives.
• Build trusted relationships with client medical stakeholders by presenting recommendations clearly.

Skills

Medical strategy

Medical communications

Healthcare advertising

Life sciences

Pharma marketing

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

MSc or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

The Medical Strategist provides strategic medical direction across healthcare brands, client engagements, and new business opportunities. This role translates complex clinical and scientific information into clear brand strategy, competitive positioning, and promotional guidance. The Medical Strategist partners with client services, strategy, creative, and senior medical leaders to shape work that is scientifically rigorous, strategically sound, and relevant to healthcare audiences.

What You’ll Do

• Guide medical strategy across assigned healthcare brands, including scientific narratives, competitive positioning, and promotional content direction.
• Translate clinical data and therapeutic landscape insights into clear recommendations for client teams, creative teams, and strategy partners.
• Develop medical downloads, competitive analyses, POVs, and pitch content that support brand planning and new business proposals.
• Review campaign materials, presentations, and strategic deliverables from a medical, scientific, and brand strategy perspective.
• Build trusted relationships with client medical stakeholders by presenting scientific recommendations clearly and confidently.

Qualifications

Required:

• Several years of relevant medical strategy, medical communications, healthcare advertising, or life sciences experience supporting pharmaceutical or healthcare brands.
• MSc or similar post-graduate degree in a scientific, medical, pharmacy, or related discipline, with evidence of applying clinical knowledge to brand or communications strategy.
• Experience developing scientific narratives, competitive analyses, medical downloads, or strategic recommendations for HCP, patient, or payer audiences.
• Experience presenting medical or scientific recommendations to senior clients, cross-functional agency teams, or internal leadership.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical marketing principles, promotional strategy, and how clinical evidence supports brand differentiation.
• Observable experience leading cross-functional discussions, moderating senior stakeholders, or aligning teams around complex scientific content.

Desired:

• Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.
• PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent advanced scientific or clinical credential.
• Experience supporting new business pitches, RFP responses, or launch planning for life sciences clients.
• Therapeutic area depth in oncology, immunology, rare disease, specialty care, or another complex category.
• Experience partnering with creative, strategy, client services, medical affairs, or regulatory teams in an agency environment.

Additional Information

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Our Commitment to Inclusion

Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.