Director, Medical Strategy - VP

Adelphi Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom's Area23 agency seeks a Director of Medical Strategy - VP to lead medical excellence, oversee growth, client relationships, and strategic insights across multiple products and disease states. You will translate complex medical information into actionable brand strategies and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive business development and innovation.

You will guide senior leaders, craft medically focused content, and contribute to pitches while managing staffing and budgets.

Qualifications

• Advanced clinical/scientific degree required.
• 7+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Ability to translate medical concepts for broad audiences.
• Proven leadership and team supervision.
• Experience creating strategic medical content and pitches.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Financial and operational acumen for staffing and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Critically review agency-developed content, providing strategic medical recommendations to enhance brand communications.
• Stay current with industry trends to provide up-to-date recommendations for brands.
• Collaborate with internal teams, clients, and healthcare professionals to achieve brand objectives.
• Ensure consistent messaging by incorporating the brand's medical hook into new content.
• Identify and execute on medical opportunities to drive strategic and tactical development.
• Leverage data to tell compelling, differentiating stories and optimize brand communications.
• Facilitate and participate in proprietary workshops to drive strategic growth.
• Foster strong client relationships through participation in senior leader meetings and workshops.
• Contribute to business development by crafting medical insights and driving strategic recommendations for pitches.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic medical communications

Cross-functional collaboration

Client relationships

Data-driven storytelling

Business development support

Financial/operational acumen

Excellent communication

Mentoring/supervision

Education

MS/MD/PhD/PharmD

Job description

Agency:

Area23

Job Function:

Medical Scientific Services

Job Subfunction:

Medical Strategy

Job Description:

About the Job

As Director of Medical Strategy - VP, you will spearhead medical excellence, overseeing team growth, client relationships, and strategic insights. You'll require expertise in multiple products and disease states, translating complex medical information into actionable brand strategies. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive business development, medical research, and innovation, while you'll also foster talent development and department expansion.

A Day in the Life

• Critically review agency-developed content, providing strategic medical recommendations to enhance brand communications.
• Stay current with industry trends to provide up-to-date recommendations for brands.
• Collaborate with internal teams, clients, and healthcare professionals (HCPs) to achieve brand objectives.
• Ensure consistent messaging by incorporating the brand's "medical hook" into new content.
• Identify and execute on medical opportunities to drive strategic and tactical development.
• Leverage data to tell compelling, differentiating stories and optimize brand communications.
• Facilitate and participate in proprietary workshops to drive strategic growth.
• Foster strong client relationships through participation in senior leader meetings and workshops.
• Contribute to business development by crafting medical insights and driving strategic recommendations for pitches.

What you will need:

• Advanced degree (MS, MD, PhD, PharmD) in Clinical/Scientific field.
• 7+ years' relevant industry experience.
• Excellent communication skills, conveying medical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Strong teamwork/collaboration, with efficient workflow management.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including the supervision of direct reports.
• Experience developing and delivering strategic medical communications content, including scientific platforms, brand planning documents, and pitches.
• Ability to apply strategic skills to drive business results through contributions to brand strategy, medical opportunity identification, and driving growth.
• Financial and operational acumen related to staffing plans, department utilization, budgets, and resource allocation.

$175,000-$220,000

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