Medical Director

AdMed, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement benefits

Professional development

Job summary

AdMed, Inc. is seeking a Medical Director to lead medical writing and content strategy for pharmaceutical training and marketing. You will ensure accuracy, scientific rigor, and strategic relevance while partnering with cross-functional teams.

The role includes mentoring staff, shaping AI-enabled content workflows, and contributing to business development through client meetings and proposals.

Qualifications

• Strong scientific and clinical knowledge across therapeutic areas.
• Excellent medical writing and communications skills.
• Client-facing communication and presentation experience.
• Experience mentoring medical writers and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific leadership for medical content across training and marketing efforts.
• Ensure clinical accuracy, scientific rigor, and strategic relevance of materials.
• Guide AI-enabled content development with responsible oversight.
• Participate in client meetings, proposals, and capability presentations.

Education

PhD/MD/PharmD (advanced degree)

Job description

The Medical Director provides scientific and medical leadership across pharmaceutical and healthcare training and marketing initiatives. This role is responsible for ensuring the clinical accuracy, scientific rigor, and strategic relevance of medical content while serving as a trusted medical partner to both internal teams and clients.

The Medical Director works closely with medical writers, instructional designers, creative teams, project managers, and other cross-functional team members to translate complex scientific information into clear, engaging, and impactful training and marketing content. The role also helps guide the thoughtful use of artificial intelligence in content development, leveraging AI to improve efficiency and innovation while promoting responsible use, strong medical writing, critical thinking, and appropriate scientific oversight throughout the content development process.

In addition to content and scientific leadership, the Medical Director participates in client meetings, workshops, and strategic discussions; mentors and develops members of the medical content team; and contributes to business development activities, including proposals, pitches, capability presentations, and the development of innovative solutions for current and prospective clients.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in a life science, biomedical, healthcare, or related field (PhD, PharmD, MD, or equivalent strongly preferred)
• 5+ years of experience in medical writing, medical communications, pharmaceutical training, healthcare marketing, or a related field
• Strong scientific and clinical knowledge with the ability to quickly understand complex therapeutic areas, clinical data, and mechanisms of action
• Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, and providing strategic direction for scientifically accurate and engaging medical content
• Experience collaborating with medical writers, creative teams, instructional designers, project managers, and other cross-functional partners
• Strong client-facing communication and presentation skills, including experience participating in client meetings, workshops, and strategic discussions
• Experience mentoring and providing scientific guidance to medical writers and other content team members
• Familiarity with AI-enabled content development tools and an understanding of responsible and effective AI use within medical content workflows
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven agency environment
• Strong attention to detail, critical thinking, and scientific review skills
• Experience supporting business development activities, including proposals, pitches, and capability presentations, preferred
• Pharmaceutical or healthcare agency experience strongly preferred

Benefits

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support the health, well-being, and professional growth of our team. Benefits include comprehensive health and wellness coverage, paid time off and company holidays, retirement benefits, and opportunities for professional development and career growth.

Team members also have the opportunity to work at the forefront of AI-enabled medical communications. AI is deeply integrated across our internal systems and workflows, giving our teams access to advanced tools that enhance how we research, develop, review, and deliver content. You’ll work in an environment that actively embraces emerging technology while maintaining the scientific rigor, critical thinking, and human expertise essential to high-quality medical content.

Our collaborative and creative environment also provides exposure to diverse therapeutic areas, leading pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations, and innovative training and marketing initiatives.