Scientific Director - Publications

The Lockwood Group, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in medical communications seeks a Scientific Director to oversee scientific content development across various therapeutic areas. This role requires an advanced degree and significant experience in medical publications, with responsibilities including strategic recommendations and team supervision. The position offers flexibility with remote work options, enhancing work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in science (PhD, PharmD, or MD) required.
• 5+ years of relevant job experience with medical publications.
• Experience with medical editorial processes and ethical guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning, development, and oversight of scientific content.
• Provide clients with strategic medical communication recommendations.
• Supervise Associate Scientific Directors and manage content-related tasks.

Skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal communication

Project management

Education

PhD, PharmD, or MD

CMPP (preferred)

Job description

This position can be based remotely (working from home) or at our headquarters in Stamford, CT.

About Lockwood: Lockwood collaborates with clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries to identify effective, holistic, science-based strategies to address their objectives through medical communications. Our clients count on us to challenge their assumptions and help them creatively navigate around obstacles. From strategy through execution, we focus on accuracy, transparency, and scientific value to create programs that are evidence-based, clinically relevant, and contribute to the development of our clients’ brands. Over a third of our staff hold advanced scientific or medical degrees, and most work from where they live. Because our flexible structure provides better work-life balance, we attract the best talent, facilitate their best work, and as a result, are more responsive to our clients, wherever and whenever they do business.

Summary: In this role, the Scientific Director is responsible for the planning, development, and oversight of scientific content for an assigned account or accounts across various therapeutic areas addressing different target audiences.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include working with the Group Scientific Director to provide clients with strategic medical communication recommendations that support the achievement of brand goals, independently leading execution of content development activities, supervising Associate Scientific Directors, and liaising with other in-house or freelance staff to manage writing and other content-related tasks such as conducting background research, data-checking, and reference annotation.

Education: An advanced degree in science (ie. PhD, PharmD, or MD) is required. CMPP preferred.

Professional Skills and Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5 or more years of relevant job experience with medical publications, including manuscripts, posters, abstracts, podium presentations, scientific platforms, and publication extenders.
• This role requires demonstrated organizational, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills, as well as the ability to analyze and interpret scientific data, multitask, work independently, and manage projects within tight deadlines.
• Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (ie. AMA style) and ethical guideline working knowledge (ie. ICMJE, GPP2022) is also required.
• Experience with oncology, hematology, cardiovascular medicine and/or respiratory medicine is a plus.

This position can be performed remotely in all but the following locations: Colorado, New York City, San Francisco County, CA.

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