Senior Medical Director, Publications & Medical Affairs

Real Chemistry; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits program

Generous paid time off (PTO)

Private medical, dental, and vision

LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

Real Chemistry is seeking a Medical Director, Publications to join our growing team, leading scientific strategy and content delivery across assignments. This role acts as a senior scientific partner to clients, translating evidence into credible and compliant communications across publication and non-publication channels.

The position connects publication planning with broader medical affairs priorities, stakeholder needs, and integrated scientific communication programs, while guiding

Qualifications

• 6+ years of publications, medical affairs, or medical communications experience.
• Advanced publication strategy and scientific leadership.
• Ability to lead content across publications, scientific platforms, and medical education content.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute publication strategies aligned with client objectives, evidence priorities, and broader medical affairs goals.
• Lead strategy for manuscripts, abstracts, posters, congress activity, plain language summaries, and other dissemination formats.
• Translate clinical, HEOR, real-world evidence, and published data into clear narratives for publication and medical affairs channels.
• Collaborate with medical affairs, publications operations, account, clinical, regulatory, analytics, editorial, design, strategy, and project management teams.
• Provide senior scientific oversight to ensure accuracy, clarity, balance, and strategic alignment across deliverables.

Skills

Publications strategy

Scientific leadership

Client advisory

Medical communications

Education

Life sciences degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Real Chemistry is seeking a Medical Director, Publications to join our growing team, leading scientific strategy and content delivery across assignments. This role acts as a senior scientific partner to clients, translating evidence into credible and compliant communications across publication and non-publication channels.

The position connects publication planning with broader medical affairs priorities, stakeholder needs, and integrated scientific communication programs, while guiding