Job Order: 5090
Staff Representative: Tim Jadwin
Position: Medical Director
Location: Connecticut
Company Summary:
Full-service, Continuing Medical Education (CME) agency that services strategic development and implementation of long-term medical education programs.
Description:
The position of Medical Director at our client is a highly visible one that carries the crucial responsibility of integrating the key scientific and marketing concepts required for the development of the Medical communication programs that our client develops.
The Medical Director is responsible for the development and management of scientific program(s) that fall under his/her responsibility. As such, the Medical Director is a scientific coordinator, interacting internally with Program Directors and externally with Clients, key opinion leaders and faculty. Medical Directors supervise Associate and Assistant Medical Directors and freelance contractors who may work on the creation of scientific materials that fulfill the requirement of the accounts that they supervise. The Medical Director is expected to lead strategy-planning sessions in-house and with Clients to develop the scientific goals and content of business proposals, and ongoing programs. The Medical Director attends Scientific Meetings and Symposia with the goal of analyzing and identifying potentially influential data from competitors, and it is his/her responsibility to make strategic recommendations for appropriate product positioning based on these analyses.
It is the responsibility of the Medical Director to lead in the development of publication strategies and to supervise and participate in the generation of all enduring materials required to fulfill the publication program or meeting needs. The Medical Director is expected to reexamine the scientific programs and publication strategies periodically to make recommendations for modifications as needed based on the evolving market and the upcoming scientific literature.
An essential component of the Medical Director responsibilities is to provide scientific guidance, strategic support and assistance in the development of scientific materials required for the elaboration of new business pitches, and to serve as the scientific advisor in new business presentations.
The Medical Director reports to the Vice-President, Scientific Services, however, he/she is expected to work independently and be fully responsible for the management and implementation of programs that fall under his/her direct supervision.
Requirements
PhD, PharmD or MD
