Strategic Medical Director

6 days ago


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States OPEN Health Full time
Job Summary

The Associate Director, Medical Strategy is a key member of the OPEN Health team, responsible for providing strategic medical and tactical direction to support the Scientific Communications teams. This role involves developing strategic medical plans and multi-stakeholder scientific communication plans, fostering strong client partnerships, and driving new business development activities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Analyzing and interpreting scientific data, disease/treatment landscape, and external stakeholder evidence requirements to identify challenges, opportunities, and strategic imperatives for the demonstration and communication of a product's value.
  • Leading the development of strategic medical content for communication planning initiatives, including customized analytics projects, scientific platforms, evidence gap assessments, and supportive tactical plans.
  • Driving the development of strategic medical content for new business opportunities/proposals and participating in capabilities presentations for prospective clients.
  • Providing strategic oversight of medical content during the new client onboarding period to ensure a seamless transition from planning to implementation.
  • Leading/Moderating scientific/strategic discussions at client meetings and live programs with clients and/or external experts.
  • Leveraging understanding of scientific data, client needs, and real-world challenges to provide customized, actionable strategies and messages for assigned client accounts; providing input to project specifications and budgets as relevant.
  • Maintaining awareness of evolving Medical Affairs landscape, new industry developments and standards, target therapeutic area trends, and pharmaceutical/biotech company pipelines by attending relevant medical and trade conferences.
Requirements
  • Advanced Life Sciences degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, DO) from an accredited university.
  • Minimum of 5 years experience working in a Medical Affairs consultancy or medical communications agency, or within the Medical Affairs division of a pharmaceutical company; prior training as a Medical Writer and/or Medical Director is a plus.
  • In-depth experience in the delivery of key offerings of Medical Affairs service providers, particularly medical and/or value communications.
  • Ability and willingness to discuss science and strategy with external stakeholders at all levels.
  • Ability to synthesize complex market and/or product information and distill key learnings and insights into meaningful, actionable strategic recommendations.
  • Ability to work across multiple therapeutic categories and disease states.
  • Proven project management, time management, organization, and prioritization skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including outstanding presentation development and delivery skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple and sometimes competing challenges, issues, and priorities with the ability to delegate, problem solve, and set clear expectations.
  • Ability to meet billability targets while delivering high-quality work is essential for success in this role.
  • Enthusiastic, team player, self-motivated attitude and demeanor.
  • Proficiency in MS365 including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and Outlook; proficiency with online collaboration tools.
Travel Requirements

25%-30% travel, including internationally, may be required.



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