SVP Medical Director

Business and Client Expectations

• Work with the Medical and Scientific Services team to develop strategies and service lines to support medical communications and scientific exchange with Key Opinion Leaders and HCPs.
• Plan and lead presentations and meetings with all prospective clients and complete any RFPs and proposals; lead follow up to close business.
• Support current clients and identify new clients in this field, leveraging knowledge of Medical Affairs and field-deployed scientific liaisons (MSLs/CSLs/TLLs etc.).
• Build mutually beneficial business relationships with clients in order to optimize growth and client satisfaction.
• Actively lead and provide strategic support and guidance to all teams as relevant.
• Guide the overall cadence of the medical and scientific team to drive OHMC forward.
• Manage client relationships in coordination with internal teams.
• Supervise members of scientific team on existing and new business opportunities.
• Represent the broader medical team and serve as subject matter expert in areas of your experience, including development and delivery of proposals/pitches and strategy into program execution.
• Remain abreast of new industry/healthcare directions and trends to identify opportunities and challenges for clients.

Internal Leadership Expectations

• 10+ years’ experience managing a large team (20+) of medical staff of PhDs, PharmD and MDs.
• Work in multidisciplinary teams to develop new communications solutions to help move healthcare forward.
• Lead a team of medical directors, writers, and other subject matter experts, including resourcing, fostering professional development, coaching, and enabling success on their new business and client activities.
• Mentor staff at all levels in management responsibilities and promoting a performance-based culture, through the use of continuous feedback.
• Foster development of best practices and processes to enable the medical team and the larger organization to grow and succeed in a compliant and efficient fashion.
• Participate in solution development for new offerings in conjunction with colleagues across OHMC.
• Oversee and review material created by medical and other team members to ensure delivery of high-quality content that meets the needs and objectives of the client and target audience.

Qualifications for Position

• Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, or MD) with a minimum of 10 years of experience in a Medical Communications agency setting.
• Ability to quickly understand scientific landscape in different therapeutic areas.
• Significant experience consulting and communicating with healthcare professionals.
• Experience engaging and building relationships with key opinion leaders.
• Ability to tailor communications to various stakeholders in the medical community.
• Experience across multiple therapeutic areas is preferred.
• Strong desire to drive strategic development and work in a fast-paced, creative environment.
• Demonstrated management and leadership.