Scientific Director

Client and Internal Team Support:

• Ability to quickly analyse and assimilate market, therapy area and product information in order to provide consultancy advice on product differentiation, positioning, and marketing strategy


• Able to develop key messages that support product positioning and brand vision


• Able to lead communication strategy meetings


• Present authoritatively and with credibility to client commercial, medical and scientific staff


• Present authoritatively and with credibility to thought-leaders in any given therapy area


• Thorough understanding of principles and processes underlying the various components of a communication programme (from satellite symposia to publication planning)


• Build successful relationships with client commercial and scientific staff


• Identify and develop opinion leader relationships


• Possess excellent medical writing skills and been exposed to a wide range of communication activities


• Knowledge of CME and ability to develop suitable programmes


• Ensure highest standards of quality control and client service

Delivery:

• Develop and write strategically-focused communication plans taking into consideration product marketing goals and objectives


• Write, support or manage the delivery of defined sectors within a communication programme


• Ensure products and services are delivered to quality standards across more than one communication programme

Internal liaison:

• Support and maintain team focus with colleagues across account team and within other departments


• High-level mentoring of other writers and support staff in team


• Involvement with identification and delivery of scientific training needs across account team


• Clear communication with Senior Managers on account and management issues


• Contribute to the group''s product development


• Sharing ideas and best practice

Finance:

• Estimating of project hours for individual projects


• Monitoring of own time incurred on projects


• Proactive request for feedback on time from account management


• Diligent accurate completion of personal time sheets

Business Development:

• Utilise therapy area expertise and commercial understanding to support proposal development and build understanding across account team


• Work with Business Development team, as appropriate, to identify and develop business leads


• Develop and present scientific credentials on pitches in collaboration with the Business Development team

Package:
An excellent package of salary and benefits will be offered to the successful candidate. For more information call Jon Gawley on 01932 797996.