Vice President, Medical Services

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania.

📋 Description

• Provide scientific and strategic leadership for pharmaceutical advertising and promotional initiatives within designated therapeutic areas and products.

• Collaborate with Account Services, Creative Services, Editorial Services, Project Management, and clients to create both branded and unbranded communications for healthcare professionals and patient audiences.

• Engage in internal scientific activities, strategy formulation, scientific/medical planning, and new business development.

• Represent the organization at client meetings that require medical expertise.

• Interact with clients, faculty, clinical specialists, and patients to support pharmaceutical initiatives.

• Lead medical contributions and communications for the development of client and product content.

• Generate innovative initiatives while ensuring scientific integrity is maintained.

• Oversee and directly create clinical content for print and digital campaigns, presentations, advisory boards, speaker programs, webcasts, videos, websites, and multimedia projects.

• Clearly and appropriately communicate complex medical and scientific concepts to target audiences.

• Ensure that materials uphold scientific integrity, accuracy, and clinical relevance.

• Review and analyze product literature and clinical data to substantiate promotional claims and benchmark against competitor products.

• Assume ultimate responsibility for content quality, accuracy, audience appropriateness, storytelling, and strategic direction.

• Present and defend content and strategy to client review committees and incorporate their feedback.

• Direct and support both internal and external Medical Directors and Medical Writers.

• Develop project timelines in collaboration with Account Services and Project Management.

• Attend professional meetings and congresses to keep abreast of therapeutic and competitive advancements.

• Facilitate advisory boards and synthesize discussions into actionable strategies and tactics.

• Conduct interviews with healthcare professionals and patients to understand attitudes and behaviors.

• Ensure the professional development, recruitment, mentorship, and retention of Medical Services personnel.

• Build relationships and collaborate across departments, senior management, clients, and clinical experts.

• Support medical education events such as webinars, symposia, and videos.

⛳️ Requirements

• PhD, PharmD, or MD.

• At least 7 years of experience in a direct content development role involving advertising, marketing communications, and medical communications.

• Significant experience leading a minimum of 4 of the following: advertising campaigns, pharmaceutical product launches, promotional education activities, disease education campaigns, promotional medical/marketing initiatives, digital and interactive programs, advisory boards, and key clinical expert identification and development.

• Specific industry or therapeutic expertise is required.

• Willingness to travel as client needs dictate.

• Ability to commit to additional and/or nontraditional hours as client needs arise.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).

• Strong presentation and persuasion capabilities.

• High level of scientific and medical accuracy.

• Effective cross-functional leadership abilities.

• Capacity to manage multiple tasks, priorities, timelines, and budgets in a dynamic environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employees have the option to work remotely.

• Opportunities for professional development and training.

• Mentorship opportunities available.

• Support for employee recruitment and retention.

• Engaging and challenging assignments.

• A respectful and supportive workplace culture.

• Opportunities for employee growth.