Scientific Director - Solid Tumor Oncology (Medical Communications)
At a glance
Director-level Communications role at The Lockwood Group, LLC. Remote, United States · no salary stated · we estimate $143,760–$220,750 across the United States.
The Lockwood Group, LLC has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.
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What you'll do
- Shape medical communication recommendations with the Group Scientific Director to support client brand goals
- Lead content development from planning through delivery across assigned accounts and therapeutic areas
- Guide Associate Scientific Directors and coordinate in-house or freelance contributors on writing tasks
- Oversee background research, data checks and reference notes for scientific content
What you bring
- An advanced scientific degree is required
- At least five years creating promotional medical education materials such as advisory boards, speaker programs or slide decks
- You have oncology experience, ideally involving solid tumors such as glioma, breast cancer or another listed area
- You know professional medical editing standards such as AMA style and applicable ethics guidelines
Who this fits
This director-level role suits someone who can interpret scientific data, organize several projects and work independently against tight deadlines with limited guidance. It is remote within the United States.
From the employer
About Lockwood: Lockwood collaborates with clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries to identify effective, holistic, science-based strategies to address their objectives through medical communications. Our clients count on us to challenge their assumptions and help them creatively navigate around obstacles. From strategy through execution, we focus on accuracy, transparency, and scientific value to create programs that are evidence-based, clinically relevant, and contribute to the development of our clients’ brands. Over a third of our staff hold advanced scientific or medical degrees, and most work from where they live. Because our flexible structure provides better work-life balance, we attract the best talent, facilitate their best work, and as a result, are more responsive to our clients, wherever and whenever they do business.
Summary: In this role, the Scientific Director is responsible for the planning, development, and oversight of scientific content for an assigned account or accounts across various therapeutic areas including Oncology addressing different target audiences.
Responsibilities: Responsibilities include working with the Group Scientific Director to provide clients with strategic medical communication recommendations that support the achievement of brand goals, independently leading execution of content development activities, supervising Associate Scientific Directors, and liaising with other in-house or freelance staff to manage writing and other content-related tasks such as conducting background research, data-checking, and reference annotation.
Education: An advanced degree in science is required.
Professional Skills & Experience:
- Candidates must have 5 or more years of relevant job experience with promotional medical education content such as advisory boards, speaker programs, slide decks, etc.
- This role requires demonstrated organizational, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills, as well as the ability to analyze and interpret scientific data, multitask, work independently, and manage projects within tight deadlines with limited direction.
- Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (eg, AMA style) and ethical guidelines is also required.
- Experience with oncology is required, preferably in solid tumors (Glioma, ALL, Gastric/GEA cancer, breast).
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