Scientific Director – Medical Publications

Lockwood

Scientific Director responsible for medical publications across therapeutic areas, working remotely or from Stamford HQ. Collaborates with clients to deliver strategic communication and manage content development.

Posted 4/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for the planning, development, and oversight of scientific content for assigned account or accounts across various therapeutic areas addressing different target audiences.
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.
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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

An advanced degree in science (ie. PhD, PharmD, or MD) is required.
Candidates must have 5 or more years of relevant job experience with medical publications, including manuscripts, posters, abstracts, podium presentations, scientific platforms, and publication extenders.
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.
Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (ie. AMA style) and ethical guideline working knowledge (ie. ICMJE, GPP2022) is also required.
Experience with respiratory medicine is a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

flexible work arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools

medical publicationsmanuscriptspostersabstractspodium presentationsscientific platformspublication extendersdata-checkingreference annotationscientific data analysis

Soft Skills

organizational skillsanalytical skillsinterpersonal communicationmultitaskingindependent workproject managementtime management

Certifications

PhDPharmDMD