Lockwood

Scientific Director – Medical Publications

Lockwood

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • 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

  • 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
  • flexible work arrangements
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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Certifications
PhDPharmDMD