About the job Medical Director
Job Title: Medical Director
Job Location: United States
Job Location Type: Remote
Job Contract Type: Full-time
Job Seniority Level: Director Simulations Plus is a leading provider of biosimulation, simulation-enabled performance and intelligence solutions, and medical communications to the biopharma industry. Our biosimulation solutions integrate artificial intelligence/machine learning, physiologically based pharmacokinetics, physiologically based biopharmaceutics, quantitative systems pharmacology/toxicology, and population PK/PD modeling.We also deliver simulation-enabled performance and intelligence solutions alongside medical communications support for clinical and commercial drug development. Our cutting-edge technology is licensed and utilized by leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and regulatory agencies worldwide.Leadership truly cares about maintaining a positive culture and employee well-being. We offer fully remote work, flexible schedules, and generous vacation policy along with affordable health coverage, stock options, annual bonuses, and more!The Medical Director will write and develop medical/scientific materials for education, insights gathering, and training; includes development of materials such as presentations, enduring materials, and digital content. The role is responsible for the accuracy of the content development from conception to completion.Business Unit: Medical Communications (MC)Internal Grade: 15Direct Reports: NoStatus: ExemptLocation: RemoteJob Responsibilities
- Serve as the medical/scientific content strategy and execution lead for client projects to develop promotional and non-promotional materials such as slide decks, case studies, meeting summaries, white papers, training modules, discussion guides, surveys, etc.
- Plan and execute medical strategy and engagement for clients
- Provide strategic insights and clinically relevant perspective to clients
- Develop deep understanding of disease states, market dynamics, and current medical and/or regulatory issues related to various products
- Serve as the subject matter and therapeutic expert lead: conducting background research utilizing the medical/scientific literature, treatment guidelines, market research results, and other sources
- Serve as an internal disease-area scientific and research expert to support cross-functional strategies and other scientific communication deliverables
- Gather, organize, interpret, and present information in a manner appropriate for the target audience
- Establish strong relationships and collaborate with physician opinion leaders and client representatives including marketing directors, legal, regulatory, and medical teams
- Attend client meetings and medical conferences to provide on-site medical/scientific content support
- Review and provide oversight in content developed by fellow medical writers to ensure quality control on content and context
- Collaborate with internal teams to plan, execute, and deliver on client projects
- Participate in discussions regarding the creation of departmental SOPs addressing processes and procedures necessary to achieve organizational objectives
- Ownership of the scientific accuracy and integrity of materials developed
- Produce high quality output while managing competing deadlines, shifting priorities, and working within the projected budget
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- 5+ years medical director, writer or related experience
- Experience with materials requiring medical/regulatory/legal (MRL) reviews required
- General knowledge of medical sciences, healthcare delivery, and the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry
- Oncology/Hematology/ Immunology experience strongly preferred
- Understand regulations governing the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Maintain an objective and professional attitude
- Excellent interpersonal skills and effectively collaborate with a multifunctional team
- Self-directed and work well under pressure
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Accept constructive criticism well
- Strong computer and software skills
- Some travel up to 25% required for client meetings and conferences
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in life sciences or related field
- PhD or MS in life sciences or MD/PharmD preferred
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