Job Order: 5032
Staff Representative: Tim Jadwin
Position: Scientific Director
Location: Illinois
Company Summary:
An ACCME-accredited, full-service, medical education company.
Description:
Role(s):
The Scientific Director is responsible for managing the writing and editing aspects of educational materials developed and produced and for providing strategic planning and support to the Program team(s). This primarily includes original content development, faculty and client support and communications, and collaborating with other content developers. The incumbent is also responsible for the quality, scientific accuracy and integrity, and timeliness of assigned projects. To accomplish these tasks, the Scientific Director will interact in person and remotely with publishers, audiovisual, slide, and transcription vendors, and other CME/CE program team members. The Scientific Director will also have a role in the training and development of Scientific Staff. The Scientific Director’s direct reports include Associate Scientific Director.
Responsibilities:
- Proofread/edit meeting agendas, program announcements, faculty lists, faculty and grantor correspondence, and other program-related materials and communications.
- Manage the development and completion of program syllabi, including writing, editing, faculty contact and approvals, and production.
- Interact in person and remotely with faculty and medical reviewers (if applicable) on issues related to scientific content.
- Develop and work with faculty on the development of monographs, slides, slide kits, manuscripts, video tapes, and other enduring materials.
- Prepare a range of meeting summaries (e.g. executive summaries, top line summaries, highlights). Review/assess meeting transcripts as needed.
- Assist program chairperson and faculty with pre-program content development (e.g. abstracts, slides, etc.) with regard to issues of presentation content, length, content overlap with other presenters, and meeting program objectives.
- Manage on-site slide review with chairperson and presenters as applicable.
- Understand and adhere to all CME/CE guidelines.
- In collaboration with the program team, oversee activities of audiovisual staff at programs to assure an optimal meeting environment and smooth flow of presentations.
- Adhere to project parameters including deadlines, budget, and content limitations.
- Initiate discussions with the program team regarding any potential barriers to successful project completion that may arise (deadline, hours, budget, etc.) and suggest solutions that address learner needs.
- Assure that written materials and slides meet project objectives and contain appropriate scientific messages, marketing messages and learning objectives when available.
- Establish and maintain productive relationships with faculty and grantors.
- Participate in new educational grant proposal development and writing
- Act as resource to the Associate Scientific Directors.
- Advise the senior management on issues related to resource allocation, project style and quality, and training.
- Track work of researchers, copyeditors and freelance writers/editors throughout the development process to ensure on-time delivery.
- Assure that written materials follow editorial style.
- Travel to and manage on site editorial needs for live meetings.
- Adhere to all policies and procedures.
- A master’s degree in a related field is required
- A PhD (in life sciences), MD or PharmD is preferred
- Five plus years of experience in a medical education
- Demonstrated organizational, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and think strategically
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to assume a leadership/mentoring role within the department is required
- Experience in all editorial aspects of medical education
- 5+ years of clinical, publishing, and/or pharmaceutical experience
- Marketing/strategic planning experience is preferred
