Job Order: 5282
Staff Representative: Tim Jadwin
Position: Medical Director
Location: New Jersey
Company Summary:
The core of our client’s pioneering effort in medical education is a thorough understanding of the current science that drives how physicians diagnose and treat, as well as an understanding of the market systems that influence decision making.
Description:
Description:
Our client has an immediate opening for a Medical Director. This position requires the candidate to work on-site at our location. We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a great working environment.
Job Description:
- Provide scientific and clinical expertise at a medical education/communications company
- Provide expertise in CNS therapeutic area -- CNS experience required
- Build relationships with clinical and research executives in the pharmaceutical industry as well as academic opinion leaders
- Plan and manage scientific presentations and publications
- Help develop medical education programs
- Provide independent medical direction for ongoing and new business activities, with minimal day-to-day direction from manager
- New business pitch preparation activities
- New business presentations
- Manage publication planning activities for assigned accounts
- Development of product positioning and messages for new products
- Balancing work quality with timelines
- Prioritization of multiple competing projects
- Make decisions on content and fair balance, in consultation with account management and program management
- Self management to adhere to agreed-upon T&Es and budgets; alert team to potential deviations and overages
- Proactively work with program management and account management to ensure timely delivery of high-quality content
- 2+ years experience in patient care or medical education in CNS disorders, epilepsy and migraine a must
- Advanced degree in biomedical sciences (PharmD, PhD, MD preferred)
- Developing educational concepts and content through critical analysis of data, distilling complex technical information for a variety of medical audiences, working with opinion leaders
- Knowledge of CME procedures
- Writing proposals
- Editing documents
- Clinical research and publication experience is a plus.
- Ability to provide independent medical direction
- Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Software: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, reference database programs such as Refman
- Familiarity or interest in pharmaceutical marketing
- Must work well in a team-oriented environment
- Ability to meet deadlines while working on multiple, parallel projects
- Develop solid understanding of the market and goals advocated by the medical and marketing clients
