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Job Description
VP, MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Medical Department
Reports to: Chief Medical Officer
Job Summary
The VP, Medical Director is a core member of leadership within the medical team at VitaminMD and will be responsible for managing junior team members, business growth ideas, and providing sound strategic support and scientific direction based on comprehensive knowledge of our clients’ (or prospective clients’) product and therapeutic area. Additionally, the VP, Medical Director embodies the Calcium Company’s core values of commitment, integrity, and respect, both in their work and in their relationships with their co-workers and external clients.
Key Job Responsibilities (Duties may include, but are not limited to all or some of the following)
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VP, MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Medical Department
Reports to: Chief Medical Officer
Job Summary
The VP, Medical Director is a core member of leadership within the medical team at VitaminMD and will be responsible for managing junior team members, business growth ideas, and providing sound strategic support and scientific direction based on comprehensive knowledge of our clients’ (or prospective clients’) product and therapeutic area. Additionally, the VP, Medical Director embodies the Calcium Company’s core values of commitment, integrity, and respect, both in their work and in their relationships with their co-workers and external clients.
Key Job Responsibilities (Duties may include, but are not limited to all or some of the following)
- Manages a team of Scientific Associates and/or Associate Medical Directors, ensuring standards are adhered to and work is timely and of the highest quality for appropriate agency representation
- Validates, supports, and increases the clinical and medical relevance of work across the agency, including existing client accounts and new business endeavors.
- Performs in-depth research and builds understanding of a brand's placement within the treatment paradigm, its efficacy and safety data, mechanism of action, and key points of differentiation within the treatment landscape
- Directly accountable for medical strategy input in the overall brand planning efforts of the agency, in collaboration with Brand Strategy and Engagement Strategy, as well as providing ongoing support throughout the new business pitch prep process
- Ensures scientific and medical accuracy in both internal and external communications
- Onboards agency staff to respective brand teams
- Collaborates internally with Account, Strategy, Project Management and Creative departments, and with clients daily
- Presents educational and strategic information to large groups both internally and during client and new business presentations, which may include individuals with a broad spectrum of backgrounds and education levels of backgrounds and education levels
- An MD, PharmD, or PhD degree in a relevant scientific discipline is preferred
- 5 years of experience in medical advertising, medical communications, or medical education
- Previous experience managing a team of direct reports
- Strong self-motivation and enthusiasm, with a demonstrated ability to thrive in a detail-oriented, dynamic, and highly collaborative environment
- Working knowledge of clinical or pre-clinical research principles
- Familiarity with PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, and other sources of clinical and scientific content
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where delivering tasks with a quick turnaround is necessary and expected
- Demonstrated ability to interpret data and provide clear strategic/scientific direction to a variety of audiences
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills, including strong proficiency in related technologies (Microsoft applications, Keynote, Internet research databases)
- Goes above and beyond the job description and has the willingness to be flexible for the team, agency, and ultimately the work
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