Associate Scientific Director – Medical Communications
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Associate Scientific Director leading scientific publications and medical affairs projects for Avalere Health, a patient-focused healthcare consultancy. Managing scientific accuracy, client relationships, mentoring, and business growth.
Responsibilities:
- Provide advanced scientific leadership across publications and medical affairs-focused projects
- Take responsibility for scientific accuracy and strategic oversight across large workstreams or accounts
- Drive scientific leadership across medical affairs deliverables, including advisory boards, congress materials, and slide decks
- Provide advanced scientific review and strategic input aligned with client objectives
- Lead client relationships within assigned accounts
- Develop content and conduct high-level reviewing
- Lead, mentor, onboard, and empower junior writers
- Contribute to team development and resourcing
- Contribute to business development, pitching, organic growth, and strategic initiatives
- May line manage junior writers
Requirements:
- Degree in a scientific or related field (advanced degree preferred)
- Minimum 6 years’ experience in medical or scientific writing
- Proven ability to manage diverse scientific content and ensure strategic alignment
- Skilled in client relationship management and account oversight
- Collaborative leadership skills and passion for line management, mentoring, and team development
- Experience supporting business development initiatives and pitches
- Excellent communication skills
- Proactive, solutions-focused mindset
- Oncology or Immunology therapeutic area experience is highly advantageous
Benefits:
- 401K plan with employer match contribution up to 4%, immediately vested
- Life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote work
- Option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year
- 20 vacation days
- One personal well-being day
- 9 public holidays
- Gifted end-of-year holidays
- Early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August
- Free counselling through employee assistance program
- Personalized health support
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies
- On-demand training and professional development support
- Global mobility opportunities across the business
- Employee Network Groups and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs
- Dedicated social opportunities and resources for homeworkers
- Regular career conversations
- Global, cross-capability career moves
- Disability-related interview adjustments
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