Scientific Director - Medical Communications - NY - Prime

Accelerating Life-Changing Solutions to Global Healthcare Challenges is the vision that unites us through a shared sense of purpose, whatever the role.

It speaks to the significant challenges that exist within global healthcare, and how we, as one team, can help to deliver better solutions and outcomes for our partners and for patients everywhere, sooner. Your job description outlines the important role and responsibilities that you own in achieving this vision.

Importantly too is how we go about living our vision.  This is defined by the Prime mission:

Through a pioneering fusion of the finest expertise in science, strategy, evidence, technology and creativity we deliver the world-class outcomes that our global partners trust to achieve their goals.

It speaks to collaboration and to everyone’s responsibility to bring together the diverse expertise that exist across our team to deliver world-class outcomes.

On this foundation, we have defined four core values, these represent the shared principles that guide our behaviours every day, whatever your role:

Be Brave, Be Human, Be Passionate, Be Exceptional. 

At Prime these values are integral to who we are.  They are there to guide you in your role and support you on your personal journey to success.  They shape our culture and support us in achieving our vision together, as one global team.  

The role

As a Scientific Director at Prime, You will be responsible for providing scientific and communication support in scientific affairs and communication to existing accounts. You will support new business development and assist and encourage organic growth of existing accounts by identifying gaps in services or product offering to existing clients and accounts.

You will be leading provision of scientific input with clients and accounts, working with the team to ensure that client communication strategies are understood and actioned by editorial/scientific and account teams, developing account strategies and plans, attending workshops and support delivery of meetings, including meeting facilitation when required.

Requirements

• 6+ years healthcare agency experience in increasingly senior roles
• Breadth of experience across:
• types of clients (geographical and healthcare market mix)
• Strong appreciation of both Prime and clients’ business needs and resourcefulness in coming up with solutions to their challenges
• Well developed personal and written communication skills
• Proven interest in science, strategy and lifecycle management
• Experience in strategic planning
• Experience in developing and presenting new business proposals/pitches
• Experience of working with extended team across professional, operational and cultural boundaries
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work on own initiative to tight deadlines.
• Comfortable presenting to clients, with good presentation skills

Benefits

• 42 days paid time off
• WORKsmart - Flexibility around core working hours
• Hybrid Working
• 5% contribution to 401k
• ADP Totalsource