VP/SVP, Medical Strategy - Medical Communications
Job Details
Requirements
- Bring advanced scientific expertise, supported by an advanced degree in life sciences, biomedical or clinical disciplines such as a PhD, PharmD, MD or Master’s, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Have significant senior-level experience in healthcare agency strategy, medical communications, pharmaceutical commercial or promotional education, or related consulting.
- Bring deep Oncology expertise across treatment pathways, standards of care, clinical evidence, competitive landscapes and emerging therapeutic approaches.
- Have experience translating HCP insight into positioning, messaging, education, content and multichannel engagement strategies.
- Understand US pharmaceutical promotional review and compliance processes, including promotional and non-promotional boundaries.
- Be confident partnering with medical, legal and regulatory review teams.
- Have executive-level communication skills and credibility advising and influencing senior pharmaceutical stakeholders.
- Have experience leading complex multidisciplinary teams, major pitches and organic growth opportunities.
- Have a track record of coaching and developing senior talent and influencing beyond formal reporting lines.
- Expertise in vaccines, respiratory or rare diseases is advantageous.
Responsibilities
- Lead insight-driven strategy across medical affairs, commercial promotional education and HCP engagement, particularly for Oncology brands and assets.
- Identify HCP learning needs, clinical practice barriers and prescribing decision drivers, and translate them into educational strategies.
- Connect clinical data, scientific landscapes, treatment pathways, audience insights and brand priorities into strategic recommendations.
- Guide strategy across pre-launch, launch, growth and lifecycle optimization.
- Develop frameworks for scientific communications, HCP segmentation, message platforms, educational journeys and omnichannel engagement.
- Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across Medical Affairs, Brand Marketing and Commercial.
- Lead workshops and planning sessions to challenge assumptions, resolve complexity and support decision-making.
- Identify organic growth opportunities and lead strategic contributions to pitches, proposals and presentations.
- Bring Scientific, Client Services, Creative, Digital, Project Management and specialist teams together to deliver integrated solutions.
- Coach and mentor strategy talent and strengthen strategic and consultative capability across the organization.