Vice President, Medical / Scientific Writing

Company: Precision For Value
Location: Gladstone, NJ 07934

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Precision for Value, the top payer marketing agency, supports global pharmaceutical and life sciences clients in the achievement of commercial excellence. We excel at demonstrating the economic, clinical, and societal value of creative medical treatments to payers, providers, patients, and policymakers. With us, you will collaborate with teams that include former payers, data scientists, health economists, marketing strategists, and promotional effectiveness specialists. As leaders in the generation, analysis, and communication of that evidence, we are improving market access and supporting our clients in their mission of improving care for patients around the world. We believe that adding talent that delivers exceptional scientific work will position us to consistently be recognized by clients, peers and professional organizations.

We are seeking a natural leader who enjoys mentoring, guiding and can’t help but roll up your sleeves. Someone who is as comfortable in the C suite as you are in the trenches. Brings deep expertise in medical and scientific communications, has led teams of medical writers and has been responsible for providing strategic direction across therapeutic areas — if this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

In this leadership role, you will oversee and mentor writing staff, facilitate project team participation, lead client interaction, and all aspects of scientific content development to support client brands.

About You

You are a leader who encourages and motivates team members to reach their fullest potential.

You are passionate about providing medical insights, supplying creative ideas, and developing high quality content that allows you to use scientific/medical knowledge and demonstrate your writing skills.

You are naturally curious, a life long learner and stay on top of trends in the medical/scientific community with a real passion for the managed markets industry.

Your a problem solver who builds and maintains strong client relationships and partners effectively with cross function team leads so that client communication strategies are achieved.

Essential duties include but are not limited to:
Identify and achieve the strategic needs of Client’s branded products by developing content around brand product messaging and needs

Conduct unique literature searches through conventional and/or nontraditional sources and develop enduring materials including slide decks with speaker notes, brochures, discussion guide and digital assets

Lead and manage resources, both internal and external, to ensure on-time/on-budget production of deliverables

Ensure clinical accuracy of all work completed and that all work aligns with applicable Government and industry regulations and guidelines

Attend and facilitate medical/legal/regulatory approval reviews

Work in close partnership with account, strategic services, creative, and project management teams.

You will identify clinical resource staff needs, recruit, and handle freelance writers as well as plan, assign, and direct work to Medical teams; interview, hire, and train, and mentor employees

As a member of our new business development team you will provide proposal research support, assist in the development of new business pitches, new business proposals, budgets and responses to RFPs and RFIs and will attend and present at pitch meetings, as needed

Qualifications

Minimum required:
Advanced degree in life sciences, PhD, PharmD, MD, DO, or other

15+ years experience in medical education/medical communications or similar field

Strong written and verbal interpersonal skills

Comfortable speaking with clients and healthcare professionals

Ability to provide independent medical direction

Familiarity with pharmaceutical managed care marketing

Travel required up to 25%

Preferred requirements:
Extensive oncology experience

Specialty products experience, including oncolytics and biologics

Precision Medicine Group is an integrated team of experts in fields from advanced lab sciences to translational informatics, clinical trial delivery, and regulatory affairs, payer insights to marketing communications. Together, we help our pharmaceutical and life-sciences clients conquer product development and commercialization challenges in a rapidly evolving environment.