Fingerpaint Group · 6 days ago
Scientific Director
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expFingerpaint Group is a health and wellness agency that focuses on effective communication of complex scientific data for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The Scientific Director will provide scientific direction, lead strategic planning, and oversee the quality of medical communication projects.
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Responsibilities
Provide scientific direction internally to writing staff and account team and externally to clients and authors
Lead strategic planning, including development of scientific platforms and publication plans
Responsible for quality control of projects through content review and final sign off
Oversee work product of multiple writers and support their professional development
Provide writing support for medical communication projects and new business support as needed
Work with client services team to manage project-related needs, including writer work flow, scheduling, and prioritizing of tasks
Support project scoping and account forecasting
Support recruitment, training, mentoring, and management of writers
Support Director, Scientific Services in providing leadership, job performance evaluation, and career development to writing staff
Willingness to travel (~15%)
Qualification
Required
PhD in life sciences or PharmD
≥ 5 years professional medical writing experience in a scientific communications agency
Able to independently handle wide range of complex projects with multiple timelines
Expertise in multiple therapeutic areas
Understand marketing strategies and able to play major role in development of medical communication plans
Strategic thinking with ability to define custom solutions for client challenges and drive organic growth
Demonstrable experience with providing scientific direction in publication accounts
Demonstrable experience providing content review
Excellent work product requiring minimal internal review
Excellent communication skills and ability to facilitate client/author interactions and strategic conversations related to project and account asks
Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and reference management software (eg, Endnote, Reference Manager)
Company
Fingerpaint Group
We are Fingerpaint Group, a vibrant palette of people and expertise spanning the complete spectrum of life science solutions.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Peter O'Toole
SVP Operations Lead
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