Regional Medical Director, MedComms

About the Role

Reporting to the President, Medical Marketing, the Regional Medical Director is a key senior leader within the organisation.

With the ultimate aim of building a high-performing Regional MedComms editorial team and accelerating MedComms revenue growth, he/she will function as a catalyst for growth & development of Regional MedComms editorial leaders; a key collaborator of Regional MedComms business development leaders in driving acquisition of new and organic business; and an enabler of ever-increasing levels of performance of other members of the MedComms team across the region.

This role requires a strong medical/scientific background, excellent communication skills, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver business impact.

Key Responsibilities:

Senior editorial practice excellence

· Coach/mentor senior regional editorial leaders and principal writers in core-region countries to enhance client engagement and customer-centric attitudes and behaviours, empowering them to function as more efficient and effective leaders of their teams

· Provide customized support to selected editorial leaders in non-core-region countries, with a focus on building leadership skills and optimizing editorial team delivery

Editorial sales enablement

· Coach/mentor senior regional editorial leaders to enhance their business development attitudes and behaviours, transforming them into more effective business development enablers

General business development

· Collaborate with regional business development leaders to identify new, high-value business opportunities

· Provide day-to-day scientific expertise and guidance to account teams across the region

· Serve as scientific/medical/editorial lead of designated key regional accounts

· Cultivate strong relationships with client medical and commercial contacts

Regional editorial direction

· Collaborate with regional editorial leaders on providing oversight of writing output quality and delivery efficiency of editorial teams of the core region

Key Opinion Leader (KOL) and Society engagement

· Cultivate strong relationships with KOL- and society-partners across disease/therapy areas by ensuring scientific rigor of all deliverables/projects/meetings involving them

· Engage the participation of KOL- and society-partners in company projects and in the development/rollout of company products & solutions within their area of clinical/research interest

Requirements:

· Healthcare science degree (MD, PharmD, BSc in nursing or allied profession)

· At least 15 years’ experience working for a healthcare communications agency

· Excellent writing, editing and verbal communication skills – this is assessed on application

· Proven ability in leading teams and coaching/mentoring individuals

· Ability to distil complex scientific concepts into clear, concise messages

· Attention to detail

· Strong strategic and business acumen