Associate Medical Director
Description
Reset your expectations of a health and wellness agency. From our inception, Fingerpaint has been driven by an unstoppable collective spirit of possibility. It’s that curiosity that’s at the heart of everything we do. From our legendary people-first culture to the hundreds of Fingerpainters who define us, we’ve reimagined what it means to be a healthcare and wellness advertising agency. Here, creativity happens naturally—we attract top talent and give them a space to grow and collaborate.
Fingerpaint Medical Communication is a highly scientific healthcare communications agency that specializes in the oncology and biologics space. It combines insightful strategy, award-winning design, and high impact science with practical know-how, ensuring each project is not only compelling and engaging, but also simple to understand and communicate.
Position Requirements:
- PhD, MD, PharmD, or advanced nursing degree
Experience:
- Professional content development experience at a medical communications agency, specifically in medical affairs/medical information
- Experience developing materials such as HCP-facing decks, advisory board content, and therapeutic area summaries
- Experience in presenting slide decks and moderating advisory boards, workshops, and other training events to clients and extended client teams
- Position Responsibilities
- Mentor medical writers, including training on medical writing, client-facing and internal etiquette, and best practices
- Collaborate between leadership and internal teams to develop and execute strategic plans
- Contribute as a scientific and medical expert to activities and deliverables, including content review calls, project kick off meetings, and strategy workshops
- Proactively identify new opportunities to collaborate with our clients based on their strategic imperatives, the needs of patients, and changes in the marketplace/therapeutic landscape
- Assist with day-to-day project needs and medical writing tasks, as needed, meet important deadlines and client expectations
- Review materials to ensure all client and internal comments have been incorporated, and that we are best representing our client’s strategic imperatives and challenging ourselves to provide high-quality, strategically sound deliverables to our clients
- Work in partnership with accounts, editorial, and creative to ensure our pieces are buttoned up and designed to display key data most appropriately and aesthetically
- Attend scientific/client meetings together with senior account and/or science team member and liaise with clients on the science and ongoing projects
- Proactively suggest new and innovative ways to present data
- Show an openness to learning more about the medical communications industry. Have a full command of, and adherence to, internal processes on all projects and ensure staff understand and follow process
- Independent scientific content development including analysis and interpretation of clinical data across a wide range of project types
- Conduct literature searches, proactively monitor competitive landscape and perform competitive analyses across key therapeutic areas
- Establish strong relationships with clients and proactively seek to contribute and collaborate in client meetings
- Support submissions for client medical/regulatory approval processes and partners with all teams to incorporate client and regulatory feedback
Talent & Knack
- Excellent writing abilities (clear, concise, active writing form)
- Diligent problem-solving skills
- Ability to consistently apply critical thinking
- Expertise with creating content in PowerPoint and use of other Microsoft programs
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to understand and consistently apply marketing strategies when developing content for promotional medical education
- Ability to handle multiple timelines
- Ability to present clearly and consistently in virtual meetings, with a dedicated space to work virtually without interruptions
- Ability to provide scientific, strategic, and tactical direction to writers, account team, creative team and clients
Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s okay! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Fingerpaint, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! Our team of qualified recruiters can match you with the right opportunity. Fingerpaint Group provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to all applicants and employees. We are proud to recruit qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or citizenship status.