A world leading medical communications agency has an opportunity for a Scientific Director to join their award winning team in their Cheshire offices.

The Company:

This company truly believes that its people are its most valuable resource. To this end they have achieved ‘Investors in People’ status and provide comprehensive professional development and training opportunities. They have over 200 staff in offices worldwide and provide and innovative and full service approach to integrated communications programmes.

Role Summary:

Providing high level scientific, strategic and marketing insight combined with editorial leadership of account teams. Effectively line manage and coach Writers and Editorial Team Leaders to ensure excellence in project delivery across the communication mix.

Responsibilities:
Technical Expertise:

• Combine in-depth scientific understanding of the product/therapy area with commercial / market awareness to provide high level strategic and tactical communication planning within the company and for clients

Management:

• Lead, coach and motivate account/project teams, providing support and guidance to team members on client and project issues
• Through effective line management ensure training, development and appraisal of all line reports, including Writers, Senior Writers, Principal Writers and Editorial Team Managers as required

Client Service:

• Establish positive long-term relationships with a wide range of brand team members in client organisations

Financial:

• Contribute to the development of forward account plans in liaison with Account Director and support Account Managers by actively contributing to project specifications/cost estimates/reconciliations

Business Development:

• Contribute to, and participate in, new proposal development and pitches and identify new opportunities to maximise existing accounts

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Science Degree
• Can demonstrate strategic and tactical thinking
• Has a thorough understanding of the full range of medical communications outputs
• Reviewing the work of others and providing constructive feedback
• Effective project management
• Relevant agency experience, or previous work experience in industry
• Demonstrates strong capability for financial management.
• Demonstrates strong understanding of the current pharmaceutical and healthcare environment from both an international and domestic perspective
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills
• Experienced and respected team leader
• Attentive to detail with strong organisational skills
• Good presentation skills and ability to facilitate meetings
• Computer literacy
• Broad therapy area expertise
• Experienced line manager
• Enthusiastic self-starter, eager to achieve
• Team player
• Ability to cope well under pressure, multi task and can meet tight deadlines
• Confident and assertive in client and colleague interactions
• Ability to travel

Benefits Package:

Competitive basic salary, personal pension , profit related pay, performance related bonuses, permanent health insurance, salary exchange, life insurance, childcare vouchers, 25 days annual holiday, private healthcare.

If you are not actively seeking a new role, but are interested in discovering which options may be open to you now or in the future, please feel free to call for a private chat. You might have questions on salary expectations, or benefits, whatever your concerns may be, we will aim to assist. Please call Jon Gawley on 01932 797996 or email.

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