Scientific Director – Medical Publications

🕒 June 14

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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Red Nucleus

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501 - 1000 employees

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🧬 Biotechnology

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Healthcare Insurance • Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals

Red Nucleus is a company specializing in healthcare and life sciences services, offering a wide range of advisory and scientific services. With over three decades of experience, they provide solutions across the life sciences product life cycle, aiming to improve health outcomes. Their services include market access and commercialization, medical communications, and learning and development. Red Nucleus also offers products like DirectusPRO and iTakeControl. They focus on supporting strategic and operational challenges in healthcare through their expertise in areas like Quality, Clinical, Safety, Regulatory, and Medical Affairs. The company employs a team of over 700 members dedicated to advancing knowledge and improving lives.

📋 Description

• Lead one or more large/high‑complexity accounts; define and drive integrated medical/scientific communication strategies (publication planning, communications tactics). • Serve as principal scientific contact for client stakeholders and clinical leads; align scientific strategy to brand priorities. • Establish quality standards and best practices across assigned teams. • Oversee high‑quality content across manuscripts, congress materials, training content, digital assets, and MLR‑regulated materials. • Conduct detailed scientific reviews for accuracy, alignment, and stylistic consistency (AMA, client style guides, journal/congress guidelines). • Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards (e.g. Good Publication Practices, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors guidelines, PhRMA guidelines). • Lead/defend submissions in MLR systems; resolve scientific issues independently. • Lead scientific discussions, workshops, speaker trainings, and advisory boards; represent the organization externally. • Provide scientific leadership in pitches and proposals; partner with Client Services on resourcing, scoping, and forecasting. • Manage 3–5 direct reports (writers/ASDs); conduct performance evaluations, set goals, and guide career development. • Contribute to scoping and resource planning for assigned projects; escalate risks proactively. • Maintain strong version control, documentation discipline, and adherence to internal procedures.

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree in a scientific or healthcare‑related field preferred (eg, MSc, PhD, PharmD, MD) • ~6+ years’ medical communications/medical writing experience, including multi‑asset or multi‑account leadership and scientific team oversight. • ~2+ years’ people management and coaching experience. • Excellence in scientific writing, editing, data interpretation; mastery of publications standards when applicable. • Strong understanding of clinical research and regulatory landscape; comfortable guiding MLR submissions. • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, graphic and image generations software, and collaboration platforms. • Strong organization/time‑management

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours • Paid time off • Professional development opportunities