Senior Medical Director (Medical Education)

About VML

VML is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.

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About VML Health:  

VML HEALTH is a global healthcare agency that partners with healthcare clients across a broad definition of health, from high science to wellness and everything in between. It operates fluidly within the VML agency, as a core group of health specialists (a ‘vertical’) that has the benefit of autonomy in management, but with support of non-health expertise.  

At the heart of health is the story of life – all the highs and lows, ambitions, and possibilities. But facing a health challenge can suddenly pull people away from these stories, knocking them off course. 

Our purpose is to bridge this gap, bringing people closer to life and all its meaning. We gain a deeper understanding of Healthcare Professionals’ and patients’ needs, behaviors and lived experiences through what we call ‘radical empathy’. 

VML Health creates connected brands that get to the heart, bringing people closer to the lives they want to live.  Get to the heart. Connect for life. 

International Meetings and Science (IMsci), a division of VML Health, works with companies to build world-class healthcare and pharmaceutical brands among medical professionals and consumers, with a transmedia storytelling approach that covers medical education strategies. 

What we're looking for: 

We're seeking a Senior Medical Director to provide scientific leadership across multiple accounts while ensuring excellence in medical communications. This role combines scientific expertise with strategic thinking to deliver innovative solutions for our clients. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong team leadership while maintaining scientific rigor in all deliverables.

What you'll do:

• Serve as the principal scientific lead across multiple client accounts, shaping strategic direction and ensuring all activities align with brand objectives.
• Architect and oversee the execution of complex medical communication and education plans, from strategic concept through to final delivery.
• Maintain deep therapeutic area expertise and stay at the forefront of clinical advancements to provide proactive, insightful counsel to clients and internal teams.
• Champion innovative methods for data visualization and scientific storytelling to enhance the clarity and impact of communications.
• Drive the creation and review of high-quality, scientifically accurate content (e.g., manuscripts, abstracts, slide decks, digital materials), ensuring clinical relevance and strategic alignment.
• Uphold the highest standards of scientific integrity and quality, acting as the final point of review for all scientific deliverables.
• Oversee medical writing and editing processes to ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to client and regulatory standards.
• Mentor, manage, and develop junior members of the scientific team, fostering their professional growth and ensuring excellence in their work.
• Cultivate and maintain strong partnerships with clients and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), acting as a trusted scientific advisor to co-create impactful initiatives.
• Lead key client meetings, workshops, and scientific presentations with confidence and authority.
• Actively contribute to new business development by providing scientific insights for proposals and pitches, and drive organic growth within existing accounts.

Who you are:

• Scientific expert with strategic mindset
• Effective team leader and mentor
• Client-focused relationshi