Vice President, Medical Director

Company Description

About Digitas Health

Digitas Health is the Agency of Now: the first global connected-health agency, purpose-built for marketing today. Digitas Health specializes in helping health brands navigate a complex and shifting media environment to create deeper, more relevant connections with their consumer and professional customers.  With offices in Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, and London, it is a member of the world’s largest healthcare communications network, Publicis Health. As a member of this elite network, Digitas Health is also a member of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A. (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577), the world’s third-largest communications group, second-largest media counsel and buying group, and a leader in digital communications.

Web: www.digitashealth.com | Facebook: www.facebook.com/digitashealth | Twitter: www.twitter.com/digitas_health

Job Description

Position Summary
A Vice President in the department of Science and Medicine works with members of other departments (account, creative and strategy) within the company to ensure that our work is medically accurate, up-to-date, and strategically relevant. This individual is also responsible for helping to ensure that all content created for health professionals and patients is tailored to the sophistication level and interests of the target audience. These responsibilities may, at times, overlap with those of the various individuals in the Creative and Strategy departments; on some projects, a VP of Science and Medicine may play the role of a strategist, writer, copy supervisor, or medical editor.

In addition, a VP of Science and Medicine may be asked to contribute to new business opportunities by conducting research relevant to the prospective client’s objectives, or by assessing the quality and adding his/her insights to research reports prepared by others for this purpose.

The VP of Science and Medicine may be asked to educate client teams regarding a disease category or an aspect of science relevant to the client’s product, such as pharmacology, or the competitors in a given therapeutic category.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties and responsibilities for individuals in this position will vary depending on the skills and aptitudes (besides their professional medical knowledge and experience that they bring to Digitas Health).

• Strong experience in developing, reviewing, and managing accuracy and quality of scientific content produced within a pharmaceutical advertising agency
• Prepare strategic and scientific analyses of content for ideal application in promotional material
• Ensure the medical integrity, topicality, and timeliness of the content for all projects on which they work.
• Work closely with account, creative, strategy, and medical teams to analyze and interpret scientific data along with providing strategic direction to both client and internal leadership teams
• Assisting and directing creative team members to ensure appropriate creative content (messaging / imagery) is communicated across all projects
• Own the medical onboarding process of internal staff on medical topics relevant to client’s brands
• Help ensure compliance with Med/Legal/Regulatory processes
• Assess and communicate market trends along with emerging competitive and scientific trends to present to both client and internal teams
• Support new business development team

Qualifications

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of an advanced degree in healthcare (MD, DO, DDS, PhD,or MS in a healthcare or science field)

• At least 4 years of agency or pharmaceutical (or biotech, or device) industry experience
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical marketing principles, regulations, and practices.
• Writing and editorial experience
• Must be capable of working both independently and in a team environment.
• Must know how to use Microsoft Word; facility with Microsoft PowerPoint is preferred.

Additional Information

About Publicis Health

Publicis Health is the premier global health and wellness communications network. We are one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe, the third-largest advertising and media company in the world, giving us unparalleled global reach. We manage top-tier agencies specializing in promoting innovative solutions in advertising, medical education, clinical trial program development, sales and marketing, digital, market access, and medical and scientific affairs. Our nearly 6,500 employees work at 15 agency brands across 60 offices located in 10 countries.