[Hiring] Associate Medical Director @ApotheCom

Role Description

The Associate Medical Director is a scientific and strategic lead responsible for the quality, accuracy and strategic direction of assigned medical communications workstreams and accounts. In this role, you will be accountable for ensuring that scientific content is clinically accurate, strategically aligned, insight-driven and relevant to client medical strategy and agency objectives. You will partner closely with client services, editorial, creative, digital, medical writing and senior scientific leadership to ensure that deliverables meet client expectations, reflect current scientific evidence and support broader communication goals.

The Associate Medical Director serves as a key scientific contact for clients, faculty and external experts, bringing subject matter expertise, sound judgment and a proactive consultative approach to assigned projects. You will lead and contribute to content development plans, elevate the scientific and strategic quality of deliverables, support new business activity and help guide junior scientific team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for the scientific strategy and quality of assigned accounts, workstreams and deliverables.
• Leads and contributes to content development plans, ensuring deliverables are grounded in evidence.
• Interprets and synthesizes complex clinical data.
• Translates complex scientific and clinical information into clear, compelling medical communications.
• Provides proactive scientific input into publication plans and other client deliverables.
• Identifies key scientific insights and communication opportunities.
• Participates in new business pitches and client onboarding.
• Serves as a key scientific contact for clients, building relationships based on scientific credibility.
• Partners with clients to understand goals and communication objectives.
• Reviews and elevates scientific content for accuracy and strategic alignment.
• Ensures assigned medical communications are clinically relevant and current.
• Liaises with clients and external experts for high-quality deliverables.
• Supports the planning and execution of advisory boards and scientific workshops.
• Anticipates client needs and recommends solutions to protect scientific quality.
• Partners with cross-functional colleagues to ensure deliverables meet client expectations.
• Provides day-to-day scientific direction to medical writers and junior team members.
• Offers mentorship and performance feedback to junior team members.
• Demonstrates increasing autonomy in account decision-making.
• Contributes to key strategic priorities including recruitment and operational excellence.
• Collaborates with project and account teams to ensure timelines and scientific requirements are met.
• Leads or oversees development of scientific content across various formats.
• Reviews and refines medical writing for scientific accuracy and relevance.
• Conducts targeted literature reviews and evidence assessments.
• Maintains awareness of good publication practices.
• Provides quality control for scientific content developed by others.
• Ensures scientific messaging is accurate and appropriately substantiated.
• Understands the financial side of assigned accounts and works with team members to help projects remain in scope.
• Identifies potential changes in project focus and escalates appropriately.
• Supports efficient delivery by balancing scientific excellence with client-service expectations.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology or a related scientific discipline; doctorate-level training preferred.
• Typically 5+ years of experience in medical communications, publications, medical education, scientific strategy or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at or above Senior Medical Writer level.
• Strong understanding of clinical data interpretation and pharmaceutical communications.
• Ability to lead scientific content development with limited oversight.
• Strong client communication skills.
• Experience mentoring or guiding medical writers and junior team members.
• Strong organizational, financial and administrative discipline.
• High attention to detail and commitment to scientific accuracy.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Ability to travel as needed, including occasional weekends.

Benefits

• Attractive rewards package.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• Supportive and friendly environment.
• Opportunity to achieve your potential.

Our Pledge

At ApotheCom, we value inclusivity, recognize the power of diversity and inspire the next generation of change-makers. We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity, equity and inclusion.

We aim to recruit from a diverse slate of candidates and foster an environment that provides the right conditions for long-term success. We welcome all applications regardless of race, color, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation and physical or mental disability.