[Hiring] Scientific Director @Wiley

Role Description

The Scientific Director will lead and shape the strategic direction of our IME (Independent Medical Education) and scientific content solutions. You'll be responsible for developing evidence-based content strategies, therapeutic area plans, and educational program concepts that drive customer engagement and revenue growth across the healthcare, life sciences, and pharmaceutical markets. You'll bring medical judgment and credibility to the review, structuring, and quality of IME-related content and clinical evidence products, while also acting as a content strategist — defining how we source, structure, and scale trustworthy medical and scientific content across our portfolio.

The role combines scientific expertise, market insight, and customer-facing leadership to identify emerging healthcare trends, align Wiley assets to market needs, and design scalable content and education solutions for sponsors.

You'll work closely with key opinion leaders, project managers, product teams, and commercial sales teams to ensure our IME and science content meets the highest standards of clinical accuracy, defensibility, and usability.

Our content spans a range of health and science disciplines, including:

• Health: Dentistry, Dermatology, General & Internal Medicine, Hematology, Medical Science, Neurology, Nursing, and Oncology.
• Science: Analytical Chemistry, Biopharmaceuticals & Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Cell & Molecular Biology, and Chemistry.

Qualifications

• PhD, MD, or equivalent medical degree.
• Direct experience conducting or reviewing Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs), or comparable clinical review experience.
• Strong understanding of clinical evidence, guideline development, and the evaluation of scientific literature.
• Experience in content strategy, editorial, medical affairs, medical communications, or a related healthcare field.
• Proven ability to communicate complex clinical concepts to both clinical and non-clinical audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills, with experience working across matrixed organizations.

Requirements

• Clinical expertise in oncology, hematology, dermatology, neurology, general/internal medicine, or a related specialty.
• Familiarity with scientific disciplines such as analytical chemistry, biopharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical biotechnology, or cell and molecular biology.
• 5+ years of experience in content strategy, medical communications, or editorial leadership.
• Experience designing content operations, taxonomy frameworks, or structured content models.
• Familiarity with AI- or ML-enabled content workflows, including content extraction, quality scoring, and summarization.
• Experience within scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publishing, health information, or clinical evidence services.

Benefits

• Meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development.
• Robust body of employee programming to facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.
• Commitment to fair, transparent pay and competitive compensation.
• Comprehensive benefits package.

Company Description

For more than 200 years, we've transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today, our global team of innovators, creators, and experts is driving what's next in science, education, and publishing—creating impact that reaches everywhere.

We're not just observers of progress. We're the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs, advancing learning, and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives.

Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything.