Job Description

Director, Scientific Innovation (SI)

Reports to: Senior Vice President, SI


As the Petauri Advance scientific lead for internal and client teams, the Director, SI is critical to the overall organizational client experience. Per their experience and skill set, this role is supervisory and will oversee writers as well as support creation of deliverables directly. The ability to plan and strategically create compelling scientific content that accurately informs the end audience is key to success. Additionally, this role requires proactively assisting clients with new strategy direction and leading direct business development of clients from a scientific perspective. This position also collaborates with internal team leads and supports and mentors SI team members.

Essential Functions

Create and support scientifically sound, clinically relevant, and strategically positioned content to exceed client needs Lead multiple projects with SI teammates to produce high-quality deliverables Oversee and guide work by other SI team members, including research into targeted disease states and products and production of on-message scientific content Maintain medical, legal, and regulatory expertise and support others in achieving it Initiate, maintain, and expand client relationships and business opportunities on the basis of scientific knowledge, strategic expertise, and company experience Scientifically and strategically support, lead, and mentor internal client-focused cross-functional teams Develop relationships with external experts and strategic partner organizations as needed to support business vision Master relationships with faculty advisors through collaboration on publications, advisory board meetings, and speaker training initiatives Support business development efforts by leveraging strategic understanding of client products and disease states Support other team members in literature reviews and searches, fact checking, and writing reports from notes Support FORCE as a content and strategy expert to influence and reinforce the corporate vision and direction Support administrative business functions including assisting in designating scope of new projects Support client work by traveling to live events and meetings (approximately 20%)

Supervisory (as assigned)

Lead and develop SI Managers/Writers (eg, coaching, mentoring, developing teams, training, recruiting, checking resource utilization, managing issues and performance) Assist in resourcing, interviewing, and hiring decisions Promote and cultivate a positive work environment that allows fair treatment and support of team members as they onboard and grow their career within SI Routinely report project status and resourcing schedules to SI Senior Vice President to make and adjust department-related forecasting and decisions

Competencies

To be successful in a position, an individual must not only perform the essential functions of the job but also demonstrate expertise. The following are essential to success:

Exemplification of FORCE attributes:

This is the essence of FORCE. Every member of the team embodies these characteristics. These attributes include passion for success, accountability, sound judgment, adaptability, professionalism, creativity/innovation, ethical work with integrity, quality, and caring

Proficient/advanced communication skills:

The ability to communicate effectively is vital to success. These skills include speaking and writing clearly and effectively balancing both listening and speaking in conversations and meetings, presenting effectively to the needs of the intended audience, and giving and receiving feedback for continuous improvement

Exceptional/superior relationship management skills:

Relationship management centers on an individual's ability to manage interactions to provide service and to support the organization. These skills include being attentive to the customer's needs, collaborating with teammates, demonstrating leadership, having the ability to influence, identifying and solving problems, working through conflict by encouraging open communication, thinking strategically, and delegating effectively

Proficient/advanced leading

others

skills:

This competency encompasses the ability to lead people toward meeting goals and objectives. Inherent in this cluster is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the respect and trust that enables the development of others, inspires the team, and appropriately sets the vision for the organization

Required Education and Experience

An advanced science or clinical degree (eg, PhD, MBBS, MD, PharmD, RN, RPh) or a lesser degree with significant relevant experience A minimum of 3 years of experience in medical communications agencies supporting medical affairs and/or commercial scientific content development Experience in business development, mentoring peers, leading client-focused teams, and client partnering Expertise in FDA and other regulatory guidelines




Client interaction and customer service are integral parts of this role. Periodic travel (local, national, or international) to client sites or events is required.



Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States, as our organization does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status for this position. We participate in E-Verify and are an Equal Opportunity Employer.




FORCE Communications is a full-service medical marketing, communications, and education organization founded in 2001 that specializes in creating unique scientific/Medical Affairs, medical communication/education, commercial, and payer solutions. Our organization specializes in collaborating with pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and healthcare providers and industry partners in developing innovative programs that integrate scientific information and Experiencewith industry/healthcare market insight and adult learning principles.