At GREY, we create Famously Effective ideas that move people, business, and the world forward - harnessing the power of creativity to solve business problems - for the world's most influential brands. Our core values - creativity, unity, empathy, and service - power the work we do in each of our 25+ studios across six continents.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Reporting into our Head of Strategy, Grey Health's Medical Strategy Director will be responsible for understanding the scientific and clinical aspects of their assigned businesses and brands, as well as serve as a key strategic scientific resource for both internal teams and clients. In this leadership role you will leverage science in brand differentiation and communications, collaborate with copywriters and medical writers, as well as the larger agency leadership teams including New Business, to represent the scientific perspective throughout creative development to ensure scientific and clinical relevance. You will be responsible for managing a team inclusive of medical strategists and senior medical strategists.

You will ensure the Medical Strategy team works in a continues effort to develop a strategic skill sets in an effort to uncover the most compelling insights in which to differentiate a brand in a medically viable and compelling perspective, constantly pushing to make Famously Effective work.

As a member of our New York studio, you will join a dynamic, globally minded team surrounded by some of the brightest minds in their fields and get to work in one of the newest WPP campuses.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Directly produce scientific and clinical information output that is relevant, accurate, and on-strategy
• Represent the scientific perspective throughout the strategic and creative process
• Demonstrate depth of understanding for multiple products, pharmaceuticals, devices and disease states
• Review relevant medical content, develop strategies and tactics regarding disease stage and therapeutic agents, and distill the medical and scientific information into strategic insights and actionable ideas
• Proactively and proficiently provide strategic medical recommendations based on the changing market to enhance brand communications
• Ensure that projects are technically accurate and audience appropriate
• Develop scientific messages, consult on concepts, and advise as a scientific sounding board
• Use science to differentiate brands and create compelling programs
• Partner with strategic planning on insight mining, participate by interviewing physicians and patients as appropriate
• Mentor and/or manage junior members of the Medical Strategy team

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or pharmaceutical marketing desired; direct experience developing medical communications programs such as scientific platform development, advisory board preparation, training modules, publications preferred
• Must be able to provide scientific and medical expertise across a broad range of therapeutic categories
• An advanced scientific degree (Ph.D., MD, PharmD) preferred
• 6-10 years of experience in a Medical Communications

WHO YOU ARE:

• Creative: Putting together two things to create a third thing no one's ever seen before
• Productive: Acting on ideas to make things happen and get stuff done
• Collaborative: Focused on the greater good versus personal gain
• Adaptable: Ready and able to embrace change

The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $160,000 to $175,000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click here for more detail

At GREY we believe that being diverse, equitable and inclusive means we will be a company where ideas reflect, connect to, and impact culture because we are a place where everyone can fully participate in the work of making our ideas creative, famous and therefore effective in the world. Where every person is valued for distinctive skills, experiences and perspectives. It is supported by committed leadership, studio values, behaviors, policies and procedures that promote a culture where everyone's difference is valued.

GREY is a place where who you are - your race, ethnicity, nationality, age, physical and mental abilities, sexual orientation, gender/gender identity, religious beliefs, political beliefs, socioeconomic status, family status - will not cause disparity in your experience, but instead energizes your creativity and becomes an important and beneficial part of the work you do.

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