Scientific Director - East Coast
PrimeNew York, New York, United States
Posted June 16, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Prime. Accelerating life-changing solutions. Our world needs solutions to its healthcare challenges. Especially now. This is what drives us at Prime. We partner with the world’s leading names in healthcare and technology, to deliver meaningful solutions, sooner. We are catalysts for life-changing science. Our people are at the heart of all we do. One diverse, worldwide, highly skilled team, sharing a very real and human, passionate, brave culture. Our fusion of expertise is complete, encompassing high science, award-winning and cutting-edge technology, evidence and data, proven strategy, and visionary creativity. We build and nurture deep, genuine and long-lasting relationships. The very foundation for success, within our business and far beyond. Prime offers an unparalleled ability to understand your challenges and respond with true innovation. Our experienced leaders anticipate the needs of the sector, enabling Prime to proactively evolve. This insight and adaptability is combined with a resolute commitment by our people to deliver the highest quality across the full spectrum of our operations. Together we accelerate life-changing solutions to global healthcare challenges. Together, we are Prime.
Job Description
The Scientific Director at Prime plays a strategic leadership role, overseeing scientific teams to ensure the highest standards of content delivery, project execution, and client engagement within a medical communications setting.
Requirements
- PhD, PharmD, or MD
- At least 6 years' med comms experience with a proven track record in leading scientific teams within a medical communications agency or pharma company
- Extensive medical writing experience from a medical communications or pharma environment across a broad range of projects and therapeutic areas
- Involvement in a large range of different types of projects, including onsite and client meeting experience
- Understanding of strategic planning process
- Comfortable presenting to clients, with good presentation skills
- Some experience in developing and presenting new business proposals/pitches preferred
- Excellent communication skills
- Line management/mentoring and reviewing experience in a medical communications agency
- Strong leadership and motivational skills
- Commercial awareness relating to the financial management of a medical communications business
- Maintain a good working knowledge of the computer software required, e.g. Word and PowerPoint
Benefits
- 42 days paid time off
- WORKsmart - Flexibility around core working hours
- Hybrid Working
- 5% contribution to 401k
- ADP Totalsource