Associate Medical Director – Promo Med Ed

OPEN Health brings together deep scientific knowledge, global understanding, and broad specialist expertise to support our clients in improving health outcomes and patient wellbeing. 

We are united as one flexible organization, harnessing the power of the collective to solve complex challenges. Being built from cohesive partnerships across a range of specialist sectors gives us the ability to approach opportunities from fresh perspectives, creating solutions and innovations for market access and medical communications that are informed by the experience and knowledge of the many. 

Our global team of experts — many with PhD and PharmD degrees — work strategically alongside our client partners in Medical Affairs, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Market Access, and Commercial teams across a wide range of therapy areas. 

You will love this role if you: 

• Have a strong scientific background and are passionate about medical communications 

• Would like to learn about new therapy areas and can critically appraise published information to strengthen your understanding 

• Welcome working closely with medical directors and medical writers to ensure on-target communication and clinical accuracy 

• Enjoy building relationships with clinical and research executives in the pharmaceutical industry as well as academic opinion leaders 

• Have strong medical writing skills or would like to improve your medical reviewer skills 

• Enjoy developing technically high-level projects including slide presentations, web-based and social media materials, executive meeting minutes, peer-reviewed publications, monographs, and other materials requiring sound clinical judgment and excellent writing skills 

• Have a high attention to detail to ensure that quality outputs are delivered to clients 

• Enjoy working as part of a supportive and dynamic team 
  
  

As part of the Medical team, you’ll be responsible for the following activities: 

• Demonstrating excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Communicating complex scientific ideas in an accurate and innovative way 

• Working independently and as part of a team to deliver high-quality work 

• Quickly and thoroughly understanding any pharmaceutical product, particularly as it relates to the overall therapeutic area 

• Demonstrating knowledge of product positioning and messaging within the competitive space and scientific and/or educational tactics 

• Directing and reviewing content created by others (medical writers, medical associates, graphic designers) to ensure quality, accuracy, and strategic alignment across all projects 

• Learning new skills and therapy areas 

• Demonstrating proficiency in medical writing 

• Following SOPs 
  
  

What you’ll bring: 

• MD, PharmD, or PhD degree 

• 1+ years of pharmaceutical and/or medical communications experience 

• Expertise in critical data analysis and interpretation 

• Strong organization and project management capabilities 

• Ability to work both independently and in a team structure 

• High level of comfort working with clients and faculty 

• Aptitude for the English language and excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Ability to perform all duties on-line, as OPEN Health is a paperless company 

• Ability to manage multiple and sometimes competing challenges, issues, and priorities with the ability to problem solve and set clear expectations 

• Proficiency in Office programs including MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint 
  
  

What we offer: 

• As a global organization, OPEN Health is committed to supporting our employees and their families through a comprehensive benefits program 

• Competitive pay, generous paid vacation and holidays, and health insurance programs across all our locations 

• Ongoing training and development opportunities which foster and shape your individual career path 

• An active and growing commitment to bettering the communities our employees call home through our Corporate Social Responsibility program 

• The opportunity to thrive in a global, collaborative environment while working every day to improve health outcomes and patient wellbeing 

• Diverse, Inclusive culture that encourages you to bring your whole self to work