Scientific Director and Team Lead

Lead, inspire and drive excellence as a Scientific Director & Team Lead!

Work shouldn't just be something we do; it should have a purpose. At Envision, we believe in creating life-changing outcomes through the work we do with our clients, giving back to our communities, while creating a company culture where our people thrive. We believe success starts with a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to grow.

Being part of a collaborative team means there's no limit to what you can achieve. With us, you can be a part of a growing company you want to work for.

Our Vision: To unleash the power of combined intelligence to accelerate patient access to life-changing treatments.

Our Mission: Delivering smarter and faster solutions to create, communicate, and commercialize value for our clients.

Our Values: Excellence, People, Growth

The opportunity

As a Scientific Director & Team Lead within our Envision Medical Communications team, you will oversee a team of talented medical writers, ensuring projects align with client goals. From providing strategic direction to research activity, collaboration, and mentorship, you'll help deliver impactful content for clients.

We are accepting applications from candidates based permanently in the US (Eastern or Central time zones) or Ontario, Canada. We support both remote and hybrid working from one of our office locations.

Role responsibilities

How will you make an impact at Envision Pharma Group?

• In collaboration with an Account Management counterpart, provide overarching scientific, strategic, and tactical leadership for the assigned account.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with external stakeholders and engage in discussions of science and strategy with both clients and external experts.
• Demonstrate and maintain knowledge of assigned therapeutic areas, client and competitor products, and industry regulations.
• Create high-quality, scientifically accurate, and compliant content to meet client briefs across a variety of project types.
• Contribute to scientific strategy development and recommend communication approaches for optimal support of the client's objectives.
• Critically review the team's work and provide feedback to ensure scientific accuracy and strategic alignment.
• Participate in and drive client meetings and onsite programs, developing materials and delivering presentations, as needed.
• Manage team performance, including the development of contribution plans, progression planning and identifying training opportunities to ensure optimal team development and retention.
• Manage and negotiate team resource for assigned account and participate in recruitment activities, as needed.
• Drive the implementation of, and ensure adherence to, processes that align with internal and client SOPs and policies.
• Manage and prioritize own and team workload, delivering to agreed timeline and budget, to meet client and business needs.
• Partnering with Account Management, provide input for project specifications and budget generation, drive project status tracking and out of scope reporting.
• Drive the development of scientific content for new business proposals and participate in pitch presentations.

Do you have what we are looking for?

Skills & expertise

• An advanced degree (or equivalent relevant experience) in a life sciences or clinical discipline
• Extensive experience within a medical communications agency is required, preferably at a global level
• Experience with publications deliverables required
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and mentor a team of direct reports, promoting a positive and collaborative team environment
• Experience managing multiple projects, with the ability to flex and adapt to changing priorities, as required
• Ability to think strategically, solve challenges and utilize resources available
• Strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing

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Do you have the experience we are looking for? If so, explore your place at Envision today!