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Scientific Director - Oncology

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Required skills

  • Oncology
  • Promotional medical education
  • Advisory boards
  • Speaker programs
  • Slide decks
  • Analytical skills
  • Interpersonal communication skills
  • Multitask
  • Tight deadlines
  • Limited direction

Nice to have

  • Pharmaceutical
  • Biotech
  • Medical device industries
  • Medical communications
  • Science-based strategies
  • Holistic strategies

Role summary

Lockwood is seeking a Scientific Director in Oncology to lead scientific content planning, development, and oversight for pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device clients. This role involves managing client interactions, brand strategy, and scientific contributions across accounts. The ideal candidate will have an advanced science degree, 5+ years of experience in promotional medical education, and expertise in Oncology. Responsibilities include strategic planning, resource management, and client engagement, ensuring evidence-based and clinically relevant programs. The position emphasizes strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with experience in established medical editorial processes.

About Lockwood: Lockwood collaborates with clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries to identify effective, holistic, science-based strategies to address their objectives through medical communications. Our clients count on us to challenge their assumptions and help them creatively navigate around obstacles. From strategy through execution, we focus on accuracy, transparency, and scientific value to create programs that are evidence-based, clinically relevant, and contribute to the development of our clients’ brands. Over a third of our staff hold advanced scientific or medical degrees, and most work from where they live. Because our flexible structure provides better work-life balance, we attract the best talent, facilitate their best work, and as a result, are more responsive to our clients, wherever and whenever they do business.

Summary: In this role, the Scientific Director is responsible for the planning, development, and oversight of scientific content for an assigned account or accounts across various therapeutic areas and managing most aspects of the scientific contributions across a large and/or multiple accounts.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include leading assigned accounts, leading client interactions and brand strategy, leading the scientific portion of brand planning and business development, managing resource allocation, partnering with client services to develop SOWs and timelines and identifying areas for new and organic growth.

Education: An advanced degree in science is required.

Professional Skills & Experience:

  • Candidates must have 5 or more years of relevant job experience with promotional medical education content such as advisory boards, speaker programs, slide decks, etc.
  • This role requires demonstrated organizational, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills, as well as the ability to analyze and interpret scientific data, multitask, work independently, and manage projects within tight deadlines with limited direction.
  • Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (eg, AMA style) and ethical guidelines is also required.
  • Experience in Oncology is required
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