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JPA Health
Medical Director
The Medical Director serves as a scientific and strategic leader responsible for executing core deliverables with scientific rigor and innovative delivery. This role involves hands-on content creation, strategic scientific leadership, innovative digital execution, and collaboration to drive superior clinical outcomes and shape medical communications strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- • Directly develop and write content on all project components, including manuscripts, abstracts, posters, slide presentations, brochures, scripts, storyboards, newsletters, and interactive digital programs.
- • Actively distill complex concepts such as disease pathophysiology, drug mechanisms, and clinical trial analysis into digestible content that drives audience behavior change and maximizes knowledge retention.
- • Ensure clinical and medical accuracy of all project components, graphics, animations, tables, graphs, and charts.
- • Arbitrate and apply comments and strategic direction from client teams and external experts on project-related materials.
- • Lead by example, bringing the same rigor and dedication to communicating science as is brought to creating it.
- • Manage and mentor freelance/staff writers assigned to account projects, setting quality standards for execution.
- • Provide comprehensive strategic analysis for client initiatives, ensuring careful strategic foresight and positioning to reach and mobilize desired audiences.
- • Conduct deep dives into the science surrounding client innovations to create the strategy to communicate the scientific story.
- • Lead the planning and onsite execution of Medical Affairs activities, including Advisory Board Meetings and other engagements with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs).
- • Serve as a primary scientific leader and strategic partner to clients, advising on brand planning and moving beyond focusing solely on deliverables.
- • Lead discussions for planning calls and meetings with external experts and thought leaders.
- • Provide strategic insights on internal initiatives to help ensure that the agency remains competitive and forward-thinking in a rapidly evolving industry.
- • Lead the creation and tactical implementation of innovative content formats designed for enhanced learning, such as applications, custom digital solutions, and simulation training.
- • Translate scientific needs into AI-enabled use cases (e.g., content acceleration, insight mining, audience personalization, congress summaries).
- • Assist with presentations, meeting preparation, and meeting execution, exhibiting professionalism and demonstrating an ability to solve problems proactively.
- • Maintain continuous learning and show willingness and ability to quickly master new therapeutic categories and/or disease states.
- • Partner with the Client Services Lead to provide scientific content on assigned accounts.
- • Accurately manage timelines and budgets effectively.
- • Support business development activities by providing strategic direction and analysis for sales initiatives.
- • Participate in sales presentations and pitches and assist with developing proposals.
Required
- • Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, or MD) in Biomedical Sciences
- • 5+ years’ experience as a medical director at a medical communications agency is required
- • Strong medical writing ability and hands-on experience developing content for promotional, disease awareness, and training programs, including slide kits and interactive digital programs.
- • Comfort working with AI, analytics, or digital engagement platforms, and the ability to translate innovation into practical client applications (e.g., Custom Digital Solutions).
- • Proven ability to deliver flawless execution of programs and assets
Preferred
- • Experience in a clinical setting is helpful
Benefits & Perks
- • 20+ days PTO, 10 holidays, Sabbatical, bereavement & compassion leave, parental leave, civic duty, volunteer time and year-end office closure
- • Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, internal webinars through JPA’s Elevate Institute, tuition reimbursement, paid professional development, and paid learning and development time
- • An impressive and comprehensive benefits package that supports you and your family’s physical, mental and financial well-being
- • Competitive pay and opportunities to advance with performance-based bonuses and regular compensation reviews
Company Overview
Industry: Healthcare Technology
Company Size: 500-1,000 employees
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
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About the Company
Leading healthcare technology company focused on improving patient outcomes through innovative digital solutions. We're transforming the way healthcare is delivered with cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights. Our platform serves over 10,000 healthcare professionals and has processed millions of patient interactions.
Recent News & Updates
Series B
Raised $50M Series B funding - Jan 2024
Award
Named "Best Healthcare Startup" by TechCrunch - Dec 2023
Growth
Expanded to 5 new states - Nov 2023
About JPA Health
JPA Health is a fully integrated marketing, communications and medical communications agency for clients ranging from emerging biotech to established pharmaceutical companies and public health organizations. We work exclusively within the health sector. We share our clients’ commitment to making people healthier. In fact, some might say we are obsessed with improving and protecting lives. Check out our sizzle reel!
The Role
The Medical Director operates as a highly visible scientific and strategic leader who actively executes core deliverables, ensuring scientific rigor and innovative delivery, in addition to leading the account and guiding client strategy. This role requires blending deep scientific expertise and integrity with digital fluency and roll-up-your-sleeves creativity to drive scientific intelligence, flawless execution, and superior clinical outcomes for clients.
The Medical Director is expected to shift medical communications from simply delivering information to actively shaping strategy and outcomes.
This position is a full-time, hybrid role reporting to any JPA office (i.e., Boston, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, New York City) 2 days per week and working remotely 3 days per week.
The Responsibilities
Hands-On Content Creation and Scientific Execution
Our ideal candidate must have:
JPA Health offers you the opportunity to work with purpose as you achieve extraordinary results for our clients. You will elevate your career in an environment that thrives at the intersection of wellness, connection, and compassion. Our mission to help people live healthier lives begins with you.
Our approach prioritizes compassion to ensure you and your family flourish. We promote flexibility with adaptable work arrangements for a balanced personal and professional life. Our Collaboration Days are designed to strengthen relationships and enhance well-being. Respect, inclusion, camaraderie, and connection – this is the heart of our agency’s ethos. We elevate each other. We work collaboratively. And we push ourselves to think bigger.
In Addition, JPA Health Offers
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. If you require an accommodation in order to apply for a position with JPA Health, please contact us for assistance at Recruiting@jpa.com.
JPA Health is a fully integrated marketing, communications and medical communications agency for clients ranging from emerging biotech to established pharmaceutical companies and public health organizations. We work exclusively within the health sector. We share our clients’ commitment to making people healthier. In fact, some might say we are obsessed with improving and protecting lives. Check out our sizzle reel!
The Role
The Medical Director operates as a highly visible scientific and strategic leader who actively executes core deliverables, ensuring scientific rigor and innovative delivery, in addition to leading the account and guiding client strategy. This role requires blending deep scientific expertise and integrity with digital fluency and roll-up-your-sleeves creativity to drive scientific intelligence, flawless execution, and superior clinical outcomes for clients.
The Medical Director is expected to shift medical communications from simply delivering information to actively shaping strategy and outcomes.
This position is a full-time, hybrid role reporting to any JPA office (i.e., Boston, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, New York City) 2 days per week and working remotely 3 days per week.
The Responsibilities
Hands-On Content Creation and Scientific Execution
- Directly develop and write content on all project components, including, but not limited to, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, slide presentations (P2P decks, symposia), brochures, scripts, storyboards, newsletters, and interactive digital programs.
- Actively distill complex concepts such as disease pathophysiology, drug mechanisms, and clinical trial analysis into digestible content that drives audience behavior change and maximizes knowledge retention.
- Ensure clinical and medical accuracy of all project components, graphics, animations, tables, graphs, and charts.
- Arbitrate and apply comments and strategic direction from client teams and external experts on project-related materials.
- Lead by example, bringing the same rigor and dedication to communicating science as is brought to creating it.
- Manage and mentor freelance/staff writers assigned to account projects, setting quality standards for execution.
- Provide comprehensive strategic analysis for client initiatives, ensuring careful strategic foresight and positioning to reach and mobilize desired audiences.
- Conduct deep dives into the science surrounding client innovations to create the strategy to communicate the scientific story.
- Lead the planning and onsite execution of Medical Affairs activities, including Advisory Board Meetings and other engagements with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs).
- Serve as a primary scientific leader and strategic partner to clients, advising on brand planning and moving beyond focusing solely on deliverables.
- Lead discussions for planning calls and meetings with external experts and thought leaders.
- Provide strategic insights on internal initiatives to help ensure that the agency remains competitive and forward-thinking in a rapidly evolving industry. This includes providing high-level guidance and driving innovation across internal operations, client service offerings, and technological adoption.
- Lead the creation and tactical implementation of innovative content formats designed for enhanced learning, such as applications, custom digital solutions, and simulation training.
- Translate scientific needs into AI-enabled use cases (e.g., content acceleration, insight mining, audience personalization, congress summaries).
- Assist with presentations, meeting preparation, and meeting execution, exhibiting professionalism and demonstrating an ability to solve problems proactively.
- Maintain continuous learning and show willingness and ability to quickly master new therapeutic categories and/or disease states.
- Partner with the Client Services Lead to provide scientific content on assigned accounts
- Accurately manage timelines and budgets effectively.
- Support business development activities by providing strategic direction and analysis for sales initiatives.
- Participate in sales presentations and pitches and assist with developing proposals.
Our ideal candidate must have:
- Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, or MD) in Biomedical Sciences
- 5+ years’ experience as a medical director at a medical communications agency is required
- Hands-on Content Expertise: Strong medical writing ability and hands-on experience developing content for promotional, disease awareness, and training programs, including slide kits and interactive digital programs.
- Digital and Innovation Fluency: Comfort working with AI, analytics, or digital engagement platforms, and the ability to translate innovation into practical client applications (e.g., Custom Digital Solutions).
- Proven ability to deliver flawless execution of programs and assets
- Experience in a clinical setting is helpful
JPA Health offers you the opportunity to work with purpose as you achieve extraordinary results for our clients. You will elevate your career in an environment that thrives at the intersection of wellness, connection, and compassion. Our mission to help people live healthier lives begins with you.
Our approach prioritizes compassion to ensure you and your family flourish. We promote flexibility with adaptable work arrangements for a balanced personal and professional life. Our Collaboration Days are designed to strengthen relationships and enhance well-being. Respect, inclusion, camaraderie, and connection – this is the heart of our agency’s ethos. We elevate each other. We work collaboratively. And we push ourselves to think bigger.
In Addition, JPA Health Offers
- Paid time off when you need it most: 20+ days PTO, 10 holidays, Sabbatical, bereavement & compassion leave, parental leave, civic duty, volunteer time and year-end office closure.
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, internal webinars through JPA’s Elevate Institute, tuition reimbursement, paid professional development, and paid learning and development time.
- An impressive and comprehensive benefits package that supports you and your family’s physical, mental and financial well-being.
- Competitive pay and opportunities to advance. The anticipated starting pay for this role is between $143,000 - $155,000 annually, based on a variety of factors including but not limited to experience, qualifications, and location. You may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses. We review compensation annually and evaluate readiness for promotions every quarter.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. If you require an accommodation in order to apply for a position with JPA Health, please contact us for assistance at Recruiting@jpa.com.
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