Decera Clinical
Associate Scientific Director (Oncology) - Education
This role involves developing and managing content for continuing medical education (CME) activities across multiple therapeutic areas, including live, online, and print-based programs. The Associate Scientific Director collaborates with expert faculty and freelance contributors, manages multiple projects, and ensures all educational materials meet quality standards and company guidelines.
Key Responsibilities
- • Assists Scientific Director in creating new content and/or editing content submitted by freelancers or faculty members
- • Identifies and works collaboratively with expert faculty members and writers
- • Assigns projects to freelance contributors and supporting staff
- • Prepares and finalizes content for publication or presentation
- • Attends and/or participates remotely in key medical conferences primarily in the United States, contributing to the editing and/or writing of conference coverage programs, including text and Power Point-based activities
- • Manages a workload consisting of multiple projects with one or more content components, ensuring on-time completion of all deliverables
- • Execute activities in alignment with company guidelines to ensure all activities pass quality audit and meet company standards.
Required
- • 1-3 years of experience as a medical writer/editor or equivalent, responsible for developing educational materials intended for professional medical audiences
- • BA/BS degree required (Biological Sciences preferred)
- • Working knowledge of recent advances in clinical medicine and therapeutics
- • Experience identifying and working with faculty members/key opinion leaders on educational materials intended for professional medical audiences
- • Working knowledge of AMA style requirements
- • Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook) and familiarity with online medical reference resources
Preferred
- • Advanced degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, MS) preferred
- • Experience in therapeutic area is an advantage but is not required
- • Experience in developing accredited programs preferred
Decera Clinical helps life sciences companies accelerate HCP adoption of breakthrough therapies through three divisions: Accredited Medical Education, HCP Insights, and Medical Communications. As the Scientific Activation™ company, Decera Clinical supports pharmaceutical and biotech partners in engaging HCPs with clear, credible information that strengthens clinical understanding and decision-making. With more than twenty years of experience across major therapeutic areas, Decera Clinical delivers trusted scientific engagement that helps HCPs move from evidence to action. To learn more, visit deceraclinical.com.
We are hiring an Associate Scientific Director to join our growing Oncology team! This position is responsible for developing and managing content for continuing medical education (CME) activities for live, online, and print-based programs across multiple therapeutic areas
Job Responsibilities
We are hiring an Associate Scientific Director to join our growing Oncology team! This position is responsible for developing and managing content for continuing medical education (CME) activities for live, online, and print-based programs across multiple therapeutic areas
Job Responsibilities
- Assists Scientific Director in creating new content and/or editing content submitted by freelancers or faculty members
- Identifies and works collaboratively with expert faculty members and writers
- Assigns projects to freelance contributors and supporting staff
- Prepares and finalizes content for publication or presentation
- Attends and/or participates remotely in key medical conferences primarily in the United States, contributing to the editing and/or writing of conference coverage programs, including text and Power Point-based activities
- Manages a workload consisting of multiple projects with one or more content components, ensuring on-time completion of all deliverables
- Execute activities in alignment with company guidelines to ensure all activities pass quality audit and meet company standards.
- Ability to manage multiple projects that may be complex (eg, online interactive cases)
- Development of accredited content components (eg, developing and analyzing questions for outcomes assessments)
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills (oral and written)
- Ability to function independently with effective time management, organization, and project management skills; attention to detail; ability to manage diverse tasks to deliver projects on time, within budget, and at a high level of quality
- Ability to work collaboratively in teams both within the company and externally (eg, faculty, freelancers, and educational partners)
- Effective decision making, initiative and judgment; strong analytical and problem-solving skills; and a resourceful, “can-do” attitude
- 1-3 years of experience as a medical writer/editor or equivalent, responsible for developing educational materials intended for professional medical audiences. Experience in therapeutic area is an advantage but is not required.
- Advanced degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, MS) preferred. BA/BS degree required (Biological Sciences preferred).
- Working knowledge of recent advances in clinical medicine and therapeutics
- Experience identifying and working with faculty members/key opinion leaders on educational materials intended for professional medical audiences
- Experience in developing accredited programs preferred
- Working knowledge of AMA style requirements
- Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook) and familiarity with online medical reference resources
- Up to 20% of the time
- Mostly Domestic. International on occasion.
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