Associate Medical Director

Join Amplity the fullservice goto partner of biopharma companies that delivers flexible specialized medical commercial services. No matter where a drug is in its lifecycle we scale with ease to maximize resources improve impact for all our clients. Through strategic partnerships deep therapeutic expertise Amplity transforms how breakthrough treatments reach the people who need them.

Associate Medical Director

General Summar:

The Associate Medical Director works with the scientific team project managers editorial teams sales/marketing and executive management to ensure the scientific integrity of all medical communications projects and new business endeavors. The Associate Medical Director is responsible for understanding complex clinical and economic data in support of the development of strategic content including payer pharmacy and patient support program advisory boards and other engagements. The Associate Medical Director is responsible for providing direction to other team members in support of the development of quality scientifically accurate branded and unbranded materials. The Associate Medical Director accomplishes this by directing and supporting team members in all phases of activities including researching creating and revising scientific content reviewing content created by other team members and brainstorming business development opportunities. The Associate Medical Director is expected to develop strong and enduring relationships with thought leaders and clients.

Essential Functions:

• Provides leadership motivation and direction to the Scientific Services team as needed
• In conjunction with the accounts team leads account activities and ensures that roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and that standard procedures are followed
• Guides the development of content or independently writes and develops content across a range of medical communications activities and publications in accordance with clientspecific needs
• Effectively briefs all project team members on project descriptions time allocations target audiences and clients key communication points and proactively provide ideas/creative input
• Holds responsibility and accountability for ensuring the scientific quality and content integrity of proposals and content
• Acts as a key resource for account/product/deliverable expertise for the client
• Leads discussions regarding medical content with clients and thought leaders as appropriate
• Demonstrates an understanding of industry best practices and healthcare industry guidelines and actively promotes adherence to the client and other team members
• Understands product/therapeutic area alongside client objectives to proactively provide scientific and strategic insights into communications planning and delivery
• Leads strategic medical projects such as strategic plans designs and moderates workshops (with some senior support) develops scientific platforms and writes strategic medical communications plans as required.
• Interprets and communicates clinical and economic evidence in support of developing materials that provide healthcare decisionmakers with the evidence necessary to evaluate new therapies
• Leads strategic market access projects including payer pharmacy and patient support program engagements and advisory boards
• Leads the development of advisory board content and generates insightful reports
• Leads development of content for peerreviewed and clientsponsored publication supplements
• Participates in business development initiatives to generate new market access business and
• Together with the account team provides recommendations to client in support of the organic growth of existing accounts
• Understands inhouse and/or thirdparty data that are used to provide deeper insights on products/therapy areas/behaviors; uses of such data to support contracted projects and/or new business proposals
• Ensures that clients receive ideas strategic recommendations and robust scientific/clinical input to assist and challenge their thinking and planning
• Actively contributes to and reviews project specifications/cost estimates/reconciliations
• Ensures that any request for outofscope work is communicated to the accounts team
• Supervises some Scientific Services team members and manages freelance medical writers as needed; participates in the screening and interviewing of new candidates for the Scientific Services team and oversees the training and growth of new Scientific Services team members as needed
• Through effective line management drives high performance standards across the business
• Serves as an ambassador for scientific services department at external scientific and industry meetings
• Completes timesheets on a regular and timely basis

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Manages some junior scientific services team members and freelance writers as needed

GENERAL

• Established reputation for excellence scientific authority and leadership with client thought leaders and Scientific Services team
• Ability to analyze and interpret technical scientific information
• Ability to effectively present scientific/medical information
• Ability to multitask prioritize job requirements work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work very well in a team environment

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• Advanced degree in life sciences: PhD PharmD MD DO DPH MPH
• Minimum five (5) years experience in medical communications and market access
• Ability to interpret and convey complex clinical economic and commercial information in assigned therapeutic areas
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and drug development process
• Experience in and knowledge of market access and health economics concepts
• Knowledge of guidelines related to ACCME PhRMA ICMJE FDA and OIG rules and regulations

Significant involvement (from conception through implementation) in a broad spectrum of medical content deliverables including congress and symposia programming; advisory board meeting content and reports; MSL and other field team materials; interactive spinoff materials; supplements; grand rounds; speaker bureaus content; peer review publications; etc.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite (Word Excel and PowerPoint) and reference manager software
• Willingness to learn new software packages and tools as necessary

MATH / LANGUAGE / REASONING ABILITIES

• Excellent analytical problem solving and communication skills required
• Must be able to work independently and handle multiple high priority projects as well as supporting functions simultaneously and make sound decisions
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills including the ability to interpret and communicate scientific information

TRAVEL

• Must be able to travel domestically and internationally 15 20% of the time including weekends

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Working conditions are typical for an office environment. Requires extensive work using a computer. Responsibilities may require evening and weekend work in response to needs and established deadlines.

EPIIC Values:

All positions at Amplity have a responsibility to demonstrate our EPIIC Values in order to uphold our highservice standards.

Excellence: We set high standards. We are solutionsfocused and achieve outstanding results with a professional and positive attitude.

Passion: We love what we do. Our energy inspires engages and motivates others.

Innovation: Our ideas set us apart. We are curious and bold and challenge traditional ways of working.

Integrity: We are open honest and transparent. We do the right thing with courage and understanding.

Collaboration: We are better together. We actively seek the participation of others to achieve greater outcomes.

About Us

Amplity powers biopharma innovation through expertled teams that deliver. Whether you knew us in the 80s as Physician Detailing Inc. or in the 00s as part of Publicis Health the companies that came together in 2019 to form Amplity have delivered contract medical commercial communications excellence for 40 years.

Our peopledriven techenabled DNA fuels everything we professionals understand the pharmaceutical industry from the inside out. With a deep grasp on product lifecycles marketing hurdles operational nuances the complex needs of providers and patients we help our clients launch products operate smoothly with precision across all business shapes sizes specialties.

We are on a mission to improve patient outcomes through executional excellence enabling our partners in pharma to thrive in turn. At Amplity we are allies in excellence. And we do it quicker better nicer than anyone else.

Our Diversity Policy

We encourage and support equal employment opportunities for all associates and applicants for employment without regard to sex race color religion national origin age disability marital status sexual orientation or veteran status. Employment decisions are evaluated on the basis of an individuals skills knowledge abilities job performance and other qualifications. In addition Amplity Health maintains policies and procedures designed to comply with applicable federal state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which Amplity Health has facilities.