Director, Medical Strategy (Medical Affairs)

Overview

In this role, you lead medical strategy for Global MedComms accounts, translating clinical insight into compelling, evidence-based strategies. You will partner with senior teams to shape proposals, advise clients, and drive strategic decisions while championing AI-enabled improvements across the medical programmes. You’ll help grow client opportunities and mentor stakeholders, all within Real Chemistry’s collaborative, impact-driven culture.

Pay / Benefits

• Free snacks
• Generous holiday and paid time off
• Private medical, dental, and vision plans
• Mental wellness coaching
• Access to LinkedIn Learning with 13,000+ online classes
• Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) flexible, collaborative work model

Responsibilities

• Advise clients and teams across Global MedComms accounts through deep clinical insight and therapy-area expertise
• Define strategy on complex proposals in collaboration with senior team members
• Act as trusted medical advisor to clients, guiding strategic decision-making
• Provide strategic institutional input to maximize impact of medical programmes
• Identify opportunities for AI interventions and lead AI-related initiatives across the global team
• Drive business development by identifying new clients and expanding work with existing clients
• Lead the strategy process from research and analysis to insight and creative brief development
• Collaborate with teammates to develop insights and client presentations with evidence-based storytelling
• Lead client meetings/workshops as a facilitator

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in a medical affairs strategy role within a Med Comms agency, pharmaceutical company or strategic consultancy
• Strong understanding of health, medicine and the pharma industry, especially medical affairs
• Proven ability to build client relationships and grow business opportunities
• Cardiorenal or diabetes experience preferred

• Client relationship management
• Strategic advisory and influencing
• Facilitation and workshop leadership
• Medical strategy development
• Insight generation and storytelling
• Proposal strategy and development

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