Senior Scientific Director

4 days ago


Surrey, United Kingdom Havas Health Network Full time
Scientific Leadership Position

We are seeking a highly experienced scientific leader to join our team at Havas Health Network.

The successful candidate will be a source of scientific, editorial and therapy area expertise within our organization, providing strategic direction and management across client accounts.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Strategic Leadership: Provide effective leadership to ensure excellent client relationships and drive business growth.
  • Team Management: Lead and coach the wider scientific team to deliver excellence in client projects across various therapy areas.
  • Resource Allocation: Ensure optimal allocation of scientific services resources and plan mid to long-term account alignment and succession planning.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with client services teams and business senior leadership teams to meet account and business objectives.
  • External Partnerships: Build relationships and liaise effectively with the Havas Health & You network, clients, and external experts.
  • Strategic Insights: Proactively provide creative ideas and strategic insights to assist and challenge client thinking and planning.
  • Market Knowledge: Intimately understand client and competitor products, therapy areas, portfolio, and commercial strategy in the context of the current and future market.
  • Industry Compliance: Keep up-to-date with industry codes of practice/legislation and external issues or events affecting existing or potential accounts or the business as a whole.
  • New Business Opportunities: Identify and develop opportunities for organic growth, new business, and new ideas for Medical Education products.
  • Proposal Development: Lead proposal development and present at pitches to secure new business opportunities.
  • Project Management: Monitor project costs against agreed budgets and discuss changes to specification with the project team and client.
  • Quality Assurance: Establish and maintain high-quality medical writing standards across account teams.
  • Process Development: Develop, monitor, and promote processes for excellent briefing and reviewing.
  • Scholarly Expertise: Act as scientific and strategic counsel to address internal and external comments intelligently and question those that are inappropriate, inaccurate, or unclear.

About You

  • A degree educated in science or medicine with a strong scientific background, a PhD or Masters would be an advantage.
  • Proven experience working in a range of therapy areas within a medical communications environment.
  • In-depth understanding of UK and European medical regulatory environment.
  • Understanding of the drug development and commercialisation process.
  • A strategic mindset – able to partner with our client services teams to grow and strengthen our client relationships.

Estimated Salary: £90,000 - £110,000 per annum



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