Scientific Team Lead

Sciterion is an award-winning specialist healthcare communications consultancy within the Havas Health network of companies. We exist to make a positive contribution to patient care. Real-world experience of patients is at the heart of our programs. Through a deep understanding of health behaviour, we align key stakeholder touchpoints to deliver intelligent, highly impactful, and clinically relevant programs.

Sciterion's business is flourishing, so we are looking to add a Scientific Team Lead to our growing team. As a Scientific Team Lead with Sciterion you will be responsible for providing strategic direction and coordinate implementation of client communication programmes or activities, with a focus on strategy, content and overall quality of all deliverables.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Scientific content and expertise**
- Intimately understand client and competitor products, therapy areas, portfolio and commercial strategy in the context of the current and future market
- Keep up-to-date with industry codes of practice/legislation and external issues or events that may affect existing accounts

**Internal relationships and leadership**
- Act as the Technical Lead on designated client accounts and projects
- Provide effective line management to ensure training, development and appraisal of all line reports
- Contribute to team resourcing and recruitment

**Client service and external relationships**
- Work with account teams and Havas senior leadership to ensure all account objectives are met
- Build relationships and liaise effectively with clients and external experts
- Attend meetings in the UK or elsewhere, providing on-site support as required
- Effectively troubleshoot or handle objections from clients or opinion leaders
- Proactively provide creative ideas and strategic insights to assist and challenge the client's thinking and planning
- Ensure any changes in the internal teams are managed and communicated appropriately with the client

**Business development**
- Proactively suggest opportunities for growing existing client accounts and new ideas for Havas products
- Contribute to the development of proposals, and present at pitches when appropriate
- Advise on which members of the medical team might be suitable for involvement in specific proposals and pitch activities

**Financial**
- Work closely with the Client Services team to assist in the development of project specifications, cost estimates and reconciliations
- Monitor project costs against agreed budgets and notify the Client Services team of any changes to specifications at the earliest opportunity
- Communicate clearly to team members at all times and contribute to prioritisation discussions across teams
- Contribute to the development of account plan forecasts in liaison with the client services leads

**Writing and editing**
- Promote and maintain a high quality of medical writing across the team
- Demonstrate strong briefing and reviewing skills
- Assist with the development, monitoring and promotion of quality control processes and procedures
- Ensure internal and external comments are addressed intelligently and question any that are inappropriate, inaccurate or unclear

**Company policies and requirements**
- Work in accordance with company policies and requirements
- Follow Havas style guidelines and processes
- Work collaboratively with Havas colleagues to ensure that all account and business objectives are met
- Work collaboratively with members of the wider Havas network as required
- Carry out any other duties as requested by members of the account team or Havas management
- To ensure the completion and accurate entry of details within your timesheet as part of your day-to-day activities, this will be reviewed on a weekly basis.
- Sciterion are an Equal Opportunity Employers. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or any category or class of person protected by law._

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Thames Ditton, KT7 0QJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Thames Ditton, KT7 0QJ