Senior Director, Scientific Content & Medical Communication

About the role

This role leads and supports production of scientific content across manuscripts, journal submissions, congress materials, and medical education tools. It serves as the internal lead for scientific content quality and delivery across the Medical Affairs function while managing direct reports as the organization grows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support production of scientific content across manuscripts and journal submissions, congress abstracts and posters, congress slide presentations, booth materials and additional congress content
• Partner with senior Medical Affairs colleagues on publication strategy execution, author coordination, journal submission logistics, and congress deliverables
• Co-lead HEOR content, including cost-calculation tools and associated manuscripts, in close partnership with the HEOR Lead, Market Access and external health economics experts
• Ensure market access content is grounded in published evidence and aligned with the broader scientific platform
• Develop and maintain annotated, cross-functionally adaptable content tools including medical slide decks, mechanism of action visuals, and data summary figures
• Develop modular disease state and cessation education content for residency training programs across internal medicine, family medicine, and psychiatry
• Build discharge protocols and operational pathway templates for hospital medicine, acute care, perioperative and other settings around the specific clinical moments where cessation matters most
• Produce decision support tools, state-specific scope-of-practice resources (factual and non-advocacy), and peer-to-peer content for nurse practitioner and physician associate channels
• Ensure all content meets applicable standards for accuracy, fair balance, and regulatory compliance, with complete reference documentation
• Support the Clinical team with writing and editing of regulatory documents, including Clinical Study Reports and NDA-related materials, ensuring accuracy and consistency with source data
• Contribute to the design, delivery, and scientific communications for post-marketing clinical studies
• Serve as the internal lead for scientific content quality, accuracy, and delivery across the Medical Affairs function
• Manage and develop direct reports within the scientific content function as the organization grows, setting clear goals and supporting professional development
• Onboard and train team members on scientific content standards, compliance requirements, and approved content frameworks
• Establish and maintain efficient content production workflows, vendor relationships, and quality standards across all content outputs
• Support MLR delivery and review of promotional and non-promotional materials as required
• Support compliance activities including training, SOP development, and modeling the standards expected of the broader team

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent advanced degree) in a relevant life sciences discipline required
• 8+ years in medical communications, medical affairs, or a closely related function, with demonstrated team leadership experience
• Track record of high-volume scientific content production across diverse output types: manuscripts, congress materials, slide decks, and educational content
• Experience in in-house medical affairs and/or agency medical communications organization settings strongly preferred
• Familiarity with MLR processes, compliant scientific exchange, and regulatory document standards
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple content streams simultaneously in a launch environment
• Proficiency with AI-enabled content tools and interest in applying emerging technology to scientific content production at scale

Key competencies

• Scientific writer capable of translating complex clinical data into clear, accurate, audience-appropriate content
• Leads by doing - brings genuine energy and hands-on output to the work, not just oversight of it
• Self-directed and high-output, with the discipline to sustain rigorous production standards across a high volume of parallel projects
• Collaborative partner who works effectively with medical affairs leadership, clinical, regulatory, and commercial colleagues
• Detail-focused with a strong command of reference and annotation standards; no tolerance for inaccuracy in scientific claims
• Comfortable operating in a lean, fast-moving launch environment with evolving priorities
• Technically curious, with an ability to evaluate and deploy new tools to improve content quality and efficiency

Travel

• Approximately 20-30% for congresses, advisory boards, team meetings, and key external engagements