Sr. Scientific Director (Medical Publications)
Red Nucleus · United States · US
Medical Writing
Remote/Hybrid — check advert
physician
Pharmacist
Demand78
Career growth72
Healthcare fit82
Remote potential95
5-year outlook
Senior medical communications/publications leadership roles typically sit in the upper compensation bands for non-clinical clinician careers, with progression toward VP or scientific services leadership. Actual pay depends on location, account scope, and experience.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
narrow
Seniority
senior
Employment type
full-time
Date found
2026-10-25
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Engagement type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full-time
- Eligible countries
- United States
- Profession fit
- physician, Pharmacist
- Rate period
- Annual
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Why this is worth applying to
Worth applying only if you already have substantial medical communications, publications, or medical affairs experience and are ready for account ownership and people management. It is not a realistic first non-clinical move for most clinicians.
Who should apply
Physicians or pharmacists with medical writing, publications planning, medical communications agency, or medical affairs experience, especially those with therapeutic-area depth and prior content review or team leadership responsibilities.
CV angle
Frame real clinical and scientific expertise through publication records, manuscript/congress content work, data interpretation, compliance knowledge, cross-functional collaboration, client or stakeholder management, and any mentoring or team leadership experience. Do not claim agency account ownership unless you have it.
Skills to highlight
- Medical publications and publication planning
- Scientific writing and editing (AMA style)
- MLR review and compliance (GPP, ICMJE, PhRMA)
- Congress and advisory board content development
- Client/account leadership
- Cross-functional collaboration with clinical and brand teams
- Team management and mentoring
- Therapeutic area scientific expertise
Role summary
Senior scientific leadership role in a medical communications agency, owning publication and communication strategy for complex life-sciences accounts, reviewing scientific content, defending MLR submissions, managing writers, and serving as the primary scientific client contact.
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