Associate Scientific Director - #134596

Company Description

Who we are

Langland, a Publicis Health company, is the only health communications agency that thinks further across Clinical Trial Experience, Medical Strategy & Education, Public Relations & Policy, and Advertising, to create unique value with visionary clients.

What We Believe

Health brings us together. In the diseases we suffer, the medicines we create, and the causes we champion, health shows us our collective humanity. When we break the barriers that divide us, when we think further, we can create healthier futures, together.

A passion for craft

Having expert thinking is only part of our story. To ensure excellence in everything we make, we have centred our disciplines around three essential crafts: science, strategy and creativity.

Overview

In this associate director-level role, you will lead a high-performing writing team, being accountable for scientific knowledge and content development on one large account and/or several smaller accounts for the business. You will Think Further to inspire and motivate the team; optimize medical writing practices; and proactively develop and advocate for individual members and the wider team, both internally and externally. You will be seen as a leader of scientific knowledge, content creation, and medical communications activities, across the MSE Team at Langland.

Responsibilities

Leadership and team management

• Provide effective leadership for a medical writing team including performance management, reward and recognition, professional development and training, and creating an inclusive and equitable environment
• Seen by the client/experts as a lead member of the team to manage broad account requests/challenges as required
• Support Client Services with resource alignment to optimise team performance and people development; supports with recruitment as needed to optimise team performance
• Advocate for the medical writing team both internally and externally
• Uphold our values for diversity, equity and inclusion
• Help elevate the external reputation of Langland across experts, clients and competitors
  
  

Editorial skills

• Through effective process, feedback and management, take overall responsibility for a writing team’s content delivery for designated accounts
• Able to provide critical review of materials ad hoc, without expert-level knowledge
• Lead scientific pitch research and presentation for MSE opportunities
  
  

Communication and network

• Provide active counsel and recommendations to clients, partnering with client teams to develop editorial and content plans and optimise the impact of the writing team
• Establish network across Langland to access skills/capabilities as needed to elevate work
• Establish strong external relationships that can be leveraged for business benefit
• Knowledge
• Maintain high-profile visibility within the agency as a content and scientific expert across multiple therapy areas
• Be perceived as a knowledge expert in assigned accounts by clients/experts
  
  

Strategic Thinking & Delivery

• Proactively identify opportunities and threats to the team, and evolving business needs
• Proactively make recommendations for enhancing programme development and supporting organic growth
• Support the development of therapy area and/or brand scientific strategy (in collaboration with the Scientific Strategy Team where appropriate)
  
  

Qualifications

• Considerable experience within a medical communications agency or an in-house pharma med comms team, preferable within a medical writing team, demonstrating: Inclusive, inspirational leadership
• Overarching scientific and content leadership for accounts
• Responsibility for maintaining high editorial and scientific standards across a team
• Development of writing talent through direct line management and training
• An aptitude for identifying opportunities/threats and developing appropriate solutions
• An ability to motivate and inspire people, and elevate standards of content curation
• Strong internal, client and expert relationships
  
  

Additional Information

Langland has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• “YOU” DAYS - flexibility to take a day off for your well-being and self-care without prior notice and additional paid leave for volunteering and charity work of your choice.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING & BANK HOLIDAY SWAP You can switch a religious Bank Holiday (either Good Friday or Easter Monday) for another day to celebrate a religious, spiritual, faith or belief-based day of your choosing.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.
  
  

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

OUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

At Publicis Groupe UK, we’re committed to creating a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment where everyone can thrive. This begins with striving to ensure our recruitment process is welcoming and allows equal access to opportunity for people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, neurodiversity, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

An inclusive workplace (PUBLICIS HEALTH)

The more diverse our team, the more imaginative, intelligent and inspirational our culture and our work will become. Here are some of the ways we help promote diversity at Publicis Health.

Recruitment

• Diversity & Inclusion management
• Mandatory unconscious bias training
• Career and school programmes to build industry access for people from mixed socio-economic backgrounds
  
  

Culture

• Support communities for women, LGBTQ+, BAME, Disabled employees and their allies
• A wellbeing programme which includes free HeadSpace membership.
  
  

Future

• CSR is central to our ethos and work moving forwards
  
  

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).