We are a global healthcare communications agency with deep therapeutic expertise that traverses the asset lifecycle, delivering transformative outcomes for healthcare brands for over 20 years.

Our more than 500 highly trained professionals work with speed and agility to craft and execute breakthrough strategies that maximise performance and unlock a brand's full potential.

This position is aligned to one of our three capabilities:

1. Scientific and Medical Communications: Translating scientific insight into impactful strategies and compelling narratives that inspire change.

Our other capabilities include:

1. Commercial Communications: Accelerating a brand's trajectory with data-driven strategies and creativity that moves markets.
2. Consulting: Specialised life-sciences consulting - empowering clients to optimise operating models, maximise asset potential and drive sustainable transformation.

Job Summary

The Senior Scientific Director is a senior leader within the Medical team, responsible for driving scientific excellence, strategic insight, and peer-level client partnership across a portfolio of accounts.

Our core clients are Medical Affairs professionals, and this role is expected to engage them as a credible peer and strategic thought partner, bringing both scientific depth and practical understanding of how Medical Affairs operates within complex organizations.

This role combines hands-on leadership of key accounts with broader strategic influence. You will lead scientific strategy and content across multiple programs, partner closely with Client Services and Medical Strategy to drive organic growth and contribute meaningfully to new business efforts.

You will also play a critical role in mentoring teams, elevating scientific thinking, and ensuring delivery of precision, insight-driven medical communications that translate complex data into meaningful clinical and behavioral impact.

Responsibilities

Scientific & Strategic Leadership

1. Lead the development of scientific strategy grounded in precision insights, ensuring all communications are anchored in clinical relevance, audience need, and behavioral impact
2. Drive delivery of highly targeted, insight-driven medical and scientific communications, aligning data, narrative, and channel strategy to maximize influence
3. Partner with Medical Strategy to formulate clear, differentiated, and actionable recommendations for current and prospective clients
4. Translate complex scientific and clinical data into focused, decision-relevant insights that shape communication strategies and drive adoption
5. Provide senior-level scientific oversight across deliverables, ensuring accuracy, depth, and strategic alignment
6. Continuously integrate therapeutic area evolution, competitive intelligence, and emerging evidence into strategic recommendations

Client Partnership

1. Build and maintain trusted, peer-to-peer relationships with Medical Affairs leaders, positioning yourself as a strategic scientific partner rather than a vendor
2. Serve as a senior scientific advisor, shaping client thinking across scientific narrative, evidence translation, and engagement strategy
3. Demonstrate a deep understanding of Medical Affairs priorities (e.g., evidence generation, scientific exchange, field impact, payer relevance) and align solutions accordingly
4. Partner with Client Services to identify and drive organic growth opportunities rooted in unmet client needs
5. Contribute to new business efforts with strategically differentiated scientific input

Team Leadership & Development

1. Mentor and elevate team members in both scientific rigor and strategic thinking, with an emphasis on insight generation and application
2. Provide high-quality, actionable feedback that strengthens both content and underlying strategic rationale
3. Build team capabilities in precision communication moving beyond information delivery to influence clinical behavior
4. Foster a culture of curiosity, accountability, and excellence

Operational & Cross-Functional Collaboration

1. Partner cross-functionally with Client Services, Strategy, Data Analytics, Creative, and Project Management to deliver integrated, insight-driven solutions
2. Ensure all work meets high scientific standards while also achieving strategic and business objectives
3. Support financial planning, forecasting, and resource allocation across accounts
4. Collaborate with US Marketing to ensure alignment between medical communications and promotional strategy, while maintaining scientific integrity

Qualifications

1. Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, or equivalent) in a scientific or medical field
2. Significant experience in a healthcare communications agency or Medical Affairs–aligned environment
3. Demonstrated ability to engage Medical Affairs clients as a peer and strategic partner
4. Deep expertise in scientific writing and insight-driven content development across formats
5. Proven ability to lead scientific strategy and oversee complex deliverables
6. Strong track record of building senior-level client relationships
7. Experience mentoring and developing high-performing teams
8. Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, multi-account environment

Preferred (but not required):

1. Experience supporting or directly working within Medical Affairs organizations
2. Strong understanding of behavioral science, insight generation, and omnichannel engagement
3. Experience contributing to new business strategy and proposals
4. Financial and operational acumen
5. Ability to identify and unlock growth opportunities within accounts
6. Experience across multiple therapeutic areas and modalities

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR US TO BE LUCID?

At Lucid Group, we transform lives. Always. We believe in providing a culture of authenticity where we can all be ourselves, make real connections, and enjoy the work that we do. Together.

We empower our people to embark on a journey of growth and advancement by offering meaningful learning and development opportunities.

Central to our ethos is our commitment to cultivating an environment that embraces and respects people of all backgrounds and identities, underpinned by a culture of conscious inclusion and support.

The Lucid values are not just mere words; they are the culmination of our collective efforts. Co-created by our people for our people, these values serve as our guiding principles, ensuring that every decision we make positively impacts the lives of the clients, patients, healthcare professionals, and colleagues we serve.

1. Compassionately Human: We think about the human impact of our actions
2. Accountable Allies: We are the go-to strategic partners for our clients
3. Invent with Intent: We create meaningful solutions to solve real problems
4. Courageously Curious: We challenge ourselves to think disruptively

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or expression or disability.

We are dedicated to offering an inclusive and accommodating recruitment process. If you require any accommodations during the interview, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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