Associate Director, Scientific Affairs Full Time

Summary:

• Everyday Health Group (EHG) is a recognized leader in patient and provider education and services, attracting an engaged audience of over 67 million health consumers and over 890,000 U.S. practicing physicians and clinicians.
• The mission of Everyday Health Group is to drive better clinical and health outcomes through decision-making informed by highly relevant information, data, and analytics.
• The Associate Director, Scientific Affairs at PRIME Education will use their skills in scientific medical writing, educational design, and grant development to create high-quality educational programs and grant proposals.

Responsibilities:

• Develop high-caliber medical and scientific content with the highest standards of editorial excellence adhering to standards of adult learning principles and interprofessional education, seeking and applying feedback to optimize positive program impact.
• Contribute to grant planning and development, encompassing educational designs, formats, and execution plans, to meet department goals, generate robust outcomes, and address unmet educational and research needs to assist in strategic planning for future activities.
• Establish and maintain relationships among key leaders in healthcare, among various practice settings, to collect expert opinion and insights into educational program needs and grant development opportunities.
• Contribute to the outcomes measurement of high-impact educational programs, including measurement planning, survey instrument development, program analyses, and communication of outcomes findings with external stakeholders.
• Develop and contribute to scientific articles, abstracts, and outcomes-based presentations and publications to exemplify the services and products of the company.
• Communicate effectively to ensure workflow is smooth and carry out opportunities, needs, ideas, and timelines to meet the company’s and department’s goals for continued growth and success.
• Proactively identify and resolve issues pertaining to instructional design components in the development of content, with recommendations provided to the Therapeutic Group Director, Scientific Affairs in a timely manner.
• Review content developed by other medical writers and freelancers, and provide guidance and/or revisions to ensure clinical relevance and accuracy.
• Participate in decisions pertaining to PRIME®’s model of learning and implementation procedures to execute the model of learning.
• Participate in regularly scheduled meetings of the Scientific Affairs Department, including grant and content planning meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Minimal Master’s degree (PhD or PharmD degree preferred) in a scientific, medical, or related field commensurate with the scope of work identified in this job description and current knowledge of the healthcare industry.
• Prefer minimum of 4 years of experience in designing and developing continuing medical education (CME/CE) activities for healthcare professionals.
• Prefer experience in developing CME/CE activities supported by pharmaceutical companies and government contracts or grants.
• Prefer experience in training, project management and/or staff supervision in a team-based environment.
• Excellent ability to work independently and autonomously, and multi-task multiple high-level responsibilities and projects with accuracy and efficiency.
• Ability to independently research, design, and develop high-quality scientific grant and medical writing.
• Ability to independently complete literature review and review/analyze scientific/medical research in order to apply accurate concepts to product development.
• Analytical and didactic ability to independently complete medical writing in accordance with AMA criteria and grant development procedures.
• Ability to organize and convey educational designs and deliverables efficiently, fluently, and accurately.
• Proficiency in analytical thinking and an ability to convey complex data results in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to gather data from verifiable sources for grant development.
• Possess creative and visionary skills to identify and execute innovative educational program designs and formats.
• Current knowledge of the healthcare industry, pharmaceutical pipelines, healthcare industry/policies, and CE industry.
• Experience in developing content in any of the following disease areas: oncology, diabetes, endocrinology, neurology, rheumatology, cardiology, ophthalmology, dermatology, respiratory, pain management, mental health, women’s health, gastroenterology, hepatology, infectious diseases, or immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.
• Excellent English language skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and reference manager applications.

Benefits:

• Competitive salaries.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending accounts.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Pregnancy and Parental leave.
• Family Planning Support via Maven.
• Flexible Time Off.
• Volunteer Time Off.
• Fitness Reimbursement.
• Employee-focused engagement and education programs, including Employee Resource Groups and company-sponsored events.
• Dynamic work environment with opportunities for career growth.

Tagged as: Grant Development, Healthcare Education, Medical Writer, Scientific Affairs, United States