Scientific Director

Scientific Director

Department: Scientific Services

Location: US or Canada

At Kinetix Health Group, we believe our transformational role in communicating scientific progress has the  power to shape clinical practice and improve lives.

We stand apart through strategic and creative thinking, excellence in execution,  and a people-first, collaborative mindset. We partner with clients who share our  ambition to challenge convention and co-create innovative solutions that make  complex science accessible, engaging, and memorable.

By combining scientific depth with human-centered storytelling and digital  innovation, we help medical and scientific leaders communicate with clarity,  authenticity, and measurable impact.

Role Overview

Builds on the ASD. Responsible for the scientific output of multiple (typically 2–3) account teams. Supports expansion of others, shares expertise, fosters a one-team approach, and identifies areas where the agency can act as a strategic partner. Provides leadership and scientific direction throughout projects.

Responsibilities

Development & delivery of high-quality content

• Own scientific output of significant (typically 2–3) account teams; supervise and encourage strong teamworking.
• Research, write and review content to highest standards across all materials.
• Take a lead on resolving challenging or complex client comments.
• Drawing on experience, recommend processes and templates to facilitate efficient workflow and delivery.

Knowledge of therapy areas

• As strategic comms and TA expert, be the prime client POC.
• Keep TA knowledge current and disseminate; advise how communication should evolve.
• Lead patient and KOL discussions to develop expert TA knowledge.
• Provide insight and counsel on market trends and product strategy.
• Supervise application of insights to current projects and future tactics.
• Be a role model for grounding all work in client strategy and industry change.

Working with internal teams, clients and KOLs

• Act as consultant to clients; lead strategic plan development; gain buy-in from multiple stakeholders.
• Nurture strong relationships with KOLs.
• Direct projects that meet strategic imperatives.
• In accounts with limited strategic input, identify partnership opportunities; support other teams (e.g. through secondments) to work strategically.

QC, team development and account growth

• Coach, mentor or line-manage writers; demonstrate leadership across the business.
• Ensure writers work for optimal agency outcomes — efficiency, expansion, positive image.
• Foster a “one team” environment with the CP lead.
• Lead expansion of main account; apply experience to adapt approaches to current client needs.
• Support expansion of other accounts, sharing expertise on product strategy, project types and ways of working.
• Lead and take ownership of new business proposals and pitches.

Provision of scientific direction

• Act as senior (lead) SciS contact; lead client and KOL meetings.
• Lead the SciS portion of the account team; partner with CP for timely, high-quality delivery.
• Provide leadership and scientific direction throughout the project (brief through debrief).
• Sign off final materials; provide scientific direction for creative.

Communication & proactivity

• Maintain constant, clear communication with account teams and resourcing on resource requirements.
• Brief, review and feedback on freelance writers; integrate freelancers into account teams.
• Drive clear, proactive communication on projects and on agency goals/initiatives/updates.
• Encourage information-sharing and collaboration across teams.

Adherence to SOPs, laws & guidelines

• Role-model adherence to agency processes (including all review steps) and compliance guidelines; coach/monitor staff.
• Identify areas for process improvement; support process refinement; update staff on changes.
• Educate the team and ensure compliance of all materials produced.
• Following training, work in alignment with processes (agency and/or client) for legal/regulatory compliance (ABPI, EFPIA, FDA, PAAB, IMC codes); upload and reference items for review.

Congress / meeting support

• Attend congresses, advisory boards, or client meetings on own or as onsite team lead; debrief afterwards.
• Working with other agencies, ensure congress activities fit seamlessly into client’s programme.
• Lead conversations at congresses with KOLs on TA trends; advise clients how insights can be used.

Business development

• Transform data, market trends and KOL opinion into useful BD intelligence.
• Lead activities for de novo new business.
• Identify areas where the agency can provide further value to existing clients.
• Support other teams (e.g. through secondments) to work strategically.
• Deepen client relationships through new approaches; identify new business leads and take them to completion.

Financial awareness

• Provide input into budgets and schedules throughout all project stages.
• Support CP in flagging and justifying out-of-scope requests.
• Promote financial awareness in the team — efficiency, budget adherence, hour tracking, client communication.
• Complete timesheets daily.

Resourcing

• Plan resource requirements with CP well in advance; seek additional resource when needed.

Recruitment

• Support recruitment effort for SciS staff; identify recruitment improvements and contribute solutions.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree level or higher in a biomedical science.
• Extensive med comms agency experience with strong evidence of teamwork and leadership.
• Evidence of new business acquisition.
• Experience of strategically focused projects that delivered measured changes in HCP opinion or behaviour.
• Desirable: PhD, MD, PharmD.

Core Competencies

• Excellent attention to detail; strong grammar and syntax.
• Strong project management and commercial acumen.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder communication.
• Solid understanding of drug development, EU/US regulations and publication processes (ICMJE, GPP).
• Solid understanding of brand planning and medical strategic process.
• Highest-quality scientific writing, literature search and appraisal.
• Committed to coaching junior writers.
• Willingness to travel (domestically and internationally).

What Success Looks Like

• Delivers consistently high-quality projects across multiple account teams.
• Acts as senior strategic counsel; deepens client relationships through new approaches.
• Successfully leads new business activities and de novo wins.
• Builds and maintains a “one team” culture with Client Services.
• Educates and ensures team adherence to compliance requirements.
• Identifies cross-account growth and improvement opportunities.
• Achieves billability target of ≥70% live/active projects..

This job description is intended to outline the general nature and key responsibilities of the role. It is not an exhaustive list, and duties may evolve over time.

Why Join Us

We believe our role in communicating scientific progress has the power to shape  clinical practice and improve lives. Our teams combine strategic and creative  thinking, scientific depth, and digital innovation to make complex science  accessible, engaging, and actionable.

You’ll be joining a company built on a strong foundation of excellence and  collaboration — one that’s now scaling globally to redefine what partnership,  purpose, and performance mean in medical communications. As we enter our next  phase of growth, we’re expanding our reach, evolving our offerings, and building  on the success of our founders and teams to become the destination agency that  everyone wants to work for, work with, and be supported by.

Kinetix is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.