Scientific Director (Neurology) - Education

Decera Clinical helps life sciences companies accelerate HCP adoption of breakthrough therapies through three divisions: Accredited Medical Education, HCP Insights, and Medical Communications. As the Scientific Activation™ company, Decera Clinical supports pharmaceutical and biotech partners in engaging HCPs with clear, credible information that strengthens clinical understanding and decision-making. With more than twenty years of experience across major therapeutic areas, Decera Clinical delivers trusted scientific engagement that helps HCPs move from evidence to action. To learn more, visit deceraclinical.com.

The Scientific Director is responsible for developing and managing content for continuing medical education (CME) and independent medical education (IME) programs that include live, online, and print-based formats.

Job Responsibilities:

•    Develop content for medical education activities for live, online, and print-based programs; create new content and/or edit content submitted by freelancers or faculty members; identify and work collaboratively with expert faculty members and writers; assign projects to freelance contributors and supporting staff; prepare/finalize content for publication or presentation

•    Attend and/or participate remotely in key medical conferences; contribute to the editing and/or writing of conference coverage programs, including text- and PowerPoint-based activities.

•    Manage a workload consisting of multiple projects with one or more content components; ensure quality standards, and on-time completion of all deliverables.

•    Execute activities in alignment with company guidelines to ensure all activities pass quality audit and meet company standards.

Faculty Relationships

•    Maintain and/or grow strategic relationships with key faculty.

•    Work with KOLs to identify educational gaps and funding resources to advance HCP education. 

•    Identify and recruit KOLs that will collaborate and share the education with peers.

•    Identify and build relationships with up-and-coming KOL faculty.

Skills & Abilities: 

•    Ability to manage multiple projects that may be complex (e.g., online interactive treatment decision support tools) 

•    Develop accredited content components (e.g., developing and analyzing questions for outcomes assessments)

•    Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills (oral and written)

•    Ability to function independently with effective time management, organization, and project management skills; attention to detail; ability to manage diverse tasks to deliver projects on time, within budget, and at a high level of quality

•    Ability to work collaboratively in teams both within the company and externally (e.g., faculty, freelancers, and educational partners)

•    Effective decision making, initiative and judgment; strong analytical and problem-solving skills; and a resourceful, “can-do” attitude

Education/Qualifications:

•    3-5 years of recent experience writing, developing, and editing CME/CE activities 

•    Advanced degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, NP/APN, MBA) preferred. BA/BS degree required (Biological Sciences preferred). 

•    Working knowledge of recent advances in clinical medicine and therapeutics. Direct clinical experience preferred.

•    Experience identifying and working with faculty members/key opinion leaders on educational materials intended for professional medical audiences

•    Experience developing accredited programs and familiarity with ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC as well as other regulatory agencies’ guidelines and policies in relation to commercially supported educational activities

•    Working knowledge of AMA style requirements

•    Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook) and familiarity with online medical reference resources

•    Clinical or research experience will be considered in lieu of CME/CE experience

•    Experience managing content development in a range of CME formats (ideally including PowerPoint presentations, case-based activities, video presentations, and interactive digital media)

•    Experience working with expert faculty members/key opinion leaders to determine educational needs and develop educational content

Travel Requirements: 

•    Up to 30% of the time

•    Domestic and international travel

Clinical Education Alliance, LLC dba Decera Clinical and its subsidiaries provide Equal Employment Opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other non-merit factor.