Associate Medical Director

Company description

Digitas Health is the modern creative agency that takes on the biggest moments in healthcare , raises the standard of creative, and connects people, partners, and ideas to create work that earns its place in culture. Purpose-built for today’s complex and evolving landscape, we partner with some of the world’s largest healthcare brands to do big things by moving faster, connecting deeper, and unlocking new possibilities at the intersection of creativity, data, technology, and empathy. Guided by our purpose, Connected for Good, and fueled by a vibrant, magnetic culture —we deliver meaningful work that drives relevance, changes behavior, and creates lasting impact, always grounded in humanity, not just technology. As part of Publicis Health and Publicis Groupe , we bring together entrepreneurial energy with the scale, stability, and depth of one of the world’s leading communications networks.

At Digitas Health, what sets us apart isn’t just who we work with, it’s how we work and how it feels to be here. Our culture attracts curious, driven people who want to make a difference and be part of something bigger. Our teams are intentionally crafted across disciplines, perspectives, and experience levels, bringing strategy, creativity, data, and technology together from the start. We believe the best ideas come from curiosity, collaboration, and healthy debate and we expect people here to be thoughtful, engaged, and eager to shape what’s next. If you’re energized by complexity, motivated by impact, and excited to help redefine how healthcare connects with people, we’d love to meet you!

Overview

The Associate Medical Director is a medical writer and mentor to copywriters on health care professional brands! He/she is responsible for generating promotional and educational content to be used in marketing to HCPs. In this capacity, the Associate Medical Director has oversight for the accuracy and relevance of content crafted for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and device industry clients.

Responsibilities

• Under the mentorship of the Medical Director works with copywriters to build materials for scientifically complex therapeutic areas
• Potentially write content for the following: sales aids, advertisements, print and online, speaker presentations, educational and promotional videos, animation, professional websites, and letters to healthcare professionals
• Insert appropriate citations in all copy they generate
• Collaborate with art directors on projects requiring alignment between image and copy
• Support/defend copy in regulatory meetings
• Revise copy based on feedback from client’s regulatory boards
• Educates creative and marketing teams about clients products and the diseases they treat
• Contributes to new business pitch content when necessary, including communicating agency’s professional marketing insights at new business presentations
• Stays abreast of the medical literature related to client’s brands
• Maintains detailed knowledge of key competitors (strengths, weaknesses, positioning, performance)
• Proactively and independently conducts research on the product and/or therapeutic category
• Generates measurable insights and perspectives on disease-related topics, treatment categories, and healthcare professional attitudes and behaviors
• Supervises medical writers on his/her accounts

Qualifications

• Master’s or Doctoral level (MD, DO, PhD, PharmD) degree in healthcare; clinical experience beyond graduate training preferred
• At least four years experience writing medical healthcare agency materials
• Healthcare agency experience (preferred) or pharmaceutical, biotech, or device company experience
• Familiarity with US pharmaceutical marketing regulations
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical industry medical-legal review processes
• Some instructing and mentoring experience
• Ability to read and interpret medical literature
• Facility with Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Prism, and other related programs

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

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Compensation Range: USD $81,225.00 - USD $116,655.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/5/2026.