Senior Medical Director

Company Description

Digitas Health is the Agency of Now: the first global connected-health agency, purpose-built for marketing today. Digitas Health specializes in helping health brands navigate a complex and shifting media environment to create deeper, more relevant connections with their consumer and professional customers. With offices in Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, and London, it is a member of the world's largest healthcare communications network,

Publicis Health. As a member of this elite network, Digitas Health is also a member of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A. (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577), the world's third-largest communications group, second-largest media counsel and buying group, and a leader in digital communications.

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Overview

The Senior Medical Director works with members of other departments within the company to ensure that our work (e.g., proposals, corporate position papers, web-copy, illustrations, animation) is medically accurate and up-to-date. This individual is also responsible for helping to ensure that all content created for health professionals is tailored to the sophistication level and interests of the target audience.


In addition, the Senior Medical Director may be asked to contribute to new business opportunities by conducting research relevant to the prospective client's objectives, or by assessing the quality and adding their insights to research reports prepared by others for this purpose.

The Senior Medical Director may be asked to educate client teams regarding a disease category or an aspect of science relevant to the client's product, such as pharmacology, or the competitors in a given therapeutic category.

Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities for individuals in this position will vary depending on the skills and aptitudes (besides their professional medical knowledge and experience that they bring to Digitas Health). For example, someone with experience in journalism might be encouraged to play a more active editorial role; someone with IT experience might get involved in developing algorithms for interactive health screening programs.

• Support new business development team
• Support account teams in rapidly growing scope of work for existing clients
• Educate internal staff on medical topics relevant to client's brands
• Direct writers in developing medical content and edit their work
• Direct creative and art directors to develop accurate medical imagery/animation
• On occasion, write original copy.
• Recruit and organization/coordination of advisory boards.
• Identify sources consistent with Digitas Health's standards for referencing and citations.
• Ensure the medical integrity, topicality, and timeliness of the content for all projects on which they works.
• Help ensure compliance with Med/Legal processes

Qualifications

• Minimum of an advanced degree in healthcare (MD, DO, DDS, or PhD in a healthcare or science field)
• At least 1 year of clinical experience (beyond residency/fellowship training)
• At least 2 years of agency or pharmaceutical (or biotech, or device) proven experience
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical marketing principles, regulations, and practices.
• Writing and editorial experience
• Must be capable of working both independently and in a team environment.
• Must know how to use Microsoft Word; facility with Microsoft PowerPoint is preferred.

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: $127,585 - $183,330 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 10/28/2025.

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Compensation Range: USD $127,585.00 - USD $183,330.00/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. 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 10/6/2025.