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Health & Wellness Partners, LLC lists this Vice President, Medical Communications Strategy opportunity in upper saddle river, New Jersey. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
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Vice President, Medical Communications Strategy
30+ days ago Requisition ID: 1039
Why Join the HWP Group?
Health & Wellness Partners, LLC (HWP), is a medical and scientific communications agency that collaborates with life science industry stakeholders to develop award-winning solutions that advance patient care and transforms scientific content into compelling live and virtual user experiences through digital platforms, congress engagement, and more. We bring clients, providers, and patients outstanding educational programming paired with innovative digital and interactive dissemination vehicles.
We are committed to making a difference in health care and in the lives of our team members. We aim to provide every employee with a job they love in a culture focused on career growth, well-being, and community outreach. We have been recognized as both an MM+M Best Place to Work and an Inc. Best Workplace.
We’re looking to add a Vice President, Medical Communications Strategy to our Strategy Team. The Vice President, MedCom Strategy is a senior expert for medical communications strategy (specifically promotionalmedical education), embedded within the strategy team and operating as a connector across strategy and account teams.This role leads strategic thinking for promotional medical communications, helping shape integrated solutions and content for clients in close partnership with internal Scientific/Medical, Account, Creative, and Digital teams. Externally, this individual is a trusted advisor to client stakeholders. Additionally, this role engages at a scientific level with external marketing and medical teams as well as trusted thought leaders in the therapeutic area, and is viewed as an interested, educated partner who can learn and absorb information and translate the science and advice into strategic imperatives for the client. Internally, this role helps strengthen how medical communications show up across the agency. This is both a hands-on and leadership role, as well as a business development role, responsible for advancing client work, expanding the discipline organically, and actively prospecting and contributing to new business opportunities.
What You’ll Do
This position will be accountable to the SVP Group Account Lead, MedCom Strategy. In addition, this role will:
Medical Communications Strategy & Stewardship
Lead and co-develop medical communications strategy with the scientific medical team across assigned clients
Ensure initiatives and content are grounded in brand strategy
Contribute to standards and best practices for promotional medical communications across the agency in partnership with scientific/ medical, account , and project management
Support planning, design, and execution of HCP-focused peer-to-peer initiatives, including advisory boards, including advisory board facilitation as needed
Shape objectives, discussion frameworks, and success measures for ad boards and P2P engagements
Work with scientific/medical to translate advisory insights into actionable strategy and engagement plans
Oversee rollout of P2P-driven tactics, which may include facilitating discussions with KOLs to inform content and strategy, and ensure insights are effectively activated
Champion digital-first and AI-enabled approaches to medical communications and stakeholder engagement
Client Partnership & Strategic Influence
Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior client stakeholders
Influence brand, engagement, and launch strategy through a medical communications lens
Lead annual tactical planning and support brand planning as appropriate
Contribute to high-level client meetings, workshops, and presentations alongside partners across scientific/medical and account teams
Proactively identify opportunities to strengthen existing client partnerships through excellent strategic work and collaboration
Capability Building & Team Enablement
Support expansion of medical communications work within existing clients by identifying where promotional med ed/P2P engagement can add value, and surface opportunities across service lines (i.e., medical affairs, speaker bureau, and congress engagement). Actively prospect and contribute to new business opportunities
Partner with the account and scientific/medical teams to shape medical communications approaches and scopes among current clients
Support the development of junior strategists and cross-functional partners through coaching, feedback, and collaboration
Industry Presence & Thought Leadership
Represent the agency externally as a medical communications expert as needed
Attend, participate in industry conferences and events
Contribute to thought leadership that reinforces the agency’s credibility in med comms
Connected to evolving trends in HCP engagement, regulation, and medical communications
What You’ll Have
Deep experience (10+ years) in promo medical communications strategy within pharma and biotech
Extensive hands-on experience (6+ years) in HCP, P2P engagement, including advisory boards
Strong understanding of market data, regulatory frameworks, and promotional compliance
Collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset with comfort navigating ambiguity and influencing across teams
Proven experience leading product launches and complex, multi-stakeholder programs
Strong executive communication skills: able to facilitate discussions and present a clear, compelling strategic story with clients and internal teams
Strategic, disciplined thinker with a strong point of view
Deeply ingrained in the HCP/P2P world and energized by it
Reliable, trusted partner with a positive, solutions-oriented mindset
Team-first mentality with the ability to lead through influence
What We Offer
Immediate eligibility for all benefits, including medical, dental, vision, group term life, short-term and long-term disability
Benefits 100% company paid
401k plan employer matching contributions
Eligibility for company sponsored incentive plans
Generous PTO, including a week off in December for the holidays
On-site gym and other employee wellness initiatives
Employee Assistance Program
Comp pay or comp time for onsite weekend work
Availability of cell-phone stipends, based on business need
Leadership development training program and other career development programs
Remote and hybrid work schedule options
Office locations in Upper Saddle River NJ (HQ), Red Bank NJ, and San Diego CA
Salary range: $170,000 – $185,000 annually. Note: Actual salary will depend on background and experience.
M/F/D/V
Please note, we will only respond to candidates we deem qualified
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