Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Medscape, a division of WebMD, develops and hosts physician portals and related mobile applications. They are seeking a Clinical Strategy Associate Director to lead content and instructional strategy efforts for continuing medical education grants, aimed at enhancing the capabilities of healthcare providers.
Responsibilities
- In assigned therapeutic areas, serve as the single point of contact for the latest insights into important clinical issues, relevant literature, clinical practice guidelines, approved and pipeline therapeutic drugs/regimens/devices, and key opinion leaders for the business development group
- In response to identified knowledge, competency and performance gaps, develop a grant seeking strategy
- Partner with business development colleagues to conceive and present CME plans that align with potential funding opportunities and current educational needs (based on Medscape-generated and publically available data)
- Independently create materials (PowerPoint Slides, documents, internal forms/tools) to support obtaining CME grant funding
- Develop and maintain relationships with external medical subject matter experts
- Use tools and templates to support the development of CME grant proposals
- For funded projects, partner with the content development team to ensure the original goals of the grant are met
- Develop a data analysis plan by articulating the goals of analysis using data from surveys and outcomes studies
- Publish the results of the educational impact research for your funded projects, including posters, presentations at key conferences, and journal articles
Skills
- An advanced degree in life sciences (MD, Pharm.D, PhD, M.S.)
- At least 5 years' experience developing clinical education and/or business development strategies
- At least 3 years' experience as a scientific lead or medical director in the medical education industry or pharmaceutical medical affairs department
- Knowledge of CME industry regulations and requirements
- Strong team-building and inter-personal skills, including cultural awareness to relationship-build with international medical experts
- Excellent computer skills that include working remotely on shared networks and cloud-based systems, and a high degree of proficiency using Microsoft Office suite required
- Proven ability to quickly learn new therapeutic areas and conduct literature searches using public on-line databases
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams as well as work independently
- At least 2 years' experience supporting grant-based funding efforts preferred
- Web-based data and document sharing sites and authoring tools (Box, Read Cube, SharePoint, EndNote, Tableau) a plus
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