HELVET Health, a global strategic healthcare agency based in Boston, USA & Geneva, Switzerland, is searching for a talented Associate Medical Director to join our team based in Nyon.

As an Associate Medical Director, you will be managing a wide variety of projects, within diverse and interesting therapeutic areas, and will provide conceptual, scientific and creative input across all mediums.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

We need an experienced and ambitious Associate Medical Director to join our lively and growing team for global healthcare and diagnostic client accounts. You are a dynamic, curious, and creative thinker. You’re passionate about science, medicine, research, and healthcare and have the tenacity to produce bold work, and a restless desire to do more. You’re a team player and adapt yourself to any situation within an international context.

It is an absolute requirement that you have experience working on global assignments in a healthcare communications or medical advertising agency.

Our immediate vacancy is overseeing and managing all our US medical team activities for our key accounts, supported by our account, strategic & creative teams. You will also manage, in partnership with our medical team in Switzerland, an important part of the global/international medical activities.

We have big ambitions for our clients and our team must be able to drive those ambitions forward.

DESCRIPTION:

• Ensuring strategic and scientific relevance across various communications that drive change in beliefs and behavior for brand success
• Capacity to develop strategic outline and content with strong emphasis on storytelling and commercialization
• Multitasking and effectively project-manage your own work and that of others, as required
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with medical/marketing clients
• Reviewing drafts of copy written by in-house medical writers, providing feedback in a peer-sharing capacity
• Taking the lead where appropriate in scientific discussions around content, including “owning” clinical content for current and new business opportunities
• Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical trends, therapies, indications, R&D developments, and competitive landscapes
• Support the Strategic Planning team with medical insights for campaign and concept development

REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 8-10 years of experience in medical copywriting, in the healthcare marketing and communications sector. Please do not apply if you do not have this requirement
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a scientific field (biology, medicine) and/or communications
• Professional attitude in interactions with co-workers and clients; must be team oriented
• Good organizational and superior attention to details
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
• Must be a self-starting, independent and innovative individual capable of looking at old problems in new ways
• Possess an understanding of product lines, their features and benefits, marketing objectives, and the competitive environment to contribute significantly to the creative team
• English mother tongue or strong writing fluency in English
• Spoken French is a +

SKILLS:

• You must be client-service focused
• Excellent interpersonal and line management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proven project management abilities
• Presentation skills

ABOUT US:

We are exclusively dedicated to the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector, and we are passionate about what we do.

Our team is comprised of mid-level and senior players, all coming from large international network agencies. We've kept what works and left the bureaucracy at the door.

We cultivate a culture of excellence and rock-solid team synergy.