Associate Medical Director jobs in Illinois

Are you an experienced senior medical writer looking for your next career step? Are you an individual who can draw on publications industry knowledge and medical writing experience to motivate, and inspire other team members and clients?

If so, this may be the job for you!

We have an opening for a North America-based Associate Medical Director to manage a full range of high-quality medical communications services and effectively balance the elements of project management and leadership with the flexibility to write and edit during peak time. This role will also include:
* Being the source of scientific understanding for the account
* Mentoring more junior writers on the team by providing support on client and project issues
* Building strong relationships with clients and acting as the primary point of contact for project deliverables
* Challenging traditional thinking in order to innovate and meet client expectations
* Supporting organic growth

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications and attributes:
* An advanced science degree is required
* Several years of experience as a medical writer working on publications
* Broad medical communication skills to help across the business
* Experience leading projects and reviewing the work of medical writers, with the aim of ensuring high quality and professional growth
* Ability to think, solve problems, and build great relationships
* Excellent quality control, time management, project management, and briefing / reviewing skills

If this describes you, we can offer you a fresh challenge in your career, a working environment that is genuinely collaborative, a set up enabling you to balance your career and home life through a supportive and flexible culture, and an extensive benefits package. You will be joining a high-functioning team with offices in the US, Canada, and the UK and we're confident that you will be proud to represent CMC Affinity and IPG Health as a leader in medical communications.

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