Associate Medical Director​/Medical Director

JPA Health is seeking an experienced, client-facing Associate Medical Director / Medical Director to join our growing Medical Communications team.

This individual will serve as a scientific leader across a diverse portfolio of medical affairs and scientific communications programmes, partnering with clients and internal teams to deliver high-quality, strategically grounded work. Combining scientific expertise, hands-on content development experience, and strong client-facing leadership skills, they will independently lead programmes across therapeutic areas, support organic growth opportunities, strengthen collaboration between JPA's UK and US medical teams, and help leverage AI-enabled tools to enhance efficiency and insight generation while maintaining the highest standards of scientific rigor and quality.

This position is full-time and may be based either hybrid in London or remotely within the UK, with occasional travel to the London office, client meetings, and conferences as needed.

Responsibilities

Medical & Scientific Leadership

• Lead medical affairs and scientific communications programmes across therapeutic areas and client accounts.
• Independently develop, review, and approve scientific content across advisory boards, congress materials, slide presentations, workshops, publications, videos, training materials, and other medical communications initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted scientific advisor to clients and internal team members, providing strategic guidance and scientific expertise.
• Support KOL engagement, advisory board development, and scientific meeting facilitation.
• Partner with account teams to ensure delivery of scientifically accurate, strategically relevant, and high-quality work.

Client Leadership & Growth

• Build trusted relationships with clients and contribute to organic growth opportunities across existing accounts.
• Support scientific portions of pitches, proposals, credentials presentations, and new business discussions.
• Identify opportunities to expand medical affairs and scientific communications support across client portfolios.
• Represent JPA at client meetings, conferences, and industry events as the scientific lead.

UK & US Collaboration

• Act as a key scientific resource across both JPA's UK and US medical communications teams.
• Partner with colleagues across geographies to share expertise, support account delivery, and strengthen integrated ways of working.
• Help identify opportunities to improve collaboration, consistency, and scalability across the broader medical communications practice.

AI-Enabled Innovation

• Leverage AI-enabled tools and emerging technologies to support literature analysis, content development, workshop creation, insight generation, and scientific communications workflows.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of AI-enabled medical communications practices across JPA.
• Ensure appropriate scientific oversight, validation, and quality control of AI-assisted outputs.
• Act as a champion for thoughtful, responsible adoption of emerging technologies within medical communications.

About You

Our ideal candidate must have:

• Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent) in Biomedical Sciences or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience within a medical communications agency environment.
• Strong medical writing and scientific content development experience.
• Experience leading advisory boards, scientific workshops, congress activities, and medical affairs initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently and manage scientific programmes with minimal oversight.
• Broad therapeutic area experience and comfort working across multiple disease states.
• Strong presentation and client-facing communication skills.
• Interest in leveraging AI-enabled tools and emerging technologies to improve scientific communications workflows.

We would be thrilled if you also have:

• Experience supporting new business initiatives, pitches, or organic growth efforts.
• Experience working across global or multi-market programmes.
• Experience in a clinical, medical affairs, or pharmaceutical industry setting.

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