Scientific Director in London

Overview

Scientific Director

Location: 12 Bishop's Bridge Rd, Greater, London W2 6AA

Reports to: Senior Scientific Director

About DDB Remedy:

We're a bunch of creative, Intelligent, friendly, Interesting, Interested, diverse and happy people (and dogs). Surprising and delighting our clients and ourselves is what gets us out of bed In the morning.

We have a simple belief — Unexpected Works. Meaning that the best idea is the one you that you could never see coming. And the only way to get there is through genuine creativity. The kind of creativity that scares and excites us at the same time because it’s so different. We even get goosebumps just thinking about it. This kind of work takes guts, luckily, we’ve got plenty of that here.

We’re one of the leading Healthcare Communications agencies and our goal is simple, to improve people’s health and wellbeing. We develop strategic solutions, create identities, produce beautiful content, and create experiences for HCPs, patients, salesforces, and consumers across multiple channels.

We’re proud of what we do, creating unexpected work that makes a difference.

Our commitment:

DDB Remedy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate individuality and diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment and a sense of belonging for all employees without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

Everyone has the right to be themselves. That’s why we cherish 4 important ‘freedoms’, that protect our rights to be creative, to experiment, to be who we are and to feel included and safe at work. These inform our every word, every action and every result, every day. They are Freedom from fear, Freedom to fail, Freedom from Chaos and Freedom to be.

For us, inclusivity and diversity aren’t “nice-to-have” – they’re central to our business strategy. The more inclusive we are, the more people feel they can bring their whole selves to work, the better our work will be.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process. If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us

Job description:

You uphold the scientific truth of the work that flows through the agency, ensuring the copy department delivers high-quality medical and scientific writing across a variety of channels and audiences. Demonstrating a passion and skill for medical and scientific writing, you always deliver and inspire others to do so, ensuring work can have award-winning potential.

As part of the Copy Leadership Team (includes all CLs), you work closely with the Senior Scientific Director (SSD) to lead the Copy team. You work synergistically with individuals and cross-functional teams, while keeping calm and resolute in the face of pressure and deadlines.

You ensure Copy Leads (CLs) and their teams receive the guidance, direction, training and support they need to advance. You also provide agency-wide scientific counsel and as one of the most senior medical/scientific people at DDB Remedy you contribute to the growth, development and smooth-running of the agency. You will be able to raise the bar of our product by advancing agency scientific-writing skills.

Promoting agency culture and developing strong relationships both internally and externally, to help attract and retain the best talent and clients, is also key to this role.

Key Capabilities:

Position Requirements:

Creativity

Productivity

Relationships/Communication

Knowledge & Skills

Management & Leadership

Qualifications and Skills:

Desirable

Essential