Senior Scientific Director - Medical Communications

The Lockwood Group, LLC Open · verified Aug 23, 2026

Remote Canada Director Communications

Leadership Communications role at The Lockwood Group, LLC. Remote, Canada.

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

You’ll lead assigned accounts, client discussions, and brand strategy across therapeutic areas
You’ll guide the scientific work behind brand plans and business development
You’ll plan, develop, and oversee scientific content for one or more accounts
You’ll coordinate resources, SOWs, timelines, and opportunities for account growth with client services

What you bring

You hold an advanced degree in a scientific field
You have at least eight years creating promotional medical education, including advisory boards, speaker programs, or slide decks
You can interpret scientific data, manage multiple projects, and work independently under tight deadlines
You bring strong organizational, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills
You know professional medical editorial standards such as AMA style and applicable ethical guidelines

Who this fits

You’ll fit a senior, client-facing role that combines scientific leadership, account ownership, and content oversight. You’ll need to work independently with limited direction while managing deadlines and multiple priorities. The position is remote in Canada.

From the employer

About Lockwood: Lockwood collaborates with clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries to identify effective, holistic, science-based strategies to address their objectives through medical communications. Our clients count on us to challenge their assumptions and help them creatively navigate around obstacles. From strategy through execution, we focus on accuracy, transparency, and scientific value to create programs that are evidence-based, clinically relevant, and contribute to the development of our clients’ brands. Over a third of our staff hold advanced scientific or medical degrees, and most work from where they live. Because our flexible structure provides better work-life balance, we attract the best talent, facilitate their best work, and as a result, are more responsive to our clients, wherever and whenever they do business.

Summary: In this role, the Senior Scientific Director is responsible for the planning, development, and oversight of scientific content for an assigned account or accounts across various therapeutic areas and managing most aspects of the scientific contributions across a large and/or multiple accounts..

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include leading assigned accounts, leading client interactions and brand strategy, leading the scientific portion of brand planning and business development, managing resource allocation, partnering with client services to develop SOWs and timelines and identifying areas for new and organic growth.

Education: An advanced degree in science is required.

Professional Skills & Experience:

Candidates must have 8 or more years of relevant job experience with promotional medical education content such as advisory boards, speaker programs, slide decks, etc.
This role requires demonstrated organizational, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills, as well as the ability to analyze and interpret scientific data, multitask, work independently, and manage projects within tight deadlines with limited direction.
Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (eg, AMA style) and ethical guidelines is also required.