This position can be based remotely (working from home) or at our headquarters in Stamford, CT.  

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 Scientific Director is responsible for the planning, development, and oversight of scientific content for an assigned account or accounts across various therapeutic areas addressing different target audiences.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include working with the Group Scientific Director to provide clients with strategic medical communication recommendations that support the achievement of brand goals, independently leading execution of content development activities, supervising Associate Scientific Directors, and liaising with other in-house or freelance staff to manage writing and other content-related tasks such as conducting background research, data-checking, and reference annotation.

Education: An advanced degree in science (ie. PhD, PharmD, or MD) is required. CMPP preferred.

Professional Skills and Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5 or more years of relevant job experience with medical publications, including manuscripts, posters, abstracts, podium presentations, scientific platforms, and publication extenders.
• 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.
• Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (ie. AMA style) and ethical guideline working knowledge (ie. ICMJE, GPP2022) is also required.
• Experience with respiratory medicine (pulmonary) is a plus.

This position can be based remotely (working from home) or at our headquarters in Stamford, CT. 

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 Project Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of publications projects from inception to completion.

Responsibilities include facilitating multidisciplinary project teams, interfacing with each department within the company, meeting client and management expectations, establishing strong faculty relationships, and ensuring programs remain on target and within agreed-upon parameters. The Project Manager is responsible for budget development, maintenance and reconciliation, managing external suppliers, keeping programs on time and focused on primary objectives, providing ongoing updates to internal team members and client contact(s), and resource management. The number of simultaneous programs managed by each Project Manager is dependent on the scope and nature of each initiative.

The ideal candidate is an exceptional communicator with experience successfully leading multidisciplinary teams. We are seeking individuals with strong financial management skills who are highly organized, adept at multitasking/prioritizing, and have the ability and willingness to motivate others.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and faculty members
• Maintain and manage timely and professional written and verbal communications with clients and faculty members
• Ensure client expectations are met on all levels of program activity
• Establish and maintain a strong knowledge of client organizations, products, disease states, and publications
• Develop new project budgets
• Contribute to new business development activities within the account team
• Manage budgeting, financial monitoring, and reconciliation of individual projects
• Schedule and conduct start-up, interim, and final team meetings for each project, establish and maintain time and events schedules, and provide ongoing updates to client and team as required by account team on each initiative to ensure successful management and completion
• Facilitate progress of multidisciplinary project teams to ensure within-budget, on-time, on-strategy performance
• Own the detail of daily account work on each project
• Oversee and facilitate development of all project activities
• Assist in training new account team members as required
• Maintain company policies as they pertain to all activities
• Adhere to all Lockwood Group policies and standard operating procedures

Education: A bachelor’s degree is required.

Professional Skills & Experience: Three to five years of relevant project management experience in a publications environment is required. Candidates must have the ability to grasp and retain scientific information, along with a strong technical aptitude and working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Candidates must have experience with publication management platforms, such as iEnvision/Datavision and PubStrat.

This position can be based remotely (working from home) or at our headquarters in Stamford, CT.  

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 Scientific Director is responsible for the planning, development, and oversight of scientific content for an assigned account or accounts across various therapeutic areas addressing different target audiences.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include working with the Group Scientific Director to provide clients with strategic medical communication recommendations that support the achievement of brand goals, independently leading execution of content development activities, supervising Associate Scientific Directors, and liaising with other in-house or freelance staff to manage writing and other content-related tasks such as conducting background research, data-checking, and reference annotation.

Education: An advanced degree in science (ie. PhD, PharmD, or MD) is required. CMPP preferred.

Professional Skills and Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5 or more years of relevant job experience with medical publications, including manuscripts, posters, abstracts, podium presentations, scientific platforms, and publication extenders.
• 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.
• Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (ie. AMA style) and ethical guideline working knowledge (ie. ICMJE, GPP2022) is also required.
• Experience with Heme/Oncology and solid tumors is a plus.

This position can be based remotely (working from home) or at our headquarters in Stamford, CT. 

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, we are more responsive to our clients, wherever and whenever they do business. 

Summary: In this role, the Senior Account Director will oversee all internal and external aspects of an account management team. Responsibilities include directly managing and mentoring account team staff, brainstorming and starting up new programs, troubleshooting, facilitating interdepartmental communication, providing staffing/resourcing reports, and contributing to new business development efforts if requested. External responsibilities include establishing and maintaining strong relationships with clients and key faculty, liaising with relevant medical associations and institutions, and presenting innovative ideas and exploring new business opportunities with current clients. 

Responsibilities:  

• Handle daily management for assigned book of business 
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with client(s) and stakeholders 
• Ensure client expectations are met or exceeded on all levels by maintaining ongoing communication (written and verbal) with client and account team members and troubleshooting problems/issues as necessary 
• Establish and maintain a thorough knowledge of client organizations, products, disease states, and marketing objectives 
• Oversee budgeting, financial monitoring, and reconciliation of individual projects 
• Pursue and acquire new business within current accounts by writing proposals, developing new business presentations, and participating in regular onsite client meetings 
• Update senior management on account team activity, new business opportunities, and financial analyses and projections 
• Work with department managers to identify and manage internal and external resources 
• Participate and/or lead team meetings 

Education: A bachelor’s degree is required. An advanced degree in science or business is preferred. 

Professional Skills & Experience: 

• Twelve plus years of relevant job experience, including management responsibilities, interdisciplinary team involvement, marketing and/or communications within a scientific setting is required. 
• Management experience in a publications and/or medical communications agency environment is required.
• The ability to quickly grasp and retain scientific and technical concepts is required. 
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet and strong presentation skills are required.
• Business development skills are also required. 

This position can be performed remotely in all but the following locations: Colorado, New York City, San Francisco County, CA. 

This position can be based remotely (working from home) or at our headquarters in Stamford, CT. 

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 Project Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of publications projects from inception to completion.

Responsibilities include facilitating multidisciplinary project teams, interfacing with each department within the company, meeting client and management expectations, establishing strong faculty relationships, and ensuring programs remain on target and within agreed-upon parameters. The Project Manager is responsible for budget development, maintenance and reconciliation, managing external suppliers, keeping programs on time and focused on primary objectives, providing ongoing updates to internal team members and client contact(s), and resource management. The number of simultaneous programs managed by each Project Manager is dependent on the scope and nature of each initiative.

The ideal candidate is an exceptional communicator with experience successfully leading multidisciplinary teams. We are seeking individuals with strong financial management skills who are highly organized, adept at multitasking/prioritizing, and have the ability and willingness to motivate others.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and faculty members
• Maintain and manage timely and professional written and verbal communications with clients and faculty members
• Ensure client expectations are met on all levels of program activity
• Establish and maintain a strong knowledge of client organizations, products, disease states, and publications
• Develop new project budgets
• Contribute to new business development activities within the account team
• Manage budgeting, financial monitoring, and reconciliation of individual projects
• Schedule and conduct start-up, interim, and final team meetings for each project, establish and maintain time and events schedules, and provide ongoing updates to client and team as required by account team on each initiative to ensure successful management and completion
• Facilitate progress of multidisciplinary project teams to ensure within-budget, on-time, on-strategy performance
• Own the detail of daily account work on each project
• Oversee and facilitate development of all project activities
• Assist in training new account team members as required
• Maintain company policies as they pertain to all activities
• Adhere to all Lockwood Group policies and standard operating procedures

Education: A bachelor’s degree is required.

Professional Skills & Experience: Three to five years of relevant project management experience in a publications environment is required. Candidates must have the ability to grasp and retain scientific information, along with a strong technical aptitude and working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Candidates must have experience with publication management platforms, such as iEnvision/Datavision and PubStrat.

This position will be hybrid based 2-3 days in-office at our headquarters in Stamford, CT. 

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 Associate Project Manager is responsible for assisting in managing all aspects of publications projects from inception to completion.

Responsibilities include facilitating multidisciplinary project teams, interfacing with each department within the company, meeting client and management expectations, establishing strong faculty relationships, and ensuring programs remain on target and within agreed-upon parameters. The Associate Project Manager is responsible for budget development, maintenance and reconciliation, managing external suppliers, keeping programs on time and focused on primary objectives, providing ongoing updates to internal team members and client contact(s), and resource management. The number of simultaneous programs managed by each Associate Project Manager is dependent on the scope and nature of each initiative.

The ideal candidate is an exceptional communicator with experience successfully leading multidisciplinary teams. We are seeking individuals with strong financial management skills who are highly organized, adept at multitasking/prioritizing, and have the ability and willingness to motivate others.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and faculty members
• Maintain and manage timely and professional written and verbal communications with clients and faculty members
• Ensure client expectations are met on all levels of program activity
• Establish and maintain a strong knowledge of client organizations, products, disease states, and publications
• Develop new project budgets
• Contribute to new business development activities within the account team
• Manage budgeting, financial monitoring, and reconciliation of individual projects
• Schedule and conduct start-up, interim, and final team meetings for each project, establish and maintain time and events schedules, and provide ongoing updates to client and team as required by account team on each initiative to ensure successful management and completion
• Facilitate progress of multidisciplinary project teams to ensure within-budget, on-time, on-strategy performance
• Own the detail of daily account work on each project
• Oversee and facilitate development of all project activities
• Assist in training new account team members as required
• Maintain company policies as they pertain to all activities
• Adhere to all Lockwood Group policies and standard operating procedures

Education: A bachelor’s degree is required.

Professional Skills & Experience: one to three years of relevant project management experience in a publications environment is required. Candidates must have the ability to grasp and retain scientific information, along with a strong technical aptitude and working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Candidates must have experience with publication management platforms, such as iEnvision/Datavision and PubStrat.

**Apply to join Lockwood's Scientific Director Freelancer Community for both immediate and future assignments**

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 Freelance Scientific Director is responsible for the planning, development, and oversight of scientific content for an assigned account or accounts across various therapeutic areas addressing different target audiences.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include working with the Group Scientific Director to provide clients with strategic medical communication recommendations that support the achievement of brand goals, independently leading execution of content development activities, supervising Associate Scientific Directors, and liaising with other in-house or freelance staff to manage writing and other content-related tasks such as conducting background research, data-checking, and reference annotation.

Education: An advanced degree in science (ie. PhD, PharmD, or MD) is required. CMPP preferred.

Professional Skills and Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5 or more years of relevant job experience with medical publications, including manuscripts, posters, abstracts, podium presentations, scientific platforms, and publication extenders.
• 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.
• Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (ie. AMA style) and ethical guideline working knowledge (ie. ICMJE, GPP2022) is also required.