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 hybrid in London, with occasional travel to 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.

What Makes Us Different

JPA Health offers you the opportunity to work with purpose as you achieve extraordinary results for our clients. You will elevate your career in an environment that thrives at the intersection of wellness, connection, and compassion. Our mission to help people live healthier lives begins with you.

Our approach prioritizes compassion to ensure you and your family flourish. We promote flexibility with adaptable work arrangements for a balanced personal and professional life. Respect, inclusion, camaraderie, and connection – this is the heart of our agency’s ethos. We elevate each other. We work collaboratively. And we push ourselves to think bigger.

In addition, JPA Health offers:

• Generous holiday allowance and additional days off for charitable giving
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, internal webinars through JPA’s Elevate Institute, tuition reimbursement, paid professional development, and paid learning and development time
• Private healthcare and access to wellness initiatives
• Competitive pay, discretionary bonus scheme, and opportunities to advance in your career.

At JPA Health, we put people first. We believe that a wide range of perspectives and experiences enhance our work and enable us to better serve our clients. Our Core Values – Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Curiosity, and Compassion – guide our daily interactions and deepen our understanding of the clients we serve.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. If you require an accommodation in order to apply for a position with JPA Health, please contact us for assistance at recruiting@jpa.com.