Senior Scientific Director

Key roles and responsibilities

• Lead and ensure the overall success of a large client account (or or a group of smaller accounts). Achieve this by taking accountability for the following tasks:
  • Providing senior leadership of the account(s)
  • Establishing Aspire as a valued strategic partner of the client(s)
  • Monitoring and, if appropriate, acting on opportunities for organic growth of the account(s)
  • Ensuring work delivered to the client(s) is of the highest quality and scientific integrity
  • Ensuring the financial health of the account(s)
  • Ensuring projects are delivered according to agreed timelines
  • Ensuring projects are appropriately resourced and that whenever possible, Aspire’s commitment to work–life balance is reflected in the day-to-day experiences of team members
  • Mentoring and supporting the continued professional development of account team members
• Take an active role in a Business Unit Management Team

Other key roles

• Take on line-management responsibilities, providing expert guidance so that line reports fulfil their responsibilities and objectives, and are supported in their professional development
• If needed/appropriate, lead or take a senior supporting role in a company workstream and take full or shared accountability for the success of the workstream (as measured by adherence to the workstream’s mission statement, achieving the workstream’s yearly goals, managing its budget, overseeing its membership, and ensuring each member contributes to workstream outputs)
• Uphold and be a custodian for the company’s values. Consider how the company’s values can be cascaded to account teams/other teams and integrated into team goals/team member objectives
• If needed to maintain client satisfaction or team wellbeing, take calls with, or respond to messages from clients, team members, or other stakeholders, out of usual office hours
   
  
  

Aspire Scientific: Vision and Values

Culture

• We care for our team by fostering a people-first culture of trust, transparency, and flexibility that actively encourages a healthy and sustainable work–life balance.

Talent

• We recruit, invest in, and retain outstanding people. We provide the resources and ongoing training and development opportunities to nurture talented, stable teams who excel at what they do.

Excellence

• We develop successful client partnerships through excellence in medical writing and communication, underpinned by therapy area knowledge, industry expertise and a commitment to best practices.