Scientific Services Director - One Year Fixed-Term Contract

About Lucid Group

We are a global healthcare communications agency with deep therapeutic expertise that traverses the asset lifecycle, delivering transformative outcomes for healthcare brands for over 20 years.

About The Role

The Scientific Services Director (SSD) is a core member of the Medical & Editorial team. As an SSD, you will have a management role in a delivery vertical, active across business delivered by >20 writers and editors. SSDs ensure scientific excellence through provision of senior operational direction and leadership. They are responsible for the management and development of the Medical & Editorial team, and accountable for high‑quality content generation.

Responsibilities

• Works with the Head of Medical & Editorial and other SSDs to optimise synergies and adopt a consistent approach to Medical & Editorial management and operations across the verticals in the division.
• Partners with the General Manager of a delivery vertical, representing Medical & Editorial operations in that vertical.
• Collaborates with senior counterparts in Client Services and central operations to develop and maintain the vertical’s and division’s operational plans, being responsible for Medical & Editorial staff alignment and resourcing.
• Leads recruitment of new Medical & Editorial team members and their subsequent onboarding and probation processes.
• Works with the Head of Medical & Editorial and other SSDs to manage Medical & Editorial succession planning, promotions, retention rates and engagement scores.
• Works to understand the development needs of the Medical & Editorial team to ensure excellence and support growth, through appropriate training, mentoring and coaching.
• Supports Medical & Editorial line managers with driving appropriate objective setting, development plans, performance management and appropriate business metrics.
• Works closely with and develops the Scientific Directors to cascade strong leadership and consistency across Medical & Editorial.
• Contributes to the review of scientific content developed by Medical & Editorial with a focus on advancing the development of individual and team writing capabilities.
• Contributes, where required, to the delivery of high‑quality content for projects and proposals.

What We’re Looking For

Essential Criteria

• Senior scientific writing experience (>10 years).
• A proven track record in scientific content generation within an omnichannel Medical Communications environment.
• Proven leadership skills and ability to manage large teams, including involvement in recruitment, resourcing, line management and team development.
• A willingness to constructively challenge colleagues, suppliers and clients.
• Excellent collaboration skills and comfort with working in a multi‑functional group.
• Knowledge of financial management and budgets for projects.

Desirable Criteria

• Exposure to a broad range of therapeutic areas and asset lifecycle stages.
• Experience contributing to new business development, pitches or strategic proposals.

If you look at this list and feel you don’t meet every single requirement, we still want to hear from you! We encourage you to apply, have a discussion with us about the role or others that we may have at Lucid Group either now or in the future, together we can build more inclusive workplaces.

Benefits Of Working With Us

• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• Contributory pension with Lucid contribution up to 5% of basic salary (enrolment after 3 months of employment).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 25 working days holiday, 1 Celebration Day of your choice, 4 Christmas closure days plus 8 Bank Holidays per annum (pro‑rata for part‑time).
• Flexible holiday buy and sell scheme.
• Family friendly policies.
• Private family health and dental cover, including Employee Assistance Programme and a comprehensive employee rewards scheme.
• 4x basic salary life assurance cover.
• Medicash Healthcare Cash Plan (Level 1 company cover).
• Season Ticket Loans.
• Regular incentive schemes aligned to individual and team performance.

Equal Opportunity and Inclusion Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, colour, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or disability. As part of our commitment to recruiting and supporting colleagues with disabilities Lucid Group is a committed member of the UK Government’s Disability Scheme, supporting people with disabilities provides us with access to a wider talent pool and enables us to be a force for good in the world by creating fair and equitable access to employment opportunities. Aligned to this scheme we commit to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible by:

• Offering a guaranteed interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for the role.
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments.
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long‑term health condition.

If you wish to apply under this scheme please indicate so when asked on our DEI page which will appear as part of our job application process.