Strategic Content Lead (Healthcare)

Location: Cranbury, NJ, United States

Company

Independent medical media company operating healthcare brands, clinical journalism, and industry events across North America.

What you will do

• Set the content direction and strategy for an entire therapeutic area, aligning editorial plans with clinical trends, audience needs, brand positioning, and business goals.
• Oversee content producers, content franchises, partner programs, and high-impact initiatives across the vertical.
• Build and manage a KOL ecosystem involving clinical trial investigators, society leaders, and healthcare industry influencers.
• Design and scale premium multimedia products, including video programs, expert panels, congress series, recurring franchises, and social-first formats.
• Lead and mentor Content Producers and Content Associates through coaching, feedback, goal-setting, and succession planning.
• Collaborate with content strategy, project management, business development, and other stakeholders on client engagement, KOL recruitment, and enterprise initiatives.

Requirements

• Advanced scientific degree strongly preferred, such as MS, MPH, PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, Life Sciences, or a related field required.
• 5–8+ years of experience in medical communications, clinical content strategy, healthcare journalism, or a related field.
• Experience leading content teams, managing KOL partnerships, and producing complex multimedia programs.
• Strong scientific and clinical acumen, including the ability to translate research data into strategic content direction.
• Exceptional written, verbal, executive, and on-camera communication skills, with the ability to influence complex stakeholder groups.

Nice to have

• Experience overseeing content strategy at a therapeutic-area or portfolio level.
• Fluency in emerging tools and formats such as AI, digital video, and social-first content.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with equal employment opportunities.
• Collaborative, fast-paced environment focused on service, innovation, integrity, respect, teamwork, and high performance.
• Opportunity to contribute to healthcare communication, clinician engagement, and medical journalism.
• Visible internal and external leadership role with interaction across clinical, editorial, business, and expert communities.