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Red Nucleus is hiring a Client Engagement Manager to join our global Medical Communications team! This is a home-based position within the US or Canada, or if within a commutable distance to one of our offices (Toronto, San Francisco, Boston, or Yardley, PA, the role would be hybrid based.
Our purpose is advancing knowledge to improve lives. We succeed by being the premier provider of strategic learning and development, scientific advisory services, and medical communications solutions for the life sciences industry. Our global team is composed of nearly 800 full-time employees whose commitment to creativity, quality, and on-time delivery is unrivaled in our space.
At Red Nucleus, we believe in providing a rich working environment that pushes us to innovate in ways that engages our employees to be their best selves. Our culture is about meaningful work, a true sense of community and fun. We love to celebrate our people and we are proud to have been Internationally recognized as a “Great Place to Work".
Job Overview
The Client Engagement Manager is responsible for managing day-to-day client relationships and leading the successful execution of medical communications (specifically medical publications deliverables) programs across assigned accounts and projects. This role serves as a key liaison between clients and internal teams, ensuring initiatives are strategically aligned, delivered on time and within budget, and meet the highest standards of quality and compliance.
The Client Engagement Manager articulates the client’s vision for each project, translates objectives into clear direction for internal teams, and ensures deliverables align to agreed strategies, metrics, and regulatory requirements. This individual thrives in a fast-paced agency environment, demonstrates strong judgment and attention to detail, and is viewed by clients and colleagues as a dependable, solutions-oriented partner.
Responsibilities:
Under the guidance of a Client Engagement Director, the Client Engagement Manager is responsible for:
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- Serving as the primary day-to-day client contact for assigned accounts and projects, delivering consistently high levels of client service.
- Leading execution of medical communications programs from initiation through completion, ensuring delivery to scope, timeline, budget, and quality standards.
- Leading regular client status meetings, preparing agendas, status updates, and meeting recaps with timely follow-up.
- Collaborating closely with Creative, Editorial, Digital, Project to manage day-to-day execution.
- Review deliverables to ensure alignment to client objectives and feedback as well as compliant with regulatory guidance and client processes as applicable.
- Managing project and account financials, including budget tracking, invoicing, reconciliations, and identification of scope changes.
- Developing and managing change orders and supporting proposal and SOW development as needed
- Ensuring adherence to agency and client SOPs, compliance requirements, and industry regulations (e.g., PhRMA, Open Payments).
- Supervising and supporting the medical/regulatory/legal (MLR) review process, including document submission systems (e.g., Veeva).
- Participating in onsite client meetings, advisory boards, congress activities, and speaker programs as needed.
- Coaching and supporting junior team members providing guidance, feedback, and workload prioritization.
- Contributing to organic growth through identification of new opportunities and support of business development efforts.
Education and Experience
Education
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- Bachelor’s degree required (Communications, Marketing, Life Sciences, or related field preferred). Advanced degree a plus.
Experience
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- 4-6+ years of experience in medical communications, medical education, pharma marketing, or related fields.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
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- Strong understanding of the life sciences industry, therapeutic landscapes, and drug development process
- Financial acumen including forecasting, SOW development, and profitability management
- Strong client communication and relationship management skills
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills; ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment
- Strong attention to detail with commitment to quality, accuracy, and compliance
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- High attention to detail with commitment to quality and compliance
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management systems
- Familiarity with document submission systems (e.g., Veeva PromoMats) preferred
- Expertise in publication planning processes, manuscript and congress deliverable workflows, author engagement coordination, and journal submission management.
- Advanced proficiency with publication management and reference management tools (Datavision, PubSTRAT, PubsHub, etc.)
Diversity, equity and inclusion are valued at Red Nucleus and we believe we have a shared responsibility to provide equal opportunity and foster an inclusive spirit. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, caste, sexual orientation, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
To learn more about working at Red Nucleus, please visit Careers | Red Nucleus
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Red Nucleus is hiring a Client Engagement Manager to join our global Medical Communications team! This is a home-based position within the US or Canada, or if within a commutable distance to one of our offices (Toronto, San Francisco, Boston, or Yardley, PA, the role would be hybrid based.
Our purpose is advancing knowledge to improve lives. We succeed by being the premier provider of strategic learning and development, scientific advisory services, and medical communications solutions for the life sciences industry. Our global team is composed of nearly 800 full-time employees whose commitment to creativity, quality, and on-time delivery is unrivaled in our space.
At Red Nucleus, we believe in providing a rich working environment that pushes us to innovate in ways that engages our employees to be their best selves. Our culture is about meaningful work, a true sense of community and fun. We love to celebrate our people and we are proud to have been Internationally recognized as a “Great Place to Work".
Job Overview
The Client Engagement Manager is responsible for managing day-to-day client relationships and leading the successful execution of medical communications (specifically medical publications deliverables) programs across assigned accounts and projects. This role serves as a key liaison between clients and internal teams, ensuring initiatives are strategically aligned, delivered on time and within budget, and meet the highest standards of quality and compliance.
The Client Engagement Manager articulates the client’s vision for each project, translates objectives into clear direction for internal teams, and ensures deliverables align to agreed strategies, metrics, and regulatory requirements. This individual thrives in a fast-paced agency environment, demonstrates strong judgment and attention to detail, and is viewed by clients and colleagues as a dependable, solutions-oriented partner.
Responsibilities:
Under the guidance of a Client Engagement Director, the Client Engagement Manager is responsible for:
-
- Serving as the primary day-to-day client contact for assigned accounts and projects, delivering consistently high levels of client service.
- Leading execution of medical communications programs from initiation through completion, ensuring delivery to scope, timeline, budget, and quality standards.
- Leading regular client status meetings, preparing agendas, status updates, and meeting recaps with timely follow-up.
- Collaborating closely with Creative, Editorial, Digital, Project to manage day-to-day execution.
- Review deliverables to ensure alignment to client objectives and feedback as well as compliant with regulatory guidance and client processes as applicable.
- Managing project and account financials, including budget tracking, invoicing, reconciliations, and identification of scope changes.
- Developing and managing change orders and supporting proposal and SOW development as needed
- Ensuring adherence to agency and client SOPs, compliance requirements, and industry regulations (e.g., PhRMA, Open Payments).
- Supervising and supporting the medical/regulatory/legal (MLR) review process, including document submission systems (e.g., Veeva).
- Participating in onsite client meetings, advisory boards, congress activities, and speaker programs as needed.
- Coaching and supporting junior team members providing guidance, feedback, and workload prioritization.
- Contributing to organic growth through identification of new opportunities and support of business development efforts.
Education and Experience
Education
-
- Bachelor’s degree required (Communications, Marketing, Life Sciences, or related field preferred). Advanced degree a plus.
Experience
-
- 4-6+ years of experience in medical communications, medical education, pharma marketing, or related fields.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
-
- Strong understanding of the life sciences industry, therapeutic landscapes, and drug development process
- Financial acumen including forecasting, SOW development, and profitability management
- Strong client communication and relationship management skills
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills; ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment
- Strong attention to detail with commitment to quality, accuracy, and compliance
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- High attention to detail with commitment to quality and compliance
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management systems
- Familiarity with document submission systems (e.g., Veeva PromoMats) preferred
- Expertise in publication planning processes, manuscript and congress deliverable workflows, author engagement coordination, and journal submission management.
- Advanced proficiency with publication management and reference management tools (Datavision, PubSTRAT, PubsHub, etc.)
Diversity, equity and inclusion are valued at Red Nucleus and we believe we have a shared responsibility to provide equal opportunity and foster an inclusive spirit. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, caste, sexual orientation, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
To learn more about working at Red Nucleus, please visit Careers | Red Nucleus
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Science & Research
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote director of publications jobs.
- 7 or more years of editorial or publishing experience, with at least 3 in a leadership role
- Demonstrated experience managing print and digital publication workflows from concept to distribution
- Proficiency with content management systems and publishing production software
- Strong project management skills with experience coordinating editorial, design, and legal review teams
- Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, English, or a closely related field
- Experience developing and enforcing editorial style guides and brand voice standards
Tips for Your Remote Director of Publications Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote director of publications openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your editorial background and apply directly without sorting through unrelated postings.
Show your async editorial leadership clearly
Remote employers want proof you can set editorial standards and move publications forward without daily check-ins. Highlight specific examples of leading distributed teams, managing remote contributors, or running publication cycles across time zones using tools like Asana, Notion, or Airtable.
Build a portfolio that speaks remotely
Curate published work, editorial guidelines, style guides, and content calendars you've created or overseen. Remote hiring managers review these before interviews, so your portfolio needs to show editorial vision and execution without you in the room to explain it.
Prepare for written-first remote interviews
Many remote employers screen director of publications candidates with written exercises or async video responses before any live call. Practice explaining your editorial philosophy, past publication decisions, and team management approach in writing, since that's how distributed organizations evaluate judgment.
Remote Director of Publications Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote director of publications job?
Remote director of publications roles go to candidates who can demonstrate strong editorial judgment, self-directed project management, and clear written communication without relying on in-office collaboration. Remote employers screen heavily for experience leading distributed editorial teams, managing publication calendars asynchronously, and setting content standards without day-to-day oversight. A portfolio of published work, evidence of cross-functional remote coordination, and fluency with tools like project management and content management systems all give candidates a clear edge.
Which companies hire remote director of publicationss?
Employers currently hiring remote director of publicationss include Envision Pharma, Syneos Health, and サイネオス・ヘルス, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. The companies that most consistently hire this role remotely are remote-first nonprofits, associations, academic publishers, and content-led technology firms with distributed editorial teams.
Can you get a remote director of publications job with no experience?
Yes, but remote director of publications roles are senior by nature, so entry without formal experience is difficult, especially because remote work demands independent decision-making from day one. The most realistic entry paths are building a portfolio of editorial projects, contributing to nonprofit or open-source publications remotely, or moving up from a managing editor role. Demonstrating that you can run an editorial process without supervision is what opens the door.
Do you need a degree for remote director of publications jobs?
Not always. Remote employers in publishing and media weigh your editorial portfolio, publishing credits, and demonstrated ability to lead content strategy far more than a specific credential. That said, many organizations, particularly in academic publishing, associations, and nonprofits, still list a bachelor's or master's degree as a baseline expectation, so having one removes a screening hurdle even if it isn't the deciding factor.
Which industries hire the most remote director of publicationss?
Remote director of publications roles concentrate in Science & Research, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors hire director of publicationss remotely because their editorial output is digital-first and their teams are already structured around distributed, asynchronous workflows.
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