Position Title: Associate Director, Global Scientific Communications Lead
Assignment Duration: 1 Year (Possible Extension)
Work Arrangement: Remote
 
Position Summary:
The Associate Director, Global Scientific Communications Lead is a key strategic partner of the TA Medical Affairs team responsible for dynamically driving the strategic planning and tactical execution of the comprehensive scientific communications plan across publications and medical communications as a central component of the global medical strategy for the asset program and will support the Medical Communications efforts of the TA Scientific Communications team.
In partnership with cross-functional stakeholders, the Associate Director, Global Scientific Communications Lead will:
 
Key Responsibilities:
Publications

• Own and lead the Scientific Publications Team meeting and annual workshops to drive the development of the strategic global publication plan for the IBD program with the ability to lead and collaborate effectively across numerous and diverse internal and external cross-functional stakeholders
• Collaborate with external authors and journals for the planning, integration, and execution of all publication activities in compliance with ICMJE, GPP and other standards as well as with our organization’s standards and SOPs
• Ensure that vendors are properly trained to and comply with our organization’s standards, SOPs, company systems and tools while managing all vendor partners to execute the tactical plan effectively and efficiently for their assigned publication projects

Medical Communications

• Lead the planning and execution of the integrated congress plans including oversight of content for and design of the Medical Affairs booth, creation of FAQs, collection and generation of scientific insights, scientific symposia as well as pre-con, post-con and daily debrief meetings and communications
• Lead the development of scientific communication platform and core communication objectives in collaboration with cross-functional team
• Generate scientific content for internal and external medical communications-related activities such as scientific slide decks and digital assets for use during internal education, scientific symposia, medical affairs advisory boards and materials for use by field medical
• Serve as the medical approver during the formal review process for medical materials
• Support the medical communications activities for the TA Scientific Communications team

Overall

• Provide and lead high level strategic thinking for innovative strategies in developing and disseminating our organization’s scientific and medical data
• Ensure high scientific quality, alignment with medical strategy and adherence to compliance and legal requirements
• Ensure and communicate regular updates to relevant key stakeholders to facilitate ongoing functional and regional planning and inform dependencies
• Create a spirit of cooperation and collaboration and foster diversity of opinion and an environment of psychological safety and open communication in the establishment and execution of annual program strategies, objectives, tactics and priorities
• Ensure all of activities are conducted according to our organization’s standards, SOPs, applicable working instructions and, industry standards and educate on these policies as necessary
• Bring deep subject matter expertise on innovative and compliant strategies, tactics and policies
• Ensure that all projects remain on strategy, within budget, and are executed in a timely manner
• Oversee budget, financial forecasting, and vendor management

 
Qualification & Experience:

• A higher education degree (MD, PharmD, PhD), or master’s degree in biomedical discipline or equivalent with demonstrated experience in publication management
• Minimum 5 years of experience (for candidates with doctoral degrees) or 7 years of experience (for candidates with master’s degrees) in the biopharmaceutical industry, preferably within a matrixed structure and medical affairs roles
• CMPP certification (preferred)
• Critical thinker able to understand complex disease states, datasets and strategic scenarios
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical drug development process, clinical trial design and execution, statistical methods, and clinical trial data reporting requirements.
• Experience in scientific communications strategy, planning, and execution (must have experience with publications or medical communications; experience with both is preferred)
• Good knowledge of scientific communication approaches and best practices
• Deep knowledge of scientific publication planning processes and industry standards for reporting scientific studies including but not limited to GPP, ICMJE, CONSORT, PRISMA
• Familiarity with international regulatory and legal guidelines regarding medical communication strategy and execution is a plus
• Experience and knowledge of publication and medical communications management software/systems
• Ability to foster diversity of opinion and an environment of open communication and trust
• Demonstrated ability in coordinating and implementing simultaneous projects within a complex global matrix and align region and country-specific priorities into a unified approach that meets multiple stakeholder needs
• Proactive, enterprise thinker with multicultural outlook, and the ability to work effectively in a geographically and functionally diverse organization.
• Experience overseeing medical communications agencies and managing budget,
• Up to 25% travel for congresses and offsite meetings may be required

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 90.00/hr.