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Job Summary:
The Executive Director, Publication & Scientific Communication leads the development of scientific publication and communication plans. This person will work closely with Discovery, Development, and Regional colleagues to ensure a strong flow of publications and scientific communications.
Responsibilities:
- Lead team in the timely delivery of publications and other scientific communications
- Coordinate resources for writing, editing, formatting and submitting articles to peer-reviewed scientific journals and scientific/medical conferences
- Manage/coordinate vendor coverage of scientific congresses and congress summaries.
- Manage the scientific communication/publication budget, provide updates to management and finance, and carefully monitor performance of external agencies
- Gather/analyze/report metrics for projects/tasks to internal stakeholders and teams
- Build/maintain relationships with clinical experts, journal editors, and congress secretariats
- Lead cross-functional publication teams for investigational and marketed products
- Manage/provide professional development for direct reports
- Rebalance workload as needed to ensure focus is on priority areas
- Adhere to GPP and ensure compliance with company policies
- Develop/revise internal guidance and policies as needed in support of publication activities
- Deliver training to internal collaborators and external partners and conduct compliance and quality audits.
- Utilize appropriate software to catalog projects, including listing of the appropriate reviewers of document drafts as well as document version tracking
- Contribute to the development/refinement of the overall strategy for Global Medical Affairs
- Drive development of scientific statements and FAQs from scientific publications and presentations
- Support PR and IR activities as needed (press releases, investor slide presentations)
Qualifications
(Minimal acceptable level of education, work experience, and competency)
- M.Sci. or M.P.H. or M.B.A. required; Ph.D. or Dr. P.H. preferred
- Certification as a Medical Publications Professional (CMPP) strongly preferred
- 10+ years of industry experience with proven leadership in publications
- Hematology/oncology, Immunology/Autoimmune therapeutic area experience would be plus
- Strong interpersonal, team leadership, and people management skills
EXECQUEST, LLC