Mgr Medical Communications - Hiring Immediately

Position Title: Sr. Manager, Global Scientific Communications
Onsite or remote:
Shift Schedule: M-F Standard Business Hours

BGC:

• SSN Trace (SSN) – Past Address and AKA Search
• 7-Year County Court Search off SSN Trace (Unlimited Counties as revealed by SSN Trace)
• 7-Year Statewide Criminal Search (All States as revealed per SSN Trace)
• 7-Year Nationwide Criminal Records Search (NCRS)
• 7-Year Federal Criminal District Criminal Search
• International Criminal Check (If Applicable – Lived Internationally in last 7 years)
• DOJ National Sex Offender Search
• Education Verification (Highest Level Earned)
• Employment Verification – (Present/Past - 5 Year History)
• Global Sanctions and World Watch Lists – Includes but is not limited to the below checks:
• General Services Administraction System for Award Management (SAM)
• Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
• Global Terrorist Watch Lists (OFAC, SDN, Interpol, etc.)

Drug TesT:

• 12 panel w/ Fentanyl

Position Summary:

• The Manager/Sr. Manager, Medical Communications (S/MMC) supports publication strategy and plan development, as well as manage the delivery of medical/scientific publication activities for Client’s therapeutic areas (TAs), as needed.
• The S/MMC also provides expertise to a wide variety of communication-related projects in the assigned TA.
• The successful candidate’s experience will add to the quality and outcome of business decisions and contribute external communications activities, for example with external authors, agencies and consultants, as appropriate.
• The S/MMC may have responsibility for multiple publication plans across products or indications.
• The S/MMC reports to the Director of Medical Communications.

Travel Requirements:

• Regional and/or international travel travel as required – 10-15%

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support the development, maintenance, and implementation of medical communication strategy, plans, and tactics in the assigned therapeutic area(s) and manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

The S/MMC is expected to:

• Possess ability to understand and interpret clinical trial data, the literature and associated therapeutic conditions
• Coordinates cross-functional publication strategy and core teams in the development of medical publications and scientific congress strategy and plans
• Possess project management skills to ensure execution of publication plans is consistent with department objectives and TA strategy
• Ensure oversight of publication records in Client’s publication tracking tool
• Possess a thorough understanding of industry and publication guidelines, ICMJE and GPP in particular
• Input into key medical/scientific communications concepts and terminology development
• Accountable for the timely delivery of high quality, message-focused medical communications to target audiences
• Ability to establish and leverage relationships with external experts, clinical trial investigators, journal editors, and congress secretariats to drive high quality medical communications activities
• Develop and maintain general or special issues publication advisory boards for assigned therapeutic areas, including recruitment of advisors, meeting planning and execution, content development, and documentation of action items
• Forecast financial resources with business case preparation and oversight as required and to deliver the publication plans within budget
• Effective vendor management skills to integrate medical communications agencies/contract freelancers as part of the extended team for medical communications activities
• Acquire and maintain thorough understanding of industry and publications standards with respect to quality, authorship and appropriateness of medical/scientific communications.
• Ensure that medical/scientific communications activities are within compliance

Position Requirements:

• Education Required: Bachelor of Science or Communications degree required; advanced scientific degree preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD)
• Experience Required: 3 years of experience in Industry with relevant medical/scientific focus
• Experience Preferred: 5 years of experience in Industry with relevant medical/scientific focus
• Specialized or Technical Knowledge Licenses, Certifications needed:
• Functional Knowledge: Knowledge of Good Publication Practices and ICMJE Guidelines
• Company/Industry Related Knowledge: Knowledge of Global Medical Affairs in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry

Job-Specific Competencies:

• Proven track record of establishing strong partnerships with senior stakeholders as well as delivering medical communications plans and tactics
• Project management skills and financial acumen
• Experience management of publication projects via publication tracking database (i.e. Datavision, PubStrat)
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Strong client engagement and relationship management skills
• Ability to influence and work with cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects
• Experience with Medical Affairs and Medical/Scientific Communication practices and processes