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LanceSoft, Inc. · 1 month ago

Associate Director, Scientific Communications Lead

Cambridge, MA

Full-time, Contract

Hybrid

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$51.61/hr - $62.16/hr

5+ years exp

LanceSoft, Inc. is a company focused on curing cancer, and they are seeking an Associate Director, Scientific Communications Lead for their Global Medical Affairs Oncology team. This role involves developing and implementing strategic publication and scientific communication plans, managing cross-functional teams, and ensuring compliance with global standards in scientific communications.

Information Technology

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Collaborate with cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams to support the development, management, and execution of global (all regions) strategic scientific communication & publication plans that align with product medical strategies

Proactively develop, manage, and execute on global or regionally integrated strategic publication plans and scientific communication plans in coordination with cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with product medical strategies

Have a strong understanding of prioritized disease areas, including landscape and competition

Initiate communication with authors; identify all necessary data required for content development; participate in author meetings to facilitate content discussion and ensure appropriate content development process is followed

Critically review publications including, but not limited to, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and oral presentations, for accuracy and scientific rigor; manage and facilitate the content review process, including collating reviewer comments and having discussions with authors and reviewers

Commitment to ethical practices in the preparation and dissemination of publications

Effectively and consistently communicate the publication and scientific communications strategy, tactical plan, and plan progress to internal business partners; work with vendors and internal technical support groups to evaluate and optimize publications systems for reporting metrics to meet stakeholder needs

Manage medical writing agency, including oversight on execution of publications plans and budget, and maintenance of publications management databases such as Datavision

Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies for development, internal review, and dissemination of scientific communications materials, and act with commitment to ethical practices in the preparation and dissemination of publications

Manage alliance partnerships

Evaluate trends in medical publications and drive opportunities for enhanced publications content and amplification of publications to increase value of publications in scientific exchange; lead and/or participate in process development and refinement, as/if needed

Lead and/or participate in recruitment of vendors to fill resource gaps

Provide guidance and training to colleagues on publication strategy development and tactical execution best practices

Coordinate, plan, and manage scientific communications budget for assigned program(s) in close collaboration with GMAO Operations team

As needed, provide medical and scientific review of Global Medical Affairs Oncology materials (and, if required, promotional materials) to support the medical (and promotional) review process

As a subject matter expert for the assigned programs, lead or contribute to the development of content for Global Medical Affairs projects, including but not limited to, NCCN compendia, training materials, global congress plan, and medical resource tools, as needed

Serve as the Global Scientific Communications representative on relevant Global Medical Strategy Team

Attend conferences, symposia, or other meetings, as necessary or as assigned, and act as liaison between Global Scientific Communications and external content contributors

Qualification

Scientific publications expertiseOncology experienceMedical communications experienceProject management skillsVendor managementPublications management databasesCross-functional collaborationSynthesize dataInnovationComplianceRegulatory knowledgeAdvanced PC skillsCommunication skillsWork independentlyCreativity

Required

Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, or equivalent) in a scientific discipline (preferred) or a minimum of Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline plus commensurate long-term experience within pharmaceutical or biotech industry

5+ years healthcare or related experience, including 3+ years of experience with the development and execution of medical publications, within medical affairs in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry or within a medical communications agency, is essential

Knowledge of the scientific publication planning processes, current standards of good publication practice (GPP3), pertinent external guidelines related to industry publications (ICMJE), and scientific reporting standards for studies (CONSORT)

Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to manage several projects simultaneously

Ability to work well independently and under pressure

Strong capabilities and experience with resource allocation and vendor management

Ability to synthesize, interpret, present, and discuss complex medical and scientific data

Understanding of pharmaceutical clinical development and product life-cycle management, clinical trial design and execution, statistical methods and clinical trial data reporting requirements

Experience in medical communications function, which may include publications, medical information, and/or training

Experience with publications management databases such as Datavision

Working experience in cross-functional teams and global/local teams within the pharmaceutical or related industry