Associate Director Global Scientific Communications

Investigo is recruiting a Associate Director Scientific Communications for a Global Pharmaceutical Company specialising in Rare Disease, based in the Boston area.
The Associate Director will have the opportunity to have an impact on the future of the business and the strategic publications plans of the assigned products, working closely with the Senior/Executive Director. Working in a small team, you will be required to lead publications teams independently and will have done so previously. The role will require you to partner with stakeholders across internal and external organisations, leading the strategy and implementation of vital publication tactics.
Key responsibilities include;

• You will develop and implement a strategic publication plan for the assigned products and disease indications.
• Ensure timely execution of the publication plan to produce accurate and impactful deliverables, these can include abstracts, posters, oral presentations, manuscripts and slide decks.
• You will develop and implement the educational plan, including physician advisory panels, symposia, and other scientific programs that communicate crucial information to the scientific community.
• Oversee the timeliness of the publication plan to ensure its successful execution.
• Collaborate with external authors, investigators and thought leaders on the various deliverables.
• Through the analysis of data you will identify appropriate publications and presentation forums.
• You will be required to conduct literature searches and interpret literature for internal stakeholders, including competitor assessments.

Qualifications

• Educational Requirement will be Pharm D, MD, PhD.
• Over 4 years of experience within a Pharmaceutical Company, Agency experience will be considered.
• You will have experience in publication planning and implementation, planning and executing symposia and medical education materials also.
• Ability to collaborate with agencies to plan, write and develop abstracts, posters, oral presentations, manuscripts, slide decks and content for scientific and educational programs.
• Interpret and organize highly complex scientific data, experience reviewing clinical trial data and output from statistical analysis programs.
• Experience in working closely with KOLs and authors.
• Strong working knowledge of current good publication practices and guidelines (GPP2, ICMJE).
• Ability to travel (US and International) approximately 10-15% of time.