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Title: Associate Director Scientific Communications
Location: Horsham, PA
Duration: 8 months contract
Leading Pharmaceutical Company located in PA is hiring a Associate Director, Scientific Communications w/ 6 years industry experience. If you want to be a part of this groundbreaking work, please apply!
The Associate Director, Scientific Communications will develop scientific communications (i.e., manuscripts, abstracts, posters and presentations) and assist in providing strategic and technical leadership in planning and driving the dissemination of these deliverables. This position will support one or more assets in the psoriatic disease (PsD) therapeutic area within the immunology portfolio. The incumbent will be expected to provide hands-on medical writing support for the development of scientific publications for up to 70% of their time.
This Individual Will
System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Title: Associate Director Scientific Communications
Location: Horsham, PA
Duration: 8 months contract
Leading Pharmaceutical Company located in PA is hiring a Associate Director, Scientific Communications w/ 6 years industry experience. If you want to be a part of this groundbreaking work, please apply!
The Associate Director, Scientific Communications will develop scientific communications (i.e., manuscripts, abstracts, posters and presentations) and assist in providing strategic and technical leadership in planning and driving the dissemination of these deliverables. This position will support one or more assets in the psoriatic disease (PsD) therapeutic area within the immunology portfolio. The incumbent will be expected to provide hands-on medical writing support for the development of scientific publications for up to 70% of their time.
This Individual Will
- Function as an expert writer for assigned documents within the PsD TA
- Be responsible for oversight of content quality for publications and presentations within their assigned asset(s), as well as reviewing all project related content for message accuracy and consistency; requiring editorial, scientific and strategic expertise
- Build working relationships with partners, clients and KOLs including meetings and teleconferences
- Be responsible for delivery of publication plan for assigned asset(s)
- Act as a lead writer for manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and presentations.
- Provide direction, oversight, and feedback to contractors and/or vendors or in-house team members.
- Maintain knowledge of clinical study data for assigned TA by participating in meetings where protocols, top line results, study reports and submission documents are planned and reviewed
- Attend/co-lead Strategic Publication Team meetings as needed
- Remain current with both internal and external publication guidelines and ensure team adherence to publication procedures
- Collaborate and support therapeutic area medical writers and medical communication professionals and provide guidance on appropriate target meetings for data presentation and journals for manuscript publication
- Bachelor’s degree with 8-10 years of related (pharmaceutical) work experience is required or Master’s degree with 5 years related (pharmaceutical) work experience is required
- People and vendor management experience required.
- Self-starter, diplomatic, good management skills in moving projects forward and handling a high volume of work while meeting deadline is required
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, presentation skills, conflict management and problem-solving skills is required
- Demonstrated ability to work/lead in cross-functional environments; demonstrated ability to partner with scientists, academicians, and clinicians; service- and detail-oriented
- A minimum of 2 years publication planning experience is preferred
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience writing publications in a CRO or pharmaceutical setting is required.
System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
