Associate Director - Scientific Communications

Title: Associate Director - Scientific Communications

Duration: 12 Months

Location: San Rafael, CA 94901 (Hybrid)

Payrate: $87/hr on W2 without benefits

Job Description:

• The Associate Director (AD) functions as a key member of the Scientific Communications team, ensuring high quality scientific outputs with appropriate utilization of resources. The AD will work with the Director of Scientific Communications to develop and implement scientific communication strategy, manage the scientific communication plan for assigned product and therapeutic areas, and oversee scientific messaging for marketed and clinical products.

Publication Strategy and Planning

• Develop and ensure timely execution of the scientific communication plan for the Client’s program in skeletal condition conditions, with a focus on the US
• Contribute to development and implementation of scientific messaging and maintain the Scientific Communication Platform
• Ensure cross-functional alignment of messaging and strategies to address gaps
• Develop expert knowledge of product- and disease-specific literature and oversee literature and gap analyses to support scientific message development and publication strategy
• Organize and implement expert meetings necessary for publication strategy development; collaborate with colleagues and external experts to develop agenda and content, manage vendors, and attend and present as needed
• Support scientific congress activities including development of content for symposia
• Facilitate the external/independent development of treatment and management guidelines

Publication Content Creation

• Research, draft, and edit scientific and medical manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and presentations
• Manage agency and/or contract medical writers and/or graphic designers, as needed
• Ensure all scientific communications outputs meet the highest standards of medical/scientific integrity
• Ensure activities adhere to authorship and publication guidelines as stipulated by ICMJE and GPP 2022
• Assist with maintenance and reconciliation activities within publication development database

Other

• Respond to internal and external questions about any scientific communications for the product area
• Participate in cross-functional team meetings to share scientific communication planning status and issues and maintain awareness of overall scientific communication plan
• Provide support for management of the Scientific Communications budget

Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to interpret, analyze and communicate complex scientific data
• Advanced understanding of statistical and clinical research concepts
• Understanding of biotech/pharmaceutical clinical and regulatory processes
• Strong leadership skills, including ability to lead cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• The Associate Director may manage direct reports

Education:

• Advanced degree (MS or higher) in life or health sciences is required
• 7 or more years of relevant experience in scientific communications, publication planning and/or medical writing within a pharmaceutical company or medical writing agency
• 2 or more years managing direct reports is preferred