Associate Director, Scientific Communications (Neurology)

Role Summary

As an Associate Director, Scientific Communications, you will drive the development and alignment of our scientific communications plans for our Neurology Global Medical Affairs strategy. The primary responsibilities are to develop global scientific communications platforms and implement comprehensive and integrated medical communication plans. This includes ensuring the value, quality, and impact of all projects and the alignment of medical communications with internal and external partners. This on-site role can be based in Warren, NJ or Sleepy Hollow, NY and will require you to be on-site 4 days/week.

Responsibilities

• Identifying and prioritizing scientific educational opportunities to reach targeted partners in an impactful manner.
• Collaborating with the Scientific Communications Lead and Franchise Medical Affairs Director(s) driving quality control and endorsement of: Scientific Communication Platforms, Lexicons, Disease-State Education materials, Program Slides, Data/Publication updates, Congress materials.
• Collaborating to develop medical content for congresses, and leading some of these activities
• Leading projects through medical review committees for approval of materials
• Ensuring medical and scientific integrity and accuracy of all assets, ensuring materials have a fair and balanced representation
• Developing centralized, organized, and searchable resource repositories for internal teams
• Managing vendor interactions, ensuring the scientific quality of projects and that goals are met in a timely manner
• Working with Project Managers to supervise all materials are delivered within the allocated budget, and tracks budget spend in a systematic manner

Qualifications

• Required: PhD, MD, or PharmD; >6 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including >4 years in Scientific Communications.
• Preferred: Strong background in Neurology or Rare Disease.
• Preferred: Any experience with launch activities, congress strategy/management or digital content development and dissemination is helpful.