Medical and Scientific Publications Manager

Role Summary

The Medical & Scientific Publications Manager/Associate is an integral part of the Medical team. S/he is accountable for executing the medical communication plan for products and pipeline assets, including operational and administrative support. Location: Bedford, MA.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of data dissemination plan for all programs via execution of the medical communication plan and incorporate strategic insights as relevant to medical
• Lead the execution of developing manuscripts, abstracts, presentations, and posters through collaboration with the medical communications team
• Collaborate with internal/external medical writers and/or vendors to draft, review, and edit medical and scientific content
• Provide support to internal/external authors and reviewers to track and facilitate content reviews, approvals, submissions, and other related activities as needed per ICJME guidelines
• Maintain the scientific communications platform
• Assist in the development of additional content for external audiences such as field medical, advisory boards, FAQs
• Shepherd medical materials through the review and approval process
• Coordinate and participate in MRC meetings to resolve comments and questions
• Manage reviewer timelines with close attention to deadlines, understanding sensitivities related to detail and timeline of information dissemination
• Create and maintain project status and projected timelines for medical and scientific materials
• Organize and maintain internal document and information repository with citations and references
• Develop broad and in-depth knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, and clinical outcomes associated with products and relevant disease states

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in biology or higher in Pharmaceutical Science or a related field
• 1+ years in medical communications within biotech/pharma industry (ophthalmology research preferred)
• 1+ years’ experience in medical or related fields like medical device, biotech, pharma
• Project management, Word, Excel and PowerPoint knowledge
• Experience with Veeva Vault preferred but not required
• Ability to learn applications quickly
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (including meticulous proofreading)
• Team-oriented, flexible, creative, inquisitive, driven and extremely reliable
• Ability to work with and collaborate with all levels and groups
• Ability to travel 15%