Senior Manager, Scientific Communications

Role Summary

Senior Scientific Communications Manager responsible for leading abstracts, posters, and oral presentations at scientific congresses, and for submitting manuscripts to scientific journals. Ensures adherence to and support of SOPs, including GPP 2022 and ICMJE best practices, and coordinates with internal stakeholders to meet publication milestones.

Responsibilities

• Manage the overall development and approval process for assigned documents within timelines, including documentation generation, initiation of review process, discussions on proposed revisions, and document completion in collaboration with other team members
• Coordinate internal stakeholder and author interactions, develop project timelines, maintain compliance with publication industry and company standards and ensure timely achievement of project milestones
• Supervise/monitor communications vendors to optimize timely development of materials
• Ensure timely communication and follow up with all key stakeholders
• Provide updates of scientific publication activities on a regular basis and/or as directed which may include provision of updates in PowerPoint, word, or other formats
• Ensure all publication activities are appropriately archived

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in a scientific or health-related field required; PharmD, PhD or MD preferred
• At least 1 to 5 years of experience in medical/publication writing in the pharmaceutical, biotech, device, medical communications, or CRO industries
• Demonstrated ability to produce clear, concise, and effective written and verbal communications describing scientific and clinical data in English
• Demonstrated ability to write clear, concise, and effective publications, including the ability to turn data into visuals that convey the key messages and to communicate complex information effectively and accurately

Skills

• Understanding of clinical trial design and execution, statistical methods and clinical trial data reporting requirements
• Ability to work collaboratively and coordinate the efforts of team members to resolve comments, and produce a final high-quality document
• Independently motivated with good problem-solving skills allowing analysis, synthesis and compilation of data from a broad range of disciplines
• Well-organized with demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks, work simultaneously on multiple projects, and complete high-quality documents according to timelines
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, cohesive, collaborative team-oriented work environment