Publications and Scientific Communications Lead

Accountabilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of publication strategies and plans for portfolio assets and products.
• Develop high-quality scientific publications supporting products, assets, and disease education initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of disease and product scientific platforms, statements, and related communication strategies.
• Collaborate with internal teams across Medical Affairs, Drug Development, and Drug Discovery to develop publication content based on clinical and scientific studies.
• Lead discussions with external authors, collaborators, and scientific stakeholders throughout the publication development process.
• Manage external agencies and freelance contributors supporting writing, editing, formatting, and submission of manuscripts and conference materials.
• Coordinate publication reviews with authors, reviewers, and external contributors, ensuring feedback is incorporated appropriately.
• Write, edit, and format primary manuscripts, congress abstracts, slide presentations, posters, and other scientific materials as required.
• Track publication milestones, project status, drafts, author feedback, and internal reviews and approvals using appropriate publication management systems.
• Manage publication budgets, timelines, milestones, and project deliverables.
• Ensure publication activities follow established authorship guidelines, good publication practices, and applicable internal policies and procedures.
• Contribute to the maintenance and implementation of departmental publication policies and processes.

Requirements:

• Advanced degree in a scientific discipline, such as a PhD or PharmD.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience within the pharmaceutical industry, medical communications, or a consulting organization, preferably in publication management or senior-level scientific content review.
• Strong scientific and medical writing experience is essential.
• Demonstrated ability to lead publication strategies, publication plans, and the development of scientific platforms.
• Exceptional project management skills, with the ability to plan, prioritize, coordinate, and execute multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong understanding of the clinical development process, particularly clinical study data and outcome measures.
• Ability to critically evaluate and apply information from medical and scientific literature.
• High level of attention to detail, scientific rigor, and quality.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership and cross-functional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive priorities and maintain alignment across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to communicate complex medical and scientific information clearly and contribute to broader medical strategy.
• Comfortable working independently while also collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to respond effectively to urgent timelines and shifting priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Familiarity with publication planning and implementation tools, literature search indexes, journal databases, and related scientific software.
• Experience in oncology and/or dermatology is a plus.
• Willingness to travel occasionally, with travel expected to be less than 10% of working time, primarily for scientific conferences in the United States and Europe.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to lead publication strategy and scientific communications across a portfolio of products and disease areas.
• Exposure to clinical development, medical affairs, drug discovery, and scientific research environments.
• High-impact collaboration with internal scientific teams, external authors, agencies, and other experts.
• Ownership of manuscripts, abstracts, posters, presentations, and broader scientific communication initiatives.
• Opportunities to apply and further develop scientific writing, publication management, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• International exposure through collaboration with global stakeholders and participation in scientific conferences.
• Limited travel requirements, estimated at less than 10% of working time.