Associate Director, Medical Writing - Publications

Responsibilities

• Provide expert writing and editing support to ensure timely production of high-quality documents (abstracts, posters, slide presentations, manuscripts, letters to editor, etc.) for publication in medical/scientific journals or presentation at meetings.
• Manage and/or review and interpret data and source documents for information required for publication.
• Assist in table and figure mock-up development.
• Actively engage internal and external authors and other key stakeholders in the development of publication plans and strategy at the individual dataset, study, and/or compound level.
• Skillfully manage projects through publication review system.
• Provide direction, oversight, and editing for outsourced medical writers and project management of selected therapeutic area publications.

Requirements

• A PhD, MD, or PharmD with a minimum of 5 years of relevant pharmaceutical/scientific experience is required OR a Master’s (or other advanced degree) with a minimum of 8 years relevant pharmaceutical/scientific experience is required.
• Research experience (including compilation of research reports or publications) in academia or the pharmaceutical industry or as part of a PhD, PharmD or postdoctoral program is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and organize clinical and scientific data is required.
• Experience with MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) is required.
• The ability to work well independently as well as part of a team is required.
• Project management experience is preferred.
• The ability to stay organized, manage time, and work on multiple documents/projects at once is required.
• Knowledge in across several therapeutic areas including immunology, neuroscience and/or oncology is preferred.