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Director, Scientific Communications

Alto Neuroscience · Mountain View, CA · 3 wk ago
On-siteMarketing$220k–$260k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes "About Alto Neuroscience, Inc." then "Primary Role", "What You'll Do", "Location", "Salary Range", "Travel Required", "Qualifications", "Required Skills/Abilities", "Bonus Skills/Abilities", "Supervisory Responsibilities", "Education And Experience". Also there is EEO boilerplate to remove. Also "The above is intended..." maybe remove as boilerplate? It's generic description; could be considered boilerplate but it's part of job description. Might keep? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "The above is intended..." is not EEO but it's a generic disclaimer; might be considered boilerplate? Not sure. Safer to keep substantive content. We'll keep sections: About the role (maybe combine About Alto Neuroscience and Primary Role). Use

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    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have Qualifications heading and inside we can have lists for Required Skills, Bonus Skills, Education. Or we could separate Skills and Qualifications. But we have both Required Skills/Abilities and Bonus Skills/Abilities. Could put under Skills heading. Education under Qualifications. Let's decide: Use Qualifications for education and experience; Skills for required and bonus skills. Also Responsibilities for What You'll Do. About the role for About Alto Neuroscience and Primary Role combined. Location: we have Location Preferred: Mountain View, CA (hybrid). Remote considered for the right candidate. Pay: Salary Range $220,000 - $260,000 depending on qualifications and experience level. Schedule: Travel Required Light travel required, including attendance at relevant scientific congresses and internal meetings. We should also include Supervisory Responsibilities maybe under Responsibilities or separate? Could be part of Responsibilities. But we have a separate bullet about supervisory responsibilities. Could include under Responsibilities as a subsection? Might be okay to add a separate section? Not in list but we could incorporate under Responsibilities. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all details: about Alto Neuroscience, primary role, what you'll do (publication & scientific communications strategy, cross-functional partnership, operations & execution), location, salary, travel, qualifications (required skills, bonus skills, supervisory responsibilities, education). Also note about HEOR etc. We need to format using

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      for prose. Let's craft. Section About the role: combine About Alto Neuroscience, Inc. paragraph and Primary Role paragraph. Paragraph: "At Alto Neuroscience, you will play a pivotal role in advancing precision psychiatry and improving how mental health disorders are treated. Join us in building the next generation of personalized neuroscience-based therapeutics. We are seeking an experienced Director, Scientific Communications to lead publication and scientific data dissemination strategy across Alto’s pipeline. This role will partner closely with Clinical Development, Biostatistics, Medical Affairs, and other cross-functional teams to translate clinical data into rigorous, consistent scientific communications for healthcare professionals, KOLs, payers, and the broader scientific community." That's fine. Responsibilities: Use heading Responsibilities. Then we have three subcategories: Publication & Scientific Communications Strategy, Cross-Functional Partnership, Operations & Execution. Each with bullet points. We'll make a

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              . Supervisory Responsibilities: we could include under Skills or Responsibilities? It's a separate piece. Could add under Responsibilities as a bullet? Might be okay to add a separate section "Supervisory Responsibilities" but not in list. Safer to include under Responsibilities as a bullet. Thus Responsibilities list will include items: Publication & Scientific Communications Strategy (with sub-bullets?), Cross-Functional Partnership, Operations & Execution, Supervisory Responsibilities. We need to preserve all details. Let's extract each bullet. Publication & Scientific Communications Strategy: - Own the publication plan across Alto's pipeline (abstracts, manuscripts, congress presentations) from data readout through peer-reviewed publication - Develop and maintain the scientific narrative platform to ensure consistent, evidence-based external scientific communications across differentiated pipeline programs. - Drive publication planning, sequencing, and execution in alignment with program milestones and broader corporate and Medical Affairs objectives. Cross-Functional Partnership: - Partner with Clinical Development, Biostatistics, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, and Commercial to translate clinical data into accurate and strategically sequenced scientific communications. - Support HEOR publication strategy, including the sequencing of abstracts, presentations, and manuscripts within the broader publication plan. - Ensure scientific communications remain aligned with broader program and launch-readiness strategies while maintaining appropriate scientific independence and integrity. - Represent Scientific Communications in cross-functional launch-readiness and program planning activities. Operations & Execution: - Manage medical communications agency relationships, deliverables, timelines, and budgets for publications and congress support. - Coordinate scientific content through appropriate medical, legal, and regulatory review processes. - Establish and maintain publication timelines, processes, and standards to support high-quality and timely execution. Supervisory Responsibilities: - This position is initially envisioned as an individual contributor role and may provide direction and oversight to external agencies, consultants, and other partners. - Potential to build and lead Scientific Communications capabilities as the organization grows. Now Required Skills/Abilities list: - 8+ years of scientific or medical communications experience within the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry, including direct ownership of publication plans. - Demonstrated experience developing and executing abstracts, manuscripts, congress presentations, and other scientific communications. - Strong ability to interpret and communicate complex clinical and scientific data to multiple audiences. - Experience managing medical communications agencies, publication timelines, and budgets. - Experience working within medical, legal, and regulatory review processes. - Strong cross-functional collaboration, project management, and communication skills. Bonus Skills/Abilities list: - CNS or psychiatry therapeutic area experience. - Experience supporting multiple pipeline programs simultaneously, each with distinct scientific communication needs. - Experience developing publication and scientific communications strategy in preparation for a first commercial launch. - Experience partnering with HEOR, Medical Affairs, and Commercial teams in a pre-launch environment. Education And Experience: - Advanced degree in a scientific or healthcare-related field (e.g., PhD, PharmD, MD) preferred; master’s degree or equivalent relevant experience considered. Now we need to output HTML fragment only. Let's construct:

              About the role

              At Alto Neuroscience, you will play a pivotal role in advancing precision psychiatry and improving how mental health disorders are treated. Join us in building the next generation of personalized neuroscience-based therapeutics. We are seeking an experienced Director, Scientific Communications to lead publication and scientific data dissemination strategy across Alto’s pipeline. This role will partner closely with Clinical Development, Biostatistics, Medical Affairs, and other cross-functional teams to translate clinical data into rigorous, consistent scientific communications for healthcare professionals, KOLs, payers, and the broader scientific community.

              Responsibilities

              • Publication & Scientific Communications Strategy
                • Own the publication plan across Alto's pipeline (abstracts, manuscripts, congress presentations) from data readout through peer-reviewed publication
                • Develop and maintain the scientific narrative platform to ensure consistent, evidence-based external scientific communications across differentiated pipeline programs.
                • Drive publication planning, sequencing, and execution in alignment with program milestones and broader corporate and Medical Affairs objectives.
              • Cross-Functional Partnership
                • Partner with Clinical Development, Biostatistics, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, and Commercial to translate clinical data into accurate and strategically sequenced scientific communications.
                • Support HEOR publication strategy, including the sequencing of abstracts, presentations, and manuscripts within the broader publication plan.
                • Ensure scientific communications remain aligned with broader program and launch-readiness strategies while maintaining appropriate scientific independence and integrity.
                • Represent Scientific Communications in cross-functional launch-readiness and program planning activities.
              • Operations & Execution
                • Manage medical communications agency relationships, deliverables, timelines, and budgets for publications and congress support.
                • Coordinate scientific content through appropriate medical, legal, and regulatory review processes.
                • Establish and maintain publication timelines, processes, and standards to support high-quality and timely execution.
              • Supervisory Responsibilities
                • This position is initially envisioned as an individual contributor role and may provide direction and oversight to external agencies, consultants, and other partners.
                • Potential to build and lead Scientific Communications capabilities as the organization grows.

              Location

              Preferred: Mountain View, CA (hybrid). Remote considered for the right candidate.

              Pay

              Salary Range $220,000 - $260,000 depending on qualifications and experience level.

              Schedule

              Light travel required, including attendance at relevant scientific congresses and internal meetings.

              Qualifications

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