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Scientific Communications Lead

Takeda · Boston, MA · 1 mo ago
Healthcare$169k–$266k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. We need to parse the job description. Given text includes: - "Job Description: About the role: ..." then a paragraph about role. - Then "How you will contribute:" list of bullet-like sentences. - Then "Minimum Requirements: /Qualification:" list. - Then "TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: Up to 10% domestic and international travel required" - Then "More about us:" (maybe not needed) - Then "This position is currently classified as 'hybrid' in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy." (Schedule? maybe schedule: hybrid) - Then "Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary: ... For Location: Boston, MA U.S. Base Salary Range : $169,400.00 - $266,200.00 ..." - Then "Benefits For information about our benefits, please click here." - Then EEO etc. We need sections: - About the role: we have content. - Responsibilities: we have "How you will contribute:" which is responsibilities. - Requirements: we have Minimum Requirements / Qualification. - Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? The instruction says we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections if content distinct. But we can combine? Probably separate: Requirements (minimum) and Qualifications (preferred). The text includes both minimum and preferred: "Minimum of Bachelor’s degree ... Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, or equivalent) in a scientific discipline (preferred)". Also "Oncology experience strongly preferred". So we can put Requirements: minimum requirements (Bachelor's + 7+ years etc). Qualifications: preferred qualifications (advanced degree, oncology experience, etc). Or we could treat "Minimum Requirements" as Requirements and the rest as Qualifications. - Skills: maybe list of skills like "Strong written and verbal communication skills...", "Ability to work well independently...", "Strong capabilities and experience with resource allocation and vendor management", etc. Those are in Minimum Requirements section as bullet-like sentences. Could be placed under Skills. - Benefits: we have "Benefits For information about our benefits, please click here." No detail. So we cannot create Benefits section because no specific content. The rule: never create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It only says "For information about our benefits, please click here." That's not specific. So we should not include Benefits. - Pay: we have salary range: $169,400 - $266,200. So we can include Pay section with that. - Schedule: we have hybrid classification and travel requirements up to 10% domestic and international travel. So schedule could include hybrid and travel. The rule: include Schedule only if posting actually states them. It does: "This position is currently classified as 'hybrid' in accordance with Takeda's Hybrid and Remote Work policy." and "TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: Up to 10% domestic and international travel required". So we can include Schedule section with hybrid and travel. We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". The Minimum Requirements includes "Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline plus commensurate long-term experience within pharmaceutical or biotech industry." That phrase includes "commensurate long-term experience". That's filler? It's part of requirement but includes "commensurate". The rule says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It says not to emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. It doesn't say we must remove the phrase "commensurate long-term experience" from within a list item. It's okay to keep it as part of the requirement. Probably fine. We need to output only HTML fragment, using

for section headings,
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

    for prose. We need to decide which content is prose vs list. About the role: it's a paragraph; we can put in

    . Responsibilities: the "How you will contribute:" list items are each a sentence; we can make

    • for each. Requirements: Minimum Requirements list items; we can make
      • . Qualifications: preferred qualifications list items; we can make
        • . Skills: maybe we can extract skill sentences from Minimum Requirements that are skill-based: "Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to manage several projects simultaneously", "Ability to work well independently and under pressure", "Strong capabilities and experience with resource allocation and vendor management", "Ability to synthesize, interpret, present, and discuss complex medical and scientific data", "Understanding of pharmaceutical clinical development and product life-cycle management, clinical trial design and execution, statistical methods and clinical trial data reporting requirements", "Experience in medical communications function, which may include publications, medical information, and/or training.", "Experience with publications management databases such as Datavision", "Working experience in cross-functional teams and global/local teams within the pharmaceutical or related industry", "Strategic Approach Ability to identify opportunities and anticipate changes in the business landscape through an understanding and ongoing assessment of the environment", "Collaboration Ability to cultivate a broad network of relationships throughout the organization, connecting global, regional and local organizations. Requires experience and success in working in a matrix, cross-functional environment; excellent collaboration skills; experience working across functions to achieve results", "Engage Others Ability to create a clear and unifying vision inspiring teams to excel", "Drive for Results Creates functional strategies and goals that are closely aligned with company objectives and develops metrics to track and assess performance", "Creativity and Innovation Ability to contribute to data analytics and publication planning, including ideas for sub-analyses", "Compliance and Regulatory Excellent understanding of regulatory, compliance and legal requirements", "Technical Skills Advanced PC skills, including Datavision, MS Project, Word, Excel, Power Point, and SharePoint". That's a lot; maybe better to put these under Skills section as list. But we already have Requirements and Qualifications; maybe we can combine skills into Qualifications? However the instruction says we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections if content distinct. We could treat Requirements as minimum requirements (education, years experience, core competencies). Qualifications as preferred qualifications (advanced degree, oncology experience). Skills could be separate but maybe redundant. However we have many skill statements; we could put them under Skills. But we need to avoid too many thin sections. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But the instruction says we can have both if distinct. However we could decide to have Requirements (minimum) and Qualifications (preferred) and maybe not separate Skills, instead include skill statements within Requirements or Qualifications. But the skill statements are part of Minimum Requirements list; they are not separate. So we could keep them under Requirements as list items. That would be a long list but okay. Qualifications could be just the preferred items: advanced degree, oncology experience. Thus we have sections: About the role (p), Responsibilities (ul), Requirements (ul), Qualifications (ul), Pay (p maybe?), Schedule (p maybe?). Pay: we have salary range; we can put in

          . Schedule: hybrid and travel; we can put in

          or

            . Probably

            . We must not include Benefits section. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, More about us, etc. We must not include application instructions. Now let's extract content precisely. About the role: The paragraph after "About the role:" up to before "How you will contribute:"? Let's capture: "As a member of Takeda Oncology, your work will contribute to our bold, inspiring vision We aspire to cure cancer. Here, you'll build a career grounded in purpose and be empowered to deliver your best. As part of the Global Medical Affairs Oncology team, you will report to the Scientific Communications Group Lead, Hematology. As a subject matter expert on scientific publications best practices and the development of scientific communications strategy and deliverables, the Scientific Communications Lead, Associate Director, Hematology: proactively defines and drives the publication and scientific communication strategic plan and deliverables for the assigned oncology assets based on medical strategies, transparency requirements, and data availability. This position requires a strong scientific and analytical background, preferably in life sciences, and excellent project management skills. The Scientific Communications Lead, develops and implements strategic publications and scientific communications plans in coordination with relevant cross-functional teams (including members of medical affairs, clinical development, and outcomes research; global, regional, or local); leads the publications planning team; manages the development of scientific publications for external audiences and scientific communications materials such as slide decks, NCCN or pathway submissions, animations, and digital amplification of data; manages vendors, freelancers, and available contractors, writers, and editors in the execution of publication and scientific communications tactics; and manages annual budget planning for each assigned program(s). The individual in this role will be responsible for driving the publications process and ensuring compliance with global standards, and for ensuring accuracy and scientific rigor of publications. The Associate Director, Scientific Communications Lead will serve as the primary liaison with internal and external opinion leaders, investigators, authors, partners, and affiliates on publication activities related to the compounds/programs. The individual in this role will also be responsible for leading the development of the scientific platform for the assigned assets in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring that this foundational document, which is centered on core scientific statements, provides a scientific lexicon for the program and drives one consistent scientific voice across scientific communications channels. This role will be leading additional medical communications content, which may include, but is not limited to, scientific slide decks, field medical tools, training materials, congress-related activities, websites/tools, and other deliverables. The Associate Director, Scientific Communications Lead will have strong leadership skills required for training internal teams on good publications practices and will play an active role in providing guidance and training to Publications department colleagues on publication strategy development and tactical execution best practices. This individual will work closely with the Scientific Communications Group Lead, Hematology to optimize department resources and evaluate trends in medical publications, and lead and/or participate in the development and review of publications SOPs and Work Practices, where appropriate, to ensure delivery of high-quality medical publications in a timely and compliant manner across programs." That's a long paragraph; we can keep as

            . Responsibilities: The "How you will contribute:" list items. Let's extract each sentence separated by line breaks? The text after "How you will contribute:" includes a series of sentences separated by line breaks? It appears as a paragraph with each statement separated by line breaks? Let's copy: "How you will contribute: Proactively develop, manage, and execute on global or regionally integrated strategic publication plans and scientific communication plans in coordination with cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with product medical strategiesHave a strong understanding of prioritized disease areas, including landscape and competitionInitiate communication with authors; identify all necessary data required for content development; participate in author meetings to facilitate content discussion and ensure appropriate content development process is followedCritically review publications including, but not limited to, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and oral presentations, for accuracy and scientific rigor; manage and facilitate the content review process, including collating reviewer comments and having discussions with authors and reviewersCommitment to ethical practices in the preparation and dissemination of publicationsEffectively and consistently communicate the publication and scientific communications strategy, tactical plan, and plan progress to internal business partners; work with vendors and internal technical support groups to evaluate and optimize publications systems for reporting metrics to meet stakeholder needsManage medical writing agency, including oversight on execution of publications plans and budget, and maintenance of publications management databases such as DatavisionEnsure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies for development, internal review, and dissemination of scientific communications materials, and act with commitment to ethical practices in the preparation and dissemination of publications.Manage alliance partnershipsEvaluate trends in medical

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