Senior Director, Global Publications Lead

Key Responsibilities And Primary Activities

• Define, prioritize, and execute global scientific publication needs for internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure annual publication planning aligns with medical affairs strategies, scientific communication platforms, and clinical development priorities
• Manage the annual publications plan, including tactical execution, interdependencies, ownership, and budget management
• Stay abreast of new publications and industry trends impacting Resmetirom and associated therapeutic areas
• Lead the writing, editing, and review of abstracts, posters, oral presentations, and manuscripts intended for publication in peer-reviewed periodicals
• Oversee the development of publications, ensuring compliance with AMA Style Guide, ICMJE, and other industry standards
• Copyedit and fact-check publications to ensure consistency, data accuracy, and alignment with scientific messaging
• Manage publication libraries and maintain accurate documentation and version control
• Collaborate with external authors, investigators, and congresses to plan and deliver impactful publications
• Work cross-functionally with medical information, clinical development, commercial, compliance, legal, and regulatory affairs to ensure consistent messaging
• Lead publications committee meetings, ensuring integration of perspectives from medical writing, medical affairs, clinical development, and commercial stakeholders
• Develop and maintain relationships with thought leaders, journal editors, congress organizers, accreditation agencies, and other scientific partners
• Engage with external publication service providers such as freelancers and scientific communications agencies from recruitment, contracting, onboarding, evaluation, and dismissal. Manage associated budgets and troubleshoot any issues related to publication development
• Project Leadership & Communication: Comfortable leading teams to achieve publication goals, lead publication development with internal and external stakeholders, manage timelines, workflows, and deliverables, collaborate with vendors, writers, and business partners to deliver impactful publications while managing associated budgets, contribute and provide strategic leadership to the production of broader scientific communications initiatives, including scientific platforms, lexicons, global newsletters, Q&A documents, congress reporting, and slide deck development, Support internal education and training with publication-related content and materials
• Team Leadership & Development: Foster continuous development through mentoring and training, Align Publications activities with strategic objectives and tactical plans
• Compliance & Quality: Ensure all activities comply with company SOPs, industry standards, and applicable regulations, Uphold the highest ethical standards in all external engagements

Required Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Advanced degree in a scientific or healthcare discipline (MS, MPH, MD, PharmD, PhD, DNP, etc.)
• Rich scientific background with a minimum of 15 years of experience in healthcare / clinical practice
• A minimum of 5 years headquarters work and/or Scientific Publications experience
• Experience partnering with scientific collaborators including clinical development, HEOR/RWE, biostatistics and medical affairs
• Experience with publications management software (e.g., iEnvision or PubStrat)
• Strong expertise in medical writing, publications planning, and scientific communications
• Prowess in medical writing, publications planning, and scientific communications
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects, timelines, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Familiarity with AMA Style Guide, ICMJE, and compliance requirements for scientific publishing
• Proven ability to understand, communicate, and translate complex scientific information
• Demonstrated ability to plan, lead and create scientific content
• Proven ability to interact and strategize with business leadership and stakeholders across the business
• Strong knowledge of US/EU healthcare systems, global regulatory standards (e.g., FDA, CE), and medical affairs compliance standards
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, virtual communication platforms (e.g., Zoom, Teams), and CRM systems (e.g., Veeva)