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Senior Publications Manager

BioSpace · Plainsboro, NJ · 1 mo ago
Marketing$121k–$212k/yrFull-time
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for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should map content accordingly. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate (EEO, accommodation, etc). Keep substantive info. We need sections only when posting has real specific content. Let's extract: - About the Department: description of CMR department. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About The Department" is about department, not role. Could map to "About the role"? But guidelines: use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can use "About the role" for department description? Might be okay. Or we could create a custom heading? The instruction says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It suggests we should use those headings when appropriate. It doesn't forbid other headings? It says use

for section headings (e.g. ...). Likely they expect us to use those specific headings. So we should map content to those headings. We have content about department (could be "About the role"). Responsibilities: many bullet points under Essential Functions (General and Publications). We'll list as
  • . Requirements: qualifications (education, experience). Could be under Requirements. Qualifications: maybe separate? Actually they have Qualifications section with education, experience, etc. Could be under Qualifications. Skills: maybe list skills like project management, communication, etc. Benefits: they list benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, 401k, FSA, EAP, tuition reimbursement, voluntary benefits, time off policies). Also mention bonus, long-term incentive, company vehicles. Pay: base compensation range $121,050 to $211,840, plus bonus eligibility. Schedule: physical requirements: 10-20% overnight travel required. That's schedule? Could be schedule. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, accommodation, etc. Remove those paragraphs. We must preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's craft:

    About the role

    The Clinical, Medical and Regulatory (CMR) department at Novo Nordisk is one of the most diverse and collaborative groups within the organization. From healthcare provider interactions and developing and implementing regulatory strategies with the FDA to providing medical education and collecting data to support efficacy and new product development, CMR is involved. The one thing that keeps us all marching to the same beat is our patient centered focus. At Novo Nordisk, you will help patients around the world. As their needs evolve, so does our challenge to find better and more innovative ways to improve their quality of life. We’re changing lives for a living.

    Responsibilities

    • Executes assigned work with general direction; agrees priorities and decision boundaries with the manager and provides timely updates, options and escalations through periodic reviews of progress, risks and results.
    • Independently executes moderately complex publication projects and applies proficient technical and operational judgment within approved plans and processes.
    • Participates in local and/or global cross-functional teams and coordinates workstreams required to deliver assigned publication projects.
    • Acts as project lead for assigned publication deliverables with Associate Director or Director oversight.
    • Identifies and resolves routine publication project, process and vendor issues and escalates decisions involving strategy, compliance, resources, budget or material delivery risk.
    • Exercises judgment within approved publication plans, procedures, policies and decision rights.
    • Acts as a key contact point for publication activities for internal and external stakeholders for assigned therapeutic areas/therapies.
    • Provides process guidance and training to internal and external stakeholders on approved publication workflows, systems and requirements.
    • Engages directly with external HCPs/KOLs that are potential authors.
    • Applies their experience to the quality assessment of documents.
    • Applies working knowledge of GPP 2022, ICMJE, external publication guidelines, company SOPs and applicable compliance requirements to assigned work.
    • Remains current with respect to assigned Novo Nordisk therapeutic areas and competitor products.
    • Contributes data, landscape insights, feasibility assessments and execution recommendations to the development and update of publication plans; executes the approved strategy and priorities for assigned therapeutic areas and assets.
    • Manages day-to-day execution and reporting of assigned publication plan activities, including schedules, dependencies, reviews, approvals, submissions, records, metrics and follow-up actions.
    • Coordinates with local and global publication groups, journals, editors, congresses, authors and reviewers to complete assigned publication projects successfully and compliantly.
    • Manages agency partners and external stakeholders responsible for developing and submitting assigned publications, monitoring quality, timelines, scope, budget and issue resolution.
    • Serves as the day-to-day contact for agency partners and consultants; manages project status, publication drafts, author comments and NNI reviews/approvals; and maintains complete, accurate publication-system records and reporting.
    • As needed, prepares and reviews manuscripts, abstracts, posters, oral presentations and related publication assets, including use of approved digital or AI-enabled solutions with human review, quality control and compliance oversight.
    • Plans and coordinates compliant author meetings for assigned publication projects.
    • Participates in Publication Planning Group activities, prepares required proposals and materials, documents decisions and completes assigned follow-up actions.
    • Contributes to publication communication, e.g., newsletters, announcements, etc.
    • Coordinates, prepares, manages and tracks author engagements in HCP Rex, iEnvision and other approved systems, ensuring accurate and timely records.
    • Uses publication planning, author engagement, workflow and reporting systems proficiently and maintains high data quality and inspection readiness.
    • Tracks and reports assigned publication budgets, purchase activities and vendor deliverables for CDSE and Medical Affairs; identifies variances and escalates corrective actions within established parameters.

    Requirements

    An MS, MD or PhD in a Life Sciences or a PharmD required; CMPP preferred but not required.

    A minimum of 3 years of relevant or related experience in pharma, biotech or a medical communications agency required, including experience executing scientific publication projects; a degree in health sciences or a related discipline is required.

    Qualifications

    • Demonstrated experience coordinating, preparing, reviewing and submitting scientific publications across multiple formats.
    • Basic disease and therapeutic area knowledge in diabetes, obesity, and rare disease are an added advantage.
    • General understanding of regulatory requirements and drug development processes.
    • Demonstrated proficiency with publication management and author engagement systems, document workflows, MS Office and approved digital/AI tools.
    • Excellent project management and organizational skills, including the ability to plan, prioritize, execute and report on competing deliverables, vendors, budgets and timelines.
    • Ability to multitask and work both independently and within multi-disciplinary teams.
    • Strong interpersonal and written communication skills for effective professional communications, with demonstrated ability to cultivate strong working relationships, both with internal and external stakeholders.

    Skills

    (Skills are covered in Qualifications; could omit or combine. But we need a section only if posting has real specific content. The posting includes skills like project management, communication, etc. We could keep Skills as a subsection but might duplicate. Better to not create Skills if it's just repeating Qualifications. However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could merge Skills into Qualifications. But we already have Qualifications. Could omit Skills section.

    We need Benefits, Pay, Schedule.

    Benefits

    • Medical, dental and vision coverage.
    • Life insurance.
    • Disability insurance.
    • 401(k) savings plan.
    • Flexible spending accounts.
    • Employee assistance program.
    • Tuition reimbursement program.
    • Voluntary benefits such as group legal, critical illness, identity theft protection, pet insurance and auto/home insurance.
    • Time off pursuant to sick time policy, flexible vacation policy and parental leave policy.

    Pay

    The base compensation range for this position is $121,050 to $211,840. Base compensation is determined based on a number of factors. This position is also eligible for a company bonus based on individual and company performance. Novo Nordisk offers long-term incentive compensation and/or company vehicles depending on the position's level or other company factors.

    Schedule

    10-20% overnight travel required.

    We must ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like EEO, accommodation request, etc. We removed those. Check for any duplicated lines: we have not repeated. Check for any placeholders like "commensurate with experience": none. Check for any missing info: we captured department description, responsibilities, requirements, qualifications, benefits, pay, schedule. We omitted "Relationships" section (reporting lines, network). That is substantive; maybe we should include under Responsibilities or a separate section like "Relationships". But allowed headings are limited to those list. Could we incorporate relationships into Responsibilities? It's about reporting and network. Could add a bullet under Responsibilities: "Reports to an Associate Director or Director within Scientific Publications & Information, Scientific Communications, Medical Affairs. Develops and uses a network of local and global publication stakeholders..." That is substantive. We should include it. Add a bullet in Responsibilities: "Reports to an Associate Director or Director within Scientific Publications & Information, Scientific Communications, Medical Affairs." and "Develops and uses a network of local and global publication stakeholders, including colleagues from Medical Affairs, Clinical Data Science & Evidence, Clinical Development, Biostatistics, HEOR/RWE, Legal/Compliance, Regulatory, Market Access and Marketing, to execute assigned publication projects." and "Builds effective, compliant working relationships with authors and works closely with external vendors, journal and congress contacts, stakeholders and agencies on assigned deliverables." Add those. Also we might want to include "Physical Requirements" under Schedule (we already have travel). Good. Now ensure we didn't miss any other substantive info: The "Essential Functions" includes many bullets we captured. Also "Provides process guidance and training..." we have. "Engages directly with external HCPs/KOLs" we have. "Applies working knowledge of GPP 2022..." we have. "Remains current..." we have. "Contributes data, landscape insights..." we have. "Manages day-to-day execution..." we have. "Coordinates with local and global publication groups..." we have. "Manages agency partners..." we have. "Serves as day-to-day contact..." we have. "As needed, prepares and reviews manuscripts..." we have. "Plans and coordinates compliant author meetings..." we have. "Participates in Publication Planning Group activities..." we have. "Contributes to publication communication..." we have. "Coordinates, prepares, manages and tracks author engagements..." we have. "Uses publication planning..." we have. "Tracks and reports assigned publication budgets..." we have. We also have "Physical Requirements 10-20% overnight travel required." we placed under Schedule. Now check for any leftover boiler

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