Publications Manager

EPM is partnering with an independent, award-winning global healthcare agency specializing in medical communications, market access, and HEOR. Due to continued demand from both new and existing biopharma clients, the agency is hiring a Publication Manager to join its Medical Communications team in the US!

This is a highly visible opportunity to take a leading role across publications projects, provide strategic direction to clients, manage project teams, and contribute to the agency's continued growth in the US market
. This role also gives you the opportunity to help shape a growing US operation while being supported by established global teams across the UK and Asia.

The ideal candidate will bring a blend of scientific expertise, publications leadership, client engagement, and commercial awareness. They will have experience owning publication plans and other high-profile scientific communications initiatives end-to-end, serving as a trusted client partner, navigating peer review processes, ensuring publication compliance, and contributing to business development activities that support account growth and new client acquisition.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead publications and medical communications projects, ensuring high-quality scientific deliverables across manuscripts, abstracts, posters, congress materials, slide decks, and related communications.
• Own publication plans and strategic scientific communications programs from planning through execution, serving as a primary client contact throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide strategic guidance to clients on publication planning, scientific communication strategies, and evidence dissemination initiatives.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, resources, and risks to ensure successful project delivery.
• Build trusted client relationships, manage expectations, and identify opportunities to add value across ongoing and future projects.
• Leverage peer review expertise to support manuscript development, reviewer responses, and publication success.
• Ensure publication activities align with industry standards and guidelines, including GPP, ICMJE, authorship requirements, disclosure standards, and publication ethics best practices.
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs, Publications, Legal, Regulatory, Compliance, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
• Support business development efforts through proposals, pitch materials, competitive intelligence, landscape analyses, and client presentations.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to a collaborative, high-performing team environment.

Key

Qualifications:

• Degree-level or higher qualification in a scientific discipline.
• 3+ years of publications experience within a medical communications agency, medical writing agency, pharmaceutical company, CRO, or similar environment.
• Experience leading publication plans, publications accounts, or high-profile scientific communications programs from strategy through delivery.
• Strong client-facing experience with demonstrated ability to manage relationships and provide strategic counsel.
• Extensive experience supporting peer review, manuscript revisions, and publication development activities.
• Strong knowledge of publication compliance standards and industry guidelines, including GPP, ICMJE, authorship requirements, publication ethics, and disclosure practices.
• Exposure to business development activities, including proposal development, pitch deck creation, competitive intelligence, and account growth initiatives.
• Hybrid availability for the Boston or New York office 2-3 days per week.