Director, Scientific Communications

Overview

The Director, Scientific Communications is a fully integrated partner in the Scientific Communications Team within Clinical Affairs and collaborates across all functional teams within the organization. The Director will help lead development and execution of integrated plans and materials in support of evidence generation and data dissemination including scientific publications and clinical development for the Pacira Bio Sciences portfolio. Responsibilities include strategic plan development to support, communicate, and disseminate scientific information and messaging to and from internal teams, medical and scientific subject matter experts, and clinical investigators, and provide insight into the development of key scientific publications to ensure accurate and rigorous communication of data to inform the medical community.

• Co‑lead the evidence generation and data dissemination sub‑committee(s) with medical lead(s) and a cross‑functional strategic alignment team for products (inline and pipeline assigned products).
• Contribute strategic input into scientific engagement plans that include but are not limited to functional strategy, gap and competitor analysis, scientific data dissemination, clinical trial support materials, clinical steering committee planning and execution, and publication development.
• Develop integrated scientific and clinical communication for internal and external stakeholders to establish Pacira’s expertise in pain management, and underscore the medical, economic, and patient‑centered value that the Pacira product portfolio delivers to healthcare providers, patients, and society.
• Participate in the scientific strategy planning process to ensure compliant integration across members of extended Medical teams, including Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations, and Health Outcomes and Value Assessment, as well as commercial partners and external stakeholders.
• Provide insight into the development of the publication strategy and plan in accordance with clinical trial results/milestones, changes in the healthcare landscape, and identified data gaps/needs.
• Develop and implement a scientific strategy, as well as content and maintenance of the Scientific Platforms and Clinical Trials web presence for all Pacira products.
• Develop scientific communications materials as identified to advance initiatives for education and communication purposes working with internal scientific and clinical teams.
• Provide support for peer‑to‑peer connections.
• Provide support for Clinical Operations, including development of a product scientific communication strategy.
• Identify and engage with external Thought Leaders to gather insight into unmet medical needs and research and educational gaps.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to assess needs for training on scientific content and messaging related to Pacira products and relevant therapeutic categories.
• Lead and/or contribute to functional improvement initiatives for the Scientific Communications team.
• Create a team environment and culture which emphasizes teamwork, cooperation, personal accountability, and a commitment to quality.

Interaction:
The incumbent works closely with internal teams (corporate, clinical, medical, and commercial) and vendors.

• Graduate degree in a scientific discipline preferred (master’s degree (MS, MPH), or doctorate level preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD)).
• Minimum of 10 years of scientific writing/communications/clinical or related experience in Pharma/Biotech industry or Medical Communications (3 years for doctorate candidate).
• Scientific communications experience in pharmaceutical industry leading the development of internal and external scientific communications strategy and plans.
• Extensive experience working closely with health care providers, preferably in the area of pain management and/or pain adjacencies.
• Expertise in external facing scientific content creation – including review and development of scientific statements/platforms and clinical publications.
• Experience in managing projects through regulatory review process and third‑party vendors.
• Proficient level of understanding in drug development…