Principal Publication Strategist, Medical Writing

Principal Publication Strategist, Medical Writing

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• Lead the development, maintenance, and evolution of integrated publication plans and scientific disclosure strategies across the product lifecycle.
• Develop and oversee publication plans that define strategic objectives, key scientific messages, target audiences, deliverable types, and communication channels.
• Provide strategic direction on publication planning, timing, sequencing, and prioritization to maximize scientific impact and alignment with overall asset and evidence strategy.
• Identify gaps, risks, and emerging opportunities within publication plans and broader scientific disclosure activities and proactively recommend strategic solutions.
• Ensure publication plans and disclosure strategies are forward looking, data driven, compliant, and adaptable to evolving evidence and external factors.

• Serve as a primary strategic advisor to sponsor Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, and related cross functional teams on scientific disclosure and publication planning.
• Act as a thought partner to sponsor leadership, providing guidance that informs decision making rather than facilitating discussions or documenting outcomes.
• Confidently present, defend, and refine publication plans and disclosure strategies with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Integrate diverse and sometimes conflicting inputs into a cohesive, compliant, and actionable publication plans that aligns with sponsor objectives.
• Influence cross functional decision making across Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Regulatory, HEOR, and Commercial functions, as appropriate.

• Maintain deep expertise in publication standards and industry guidance, including Good Publication Practice (GPP), ICMJE requirements, authorship standards, and transparency obligations.
• Monitor competitor disclosure and publication activity, journal trends, and congress landscapes within assigned therapeutic areas.
• Assess external scientific and competitive environments to inform publication planning and disclosure strategy recommendations.
• Ensure all publication plans and strategies uphold scientific integrity, ethical principles, and regulatory expectations.

• Partner closely with Syneos Health (and sponsor, if applicable) medical writers, publication managers, and external vendors to ensure execution of publication plans aligns with the approved strategy.
• Provide strategic oversight and advisory input during execution of publication plans, ensuring alignment with approved strategy.
• Review key deliverables (e.g., publication plans, strategic summaries, messaging frameworks) to ensure alignment with approved publication and disclosure strategies.
• Support issue resolution and strategic decision making during execution when challenges or changes arise.

• Serve as the primary strategic publication planning and scientific disclosure contact for the assigned sponsor relationship.
• Contribute publication planning and strategic expertise to additional sponsor engagements or internal Syneos Health initiatives as needed.
• Support business development efforts by…