Dep Director Publication

Responsibilities

• The Publications Manager facilitates and coordinates the communication of evidence-based key messages in peer-reviewed biomedical literature and at conferences in support of company products.
• Developing the publication strategy and plan.
• Identifying potential publication opportunities and target audiences.
• Working closely with stakeholders and external authors to ensure that publications are of the highest quality.
• Providing writing/editorial support as needed.
• Advocating the respect of Good Publication Practices.
• Lead and coordinate key internal stakeholders (publication steering committee, publication working groups, project leader, clinical team leaders, franchise/marketing leaders, etc.) to define publication strategy in line with Corporate/Franchise objectives and the Target Product Profiles.
• Keep up-to-date with publications in relevant fields (including shareholder and competitor publications) and assess the effect on current strategy.
• Develop key scientific messages in conjunction with other functions.
• Identity target audiences and perform message/publication gap analyses.
• Analyse and map the product publication environment: identify relevant journals and conferences for each target audience and key authors.
• Remind team members of their roles and responsibilities relevant to Good Publication Practices.
• Ensure validation of publication plans by appropriate internal groups/committees in line with internal policies and procedures.
• Publish results of sponsored studies in line with the associated publications strategy.
• Update and refine existing plans.
• Ensure publications are produced according to the highest scientific standards.
• Manage publications to meet both budget and temporal goals.
• Update internal stakeholders with progress and coordinate timely contributions from team members.
• Update tracking tools.
• Coordinate publication work groups and update internal/external stakeholders, ensure review procedures, document reviewer‑requested modifications, and maintain deliverable version control as stipulated by internal policies, external regulations, guidelines and best practices.
• Provide and coordinate writing or editorial resources for different publication types (abstracts and conference presentations, primary manuscripts, reviews, etc.).
• Oversee third‑party suppliers.
• Maintain knowledge of publication practices, requirements and contractors: stay abreast of current regulations, recommendations, best practice, technologies, formats, and guidelines.
• Maintain a vendor network to promote high‑quality outsourcing.
• Participate in and influence activities of relevant professional associations such as International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP), The International Publication Planning Association (TIPPA), the European and American Medical Writing Associations (EMWA, AMWA).

• Education/experience:
  Bachelor’s degree in the Life Sciences;
  PhD, MD, Pharm
  
  D is desired.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the area of medical communications.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.