Publications and Scientific Communications Lead

• Lead the development and implementation of portfolio asset / product publication strategy and plan
• Produce high-quality publications supporting assets / products and disease education
• Contribute to the strategy and development of disease or product scientific platform / statements
• Interact and lead discussions with external authors and collaborators within the Medical Affairs, Drug Development, and Drug Discovery organizations to develop publication content related to studies
• Manage external agencies and freelancers involved in the writing, editing, formatting and submission of articles to peer-reviewed scientific journals and scientific/medical conferences
• Manage the review of publications with authors/reviewers and external authors
• Track and report the progress of publication development. Utilize appropriate software to catalogue project status, drafts, author comments, and Incyte reviews/approvals
• Write, edit, and format publications as needed. These include primary manuscripts, congress abstracts, slide presentations, and posters
• Responsible for budget planning and milestones
• Follow published guidelines for authorship and good publication practices
• Ensure that medical/scientific publication activities are within company policies, procedures and good publications practices
• Contribute as needed to the maintenance and roll-out of departmental policies

• Advanced degree in a scientific discipline (e.g., PhD, PharmD)
• Minimum 5 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry, a medical communication company, or a consulting organization, as a publication manager or senior level content reviewer. Writing experience is essential.
• Exceptional project management skills
• Demonstrated leadership in running a publication strategy and plan, and developing scientific platforms
• Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize, and execute multiple projects; ability to multitask and work both independently and within multi-disciplinary teams
• Understand the clinical development process, especially clinical study data and outcomes measures
• Ability to critically appraise and apply knowledge gained from the medical/scientific literature.
• High attention to details and scientific rigor
• Strong interpersonal skills for effective professional communications, aiming to cultivate strong working relationships with both internal and external groups
• Demonstrated leadership and cross-functional stakeholder management skills to drive business priorities
• Ability to effectively communicate complex medical/scientific information and contribute to medical strategy
• Ability to respond to urgent timelines
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook) is required, as well as familiarity and working knowledge of key software applications relevant to publication planning and implementation (e.g., iEnvision, literature search indices, journal databases, etc.)
• Experience in oncology and/or dermatology is a plus
• Travel is estimated to be less than 10% of time. Most of the travel activity will be in the U.S. and Europe for scientific conferences.

Kaztronix is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. In addition, all human resource actions in such areas as compensation, employee benefits, transfers, layoffs, training and development are to be administered objectively, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.

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