Associate Director - Scientific Publications and Medical Communications

Associate Director - Global Publications & Foundational Content

Job Description Summary

Creation of high-quality highly complex scientific content, such as publications and foundational core content elements, in line with priorities and scientific narrative defined in SCP. Ownership of content from brief to publication or presentation, for first-time right delivery.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities :

• Prepares / supports the preparation of highly complex scientific documents to meet highest quality standards, including pivotal primary manuscripts, scientific communications platform and scientific lexicons, scientific writing for IEPs, meeting materials for satellite symposia, publication planning materials.
• Initiates, implements, and champions process improvement techniques. Manages multiple projects across multiple brands and therapeutic areas.
• Defines and implements customer management strategies and tactics. Ideates and implements tactics to influence internal and external development environment.
• Complies with and support group’s project management tool, standards, policies, and initiatives. Follows Novartis specifications for documentation, templates etc.
• Maintains records for all assigned projects including archiving and audit, SOP and training compliance.
• Trains new joiners, fellow colleagues as and when required. Performs additional tasks as assigned.

Essential Requirement:

• Minimum science degree or equivalent, B.Sc./equivalent with 12 years Clinical Research (CR) experience, M.Sc./M.Pharm +10 years of clinical research (CR) experience or Doctoral Degree or Qualification in Medical Sciences (MBBS/MD/equivalent) PhD > 8 year of CR experience, MBBS/equivalent >8 year of CR experience, MD >6 years (Preferred).
• Timely preparation of medical and scientific documents to meet regulatory requirements, for publication of clinical trial results, to increase customer awareness of company products, and to support marketing activities.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in medical communications. Medical writing experience.
• Good understanding of industry work processes for publications. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook).

Skills Desired

Agility, Agility, Clinical Practices, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Drug Development, Employee Development, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Health Sciences, Influencing Skills, Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, Integrated Evidence Generation, Medical Affairs, Medical Communication, Medical Education, Patient Care, People Management, Pharmaceutics, Priority Disease Areas Expertise, Product Launches, Product Strategy, Real World Evidence (RWE), Regulatory Compliance, Research Methodologies {+ 3 more}

Experience Level

Mid Level