Associate Director, Global Medical Affairs Publication Operations

About This Role

This role is responsible for ensuring the timely production of high-quality medical and scientific publications. It involves expert reviewing, writing, and editing of various documents for journal publication or presentation at medical/scientific meetings. The position maintains compliance with company policies and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for scientific publication writing including abstracts, posters/oral presentations, and manuscripts
• Responsible for the overall production of publications and compliance with standard operating procedures/industry standards
• Fulfill Pub Ops’ role in generating assigned publications, including assigning medical writers and providing editing and project management to efficiently deliver high-quality publications to author teams
• Partner with product team personnel to advance publication-related goals of the team
• Organize kick-off meetings with authors for development of publication and provide direction, oversight and editing for contract/junior medical writers
• Manage and/or review and interpret data and source documents for information required for publication
• Actively engage internal and external authors and other key stakeholders in the development of publication plans and strategy
• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on J&J publication policies and procedures and applicable industry standards
• Participate in the development and maintenance of document templates, style guides, electronic document management and publication review and approval system

Requirements

• Expert reviewing, writing, and editing skills
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and organize scientific data
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a team
• Ability to stay organized, manage time, and work on multiple documents/projects at once

Qualifications

• PhD, PharmD, MD or equivalent degree OR Master’s (or other advanced degree)
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant pharmaceutical/scientific experience with PhD/PharmD/MD or 10 years with Master's degree

Nice to Have

• Research experience (including compilation of research reports or publications) in academia, the pharmaceutical industry, medical communication agency or as part of a PhD, PharmD or postdoctoral program
• Project management experience
• Knowledge across several therapeutic areas such as oncology, neuroscience, and immunology
• Experience with medical writing document standards and processes
• Experience using workflow management tool (e.g., JPUBS, Datavision, or PubSTRAT)

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits

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