Mgr, Global Scientific Communications

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Our Team, Your Impact

Position Summary:  The Manager, Global Scientific Communications (M-GSC) supports publication strategy and plan development, as well as manage the delivery of medical/scientific publication activities for Teva’s therapeutic areas (TAs), as needed. The M-GSC also provides expertise to a wide variety of communication-related projects in the assigned TA.  The successful candidate’s experience will add to the quality and outcome of business decisions and contribute external communications activities, for example with external authors, agencies and consultants, as appropriate. The M-GSC may have responsibility for multiple publication plans across products or indications. The M-GSC reports to the Director of Global Scientific Communications.

 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Support the development, maintenance, and implementation of scientific communication strategy, plans, and tactics in the assigned therapeutic area(s) and manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. The M-GSC is expected to:

• Possess ability to understand and interpret clinical trial data, the literature and associated therapeutic conditions
• Coordinates cross-functional publication strategy and core teams in the development of medical publications and scientific congress strategy and plans
• Possess project management skills to ensure execution of publication plans is consistent with department objectives and TA strategy
• Ensure oversight of publication records in Teva’s publication tracking tool
• Possess a thorough understanding of industry and publication guidelines, ICMJE and GPP in particular
• Input into key medical/scientific communications concepts and terminology development
• Accountable for the timely delivery of high quality, message-focused medical communications to target audiences
• Ability to establish and leverage relationships with external experts, clinical trial investigators, journal editors, and congress secretariats to drive high quality medical communications activities
• Develop and maintain general or special issues publication advisory boards for assigned therapeutic areas, including recruitment of advisors, meeting planning and execution, content development, and documentation of action items
• Forecast financial resources with business case preparation and oversight as required and to deliver the publication plans within budget
• Effective vendor management skills to integrate medical communications agencies/contract freelancers as part of the extended team for medical communications activities
• Acquire and maintain thorough understanding of industry and publications standards with respect to quality, authorship and appropriateness of medical/scientific communications.
• Ensure that medical/scientific communications activities are within compliance

Your Skills and Experience

Any equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience that fulfills the requirements of the position will be considered.

 

Education/Certification/Experience:

• Bachelor of Science or Communications degree required; advanced scientific degree preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD)
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in Industry with relevant medical/scientific focus required; 5 years preferred.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Knowledge of Good Publication Practices and ICMJE Guidelines
• Knowledge of Global Medical Affairs in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry
• Proven track record of establishing strong partnerships with senior stakeholders as well as delivering medical communications plans and tactics
• Project management skills and financial acumen
• Experience management of publication projects via publication tracking database (i.e. Datavision, PubStrat)
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Strong client engagement and relationship management skills 
• Ability to influence and work with cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects
• Experience with Medical Affairs and Medical/Scientific Communication practices and processes 

How We’ll Take Care of You

We offer a competitive benefits package, including: 

• Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls. 
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan. 
• Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time and holidays. 
• Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance. 
• Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible , Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more.  

 

The total compensation may also include restricted stock units and discretionary awards, depending on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.   

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