Global Scientific Communications Lead (m/f/d)

Grünenthal Group; Wien; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Grünenthal Group seeks an experienced leader in global scientific communications to shape strategies across early pipelines and launches, ensuring a consistent voice and strong external engagement. The role collaborates with Global Medical Leads, HEOR/Market Access, Regulatory, and other functions to anticipate evidence needs and enable compliant, impactful communications.

The ideal candidate holds an advanced medical/science degree and demonstrates proven success in global publication programs,

Qualifications

• Advanced science/medical degree required or equivalent.
• Extensive pharma/biotech or Medical Affairs communications experience.
• Experience with global publication strategies and external expert engagement.
• Strong English writing and presentation skills; ability to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the global scientific communications strategy across assets.
• Create a coherent architecture for publications, congresses and medical education.
• Ensure a consistent scientific voice across geographies and channels.
• Translate disease biology and patient journey into a clear scientific narrative.
• Collaborate with Global Medical Leads and regulatory/commercial teams to plan evidence needs.
• Lead launch-era communications and external engagement strategies.

Skills

Global scientific communications

Publications strategy

Stakeholder management

Agency/vendor management

Cross-functional leadership

Scientific writing

English proficiency

Education

Advanced scientific/medical degree (MD/PhD/PharmD)

Job description

Hiring Manager: Matias Ferraris, Global Head of Medical Affairs

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What The Job Looks Like

Each day you’ll enjoy a variety of challenges, such as:

• Own and continuously evolve the global scientific communications strategy across early pipeline and launch/commercialized assets portfolio, aligned with medical strategy, Integrated Evidence Plans, development milestones, and lifecycle objectives.
• Establish a coherent scientific communication architecture connecting scientific narratives, publications, congresses, medical education, core scientific content, field medical enablement and digital dissemination.
• Ensure a consistent, evidence-based and differentiated scientific voice across assets, geographies and channels while enabling appropriate local adaptation.
• Build the scientific foundation for early assets by translating disease biology, patient journey, unmet need, target product profile, emerging clinical data and competitive context into a clear scientific narrative and communication roadmap.
• Partner with Global Medical Leads, Clinical Development, Translational Medicine, HEOR/Market Access, Regulatory and other relevant functions to anticipate evidence and communication needs early in development.
• Integrate publication and congress planning with development and evidence-generation timelines, including data disclosure, disease-state leadership, external scientific engagement and future launch readiness.
• Identify scientific communication gaps and opportunities that may inform evidence generation, differentiation and stakeholder understanding.
• Lead integrated scientific communication planning for launch-stage and selected commercialized products, translating new evidence and insights into timely, accurate and compliant scientific communications.
• Lead the Medical Affairs congress communication strategy, including scientific content priorities, data dissemination, medical education and coordination of a consistent scientific presence.
• Ensure scientific communication plans support launch readiness, evidence adoption, appropriate use and lifecycle priorities without assuming promotional accountability.
• Act as the strategic scientific communications partner to Global Medical Leads and ensure clear accountability interfaces between asset Medical Strategy and scientific communication strategy.

What You’ll Bring To The Table

To make the most of this role and truly thrive, you should have:

• Advanced scientific or medical degree (MD, PharmD, PhD or equivalent) strongly preferred; other relevant advanced qualifications may be considered with substantial industry experience.
• Significant experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology, or Communication agency Medical Affairs, Scientific Communications, Publications or a closely related discipline, with evidence of increasing strategic responsibility.
• Proven experience in global scientific communication and publication strategies, scientific platforms, congress deliverables and external author or expert engagement.
• Strong understanding of clinical development, evidence generation, data interpretation, medical strategy and the needs of healthcare professionals, payers, patients and scientific stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of publication ethics and standards, including Good Publication Practice, ICMJE authorship principles, data disclosure requirements and relevant legal, regulatory and compliance frameworks.
• Experience leading in a global matrix and influencing senior cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience managing agencies, vendors, budgets, prioritization and multiple complex deliverables; launch and/or early pipeline experience is highly desirable
• Fluent professional English, with outstanding scientific writing, presentation and verbal communication skills.

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"Shape the scientific narrative behind a global portfolio and turn complex evidence into meaningful insights that influence healthcare decisions worldwide."

Matias Ferraris , the Hiring Manager