Senior Director Global Publications & Foundational Content

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association; London; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London is seeking a Senior Director to oversee global publications and foundational content. This role involves managing a team of 20-25 associates to ensure high-quality scientific communications in compliance with regulatory standards. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in life sciences, 8+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, and strong leadership skills. Join us in our mission to improve lives through innovative science.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of pharmaceutical industry or medical communications agency experience.
• Experience in medical affairs or services leadership delivery roles is desirable.
• Fluent in English (oral and written).
• Experience of working in an international environment.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for delivery of scientific communication tactics across a defined Therapeutic Area.
• Manage a team of 20-25 associates in scientific writing, publications, and content management.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and teams for content development solutions.
• Drive operational excellence and track progress for continuous improvement.

Skills

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

Education

PhD in life sciences/healthcare

MBA or professional qualification

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Senior Director, Global Publications and Foundational Content is accountable for high-quality, right-first-time scientific communication deliverables across a defined Therapeutic Area (TA), executing in partnership with Portfolio Scientific Communications strategy and the defined Scientific Communication Plan for different portfolio assets. Compelling and compliant scientific content has the potential to enable industry-leading launch excellence and change the course of clinical adoption.

Job Description

This position can be based in either Novartis, Dublin or London offices.

The remit of responsibilities centers on globally applicable content elements aligned to the Scientific Communications Platform (SCP), which must be delivered in adherence with internal and external guidelines as well as regulatory compliance (e.g., Global Publication Practice). While this role plays an active role in producing global publications and medical communications, it also leads a team (20-25 associates) of world-class scientific writers, publication and content managers, and graphic designers, proactively managing performance, capability building and career development of associates in the domain.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for delivery of scientific communication tactics across a defined Therapeutic Area (TA), executing in partnership with Portfolio Scientific Communications Associate Director/Director and other stakeholders and aligned with the defined Scientific Communication Plan for different portfolio assets
• Accountable for high-quality deliverables in adherence with internal and external guidelines as well as regulatory compliance, notably Good Publication Practice (GPP)
• Continuously identify opportunities to creatively transform scientific communication deliverables and adapt to the evolving landscape of evidence dissemination and needs of end-users of the content (HCPs, patients, caregivers etc.)
• Provide people, functional and operational leadership of a scientific writing team for an assigned TA, to execute on the Scientific Communications Plan.
• Support the Executive Director, Global Publications & Foundational Content to develop and deliver on objectives, metrics, strategy, key initiatives, and implementation
• Collaborate with enterprise stakeholders, internal peers, and cross-functional teams to understand needs, develop and deliver content development solutions
• Actively identify improvement opportunities, drive operational excellence, track progress, outcomes and best practices for continuous improvement of deliver

Requirements

Minimum: PhD level degree in life sciences/healthcare. Desirable: MBA or a professional qualification

Fluent English (oral and written)

8+ years of pharmaceutical industry or Medical communications agency experience

Experience in Medical Affairs/Medical Services leadership delivery roles or providing services to large pharmaceutical organization desirable

Experience of working in an international environment.

Why Novartis

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us!

Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and accommodation

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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 {+ 4 more}