Global Publications Lead - AI-Driven Medical Strategy

Takeda; Zürich; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

Takeda is seeking an Associate Director to translate scientific evidence into high-quality publications for assigned assets, developing global publication plans and coordinating manuscripts, abstracts, and congress presentations with cross-functional teams.

You will advance dissemination with digital and AI-enabled tools, ensure compliance with authorship and disclosure guidelines, monitor publication performance, and collaborate with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, and external authors

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a life science or healthcare discipline.
• 6–10 years in biopharma or related field.
• 3+ years in scientific publications/publication planning in a global matrix.
• Strong knowledge of drug development, trial design, biostatistics, data reporting.
• Familiarity with publication practices, authorship, disclosure, and guidelines.
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders.
• Experience applying AI/digital tools in publications or scientific comms.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills to convey complex science.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute global publication plans aligned with medical strategy and evidence generation.
• Lead publication planning and delivery of abstracts, manuscripts, congress presentations, and plain language summaries.
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams to align priorities and timelines.
• Ensure publication compliance with standards, authorship, disclosure, and reporting guidelines.
• Advance dissemination strategies and develop reusable evidence assets.
• Apply digital and AI-enabled technologies to improve planning and content development.
• Monitor publication performance with stakeholder and digital insights.
• Oversee budgets, timelines, vendors, and risk in publication programs.

Skills

Publication strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Project leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in life science or healthcare

Tools

Publication planning tools

AI-enabled publication tools

Job description

Takeda is seeking an Associate Director to translate scientific evidence into high-quality publications for assigned assets, developing global publication plans and coordinating manuscripts, abstracts, and congress presentations with cross-functional teams.

You will advance dissemination with digital and AI-enabled tools, ensure compliance with authorship and disclosure guidelines, monitor publication performance, and collaborate with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, and external authors