Global Scientific Communications Lead (m/f/d)

Grünenthal Group; Nordrhein-Westfalen; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Grünenthal Group is seeking a senior Medical Affairs professional to shape and lead the global scientific communications strategy. You will collaborate with Global Medical Leads, Clinical Development, and market access teams to translate complex evidence into strategic narratives for patients and healthcare professionals.

The role emphasizes publication ethics, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional leadership in a global matrix, with opportunities to influence launch-stage assets and

Qualifications

• Advanced scientific or medical degree required.
• Experience in pharmaceutical/biotech communications.
• Experience with global publication strategies and external engagement.
• Strong understanding of clinical development and evidence generation.
• Familiarity with publication ethics and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience leading in a global matrix with senior stakeholders.
• Experience managing agencies and budgets; launch exposure valued.
• Fluent professional English with strong writing and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the global scientific communications strategy across early pipeline and launches.
• Create a coherent architecture linking narratives, publications, congresses, and education.
• Maintain a consistent, evidence-based scientific voice across assets and geographies.
• Build scientific foundations for early assets translating data into narratives.
• Partner with Global Medical Leads, Clinical Development, HEOR/Market Access, and more.
• Integrate publication planning with development timelines and data disclosure.
• Identify gaps and opportunities to inform evidence generation and strategy.
• Lead integrated scientific communication planning for launch-stage products.
• Lead the Medical Affairs congress communication strategy and content priorities.
• Support launch readiness and lifecycle priorities without promotional accountability.
• Act as strategic partner to Global Medical Leads and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Global scientific communication

Scientific writing

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Agency/vendor management

English proficiency

Education

MD/PhD/PharmD or equivalent

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