Associate/Sr. Associate - Global Scientific Communications - Publications/Regulatory

Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that values creativity and innovation in the healthcare sector. As a Global Scientific Communications Associate, you will play a vital role in preparing scientific publications and regulatory documents, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on patient care and health outcomes through clear and concise communication. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, the organization fosters a supportive environment for all employees. If you are passionate about scientific writing and eager to contribute to meaningful projects, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits

Pension plan

Life assurance

Subsidized canteen

Onsite gym

Travel subsidies

On-site parking

Educational assistance

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience writing scientific publications is essential.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Lead writing processes and manage project timelines effectively.
• Collect and evaluate data to create cohesive content strategies.

Skills

Scientific writing

Project management

Communication skills

Data evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a scientific field

Advanced degree in health-related field

Tools

Document management systems

Word processing software

Spreadsheets

Job description

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We're looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

At Eli Lilly Cork, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 45,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We're looking for people who are determined to make life better for patients around the world.

Eli Lilly Cork is made up of a talented diverse team of over 2000 employees across 60 nationalities who deliver innovative solutions that add value across a variety of Business Service functions including Finance, Information Technology, Medical, Clinical Trials and more. Eli Lilly Cork offers a premium workspace across our campus in Little Island, complete with flexible hybrid working options, healthcare, pension and life assurance benefits, subsidised canteen, onsite gym, travel subsidies and on-site parking. Inhouse People Development services, Educational Assistance, and our 'Live Your BEST Life'

wellbeing initiatives are just some of the holistic benefits that enhance the career experience for our colleagues.

Eli Lilly Cork is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). We cater for all dimensions ensuring inclusion of all ethnicities, nationalities, cultural backgrounds, generations, sexuality, visible and invisible disabilities and gender, with four pillars: EnAble, embRACE, LGBTQ+ & Ally and GIN-Gender Inclusion Network. EnAble, our pillar for people with disabilities and those that care for them, partners with the Access Lilly initiative to make our physical and digital environment accessible and inclusive for all. Together they are committed to promoting awareness to create a disability confident culture both at Eli Lilly Cork and beyond.

Come join our team - Be Creative, Be an Innovator, and most of all, Be Yourself!

Scientific data and information are core assets of Lilly. Providing balanced, objective, and accurate information to regulators, the scientific community, health care professionals, payers, and patients in a consistent and timely fashion across the entire drug development lifecycle is fundamental to Lilly.

The purpose of the Global Scientific Communications Associate, in the Publication Writing role is to work with cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams to prepare scientific publications (clinical and/or health-outcomes) including and not limited to, abstracts, posters, manuscripts and presentations.

The purpose of the Global Scientific Communications Associate, in the Regulatory Writing role is to also work with cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams but to lead the development of documents intended for regulatory audiences (including, but not limited to, clinical study reports, briefing documents, regulatory responses, Investigational New Drug Applications, and marketing authorization applications).

By applying to this job opening the hiring manager will determine your suitability for either the Publications or Regulatory team, based on your experience.

Primary Responsibilities:

This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the job requirements at the time it was prepared. The job requirements of any position may change over time and may include additional responsibilities not specifically described in the job description. Consult with your supervisor regarding your actual job responsibilities and any related duties that may be required for the position.

1. Content Strategy: Document Preparation, Development and Finalization/Document Management

• Effectively collect and evaluate data, information, and input from multiple sources, functions, and regions to create a cohesive content strategy for writing projects.
• Plan (including organizing/preparing outlines), write (including first-draft authoring), edit, review, coordinate and complete.
• Conduct effective document initiation via a kick-off meeting to ensure authoring team alignment and understanding.
• Build scientific-based rationale that supports the purpose of more complex and/or strategic documents.
• Ensure data are presented in a clear, complete, accurate, and concise manner.
• Ensure that key data, statements and conclusions are consistent across related documents, and that statements and conclusions are integrated, accurate, balanced and supported by appropriate data.
• Coordinate expert/scientific reviews, collate reviewers' comments, adjust content of document as required based on internal/external input, and prepare final version of document.
• Ensure and coordinate quality checks for accuracy,
• Exhibit flexibility in moving across development and preparation of multiple document types.
• Influence or negotiate change of timelines and content with other team members.
• Advocate internally and externally for appropriate authorship criteria on all applicable work products.
• Work with internal and external speakers to develop and prepare presentations.
• As needed, build and manage relationships with vendors/alliance partners.

2. Project and Stakeholder management

• Lead the writing process and apply effective project management skills to ensure timely completion of high-quality scientific publication deliverables.
• Build/Communicate credible writing project timelines.
• Anticipate and mitigate risks to delivery
• Work with cross functional teams and stakeholders to ensure smooth and timely development of documents and escalate issues, as appropriate, to ensure document completion.
• Effectively communicate project status to stakeholders

3. Knowledge and Skills Development

• Maintain and enhance therapeutic area knowledge including disease state and compound(s) for assigned project(s).
• Maintain and enhance scientific communication skills to align with audience needs and technology/digital evolution.
• Exhibit flexibility in moving across document types, therapeutic areas, and compounds, depending on project assignment.
• Maintain and enhance knowledge of publication guidelines.
• Possess overarching view of compound, therapeutic area, and external environment (including competitors) with ability to participate effectively in publication planning, integrated planning process, and/or current awareness literature updates and reviews.
• Embrace technology, automation and other efforts/tools to make work more efficient.

4. Knowledge Sharing

• Provide coaching to others by sharing technical information, giving guidance, answering questions.
• Recognized for technical expertise in specific document development.
• Network with others (including other functions and regions) to identify and share best practices.
• Contribute to process improvements, suggesting opportunities where appropriate.
• Provide database and other tool (e.g., document management systems) expertise.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific, health, communications, health outcomes, health economics, public health related field.
• Experience writing scientific publications.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Successful completion of writing exercise (a writing exercise is required as part of the candidate evaluation process).

Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Advanced degree (PhD, MD, PharmD, MA, MBBS) in science, health related field or other appropriate disciplines (economics, epidemiology, health administration, health services, pharmacoeconomics, statistics other relevant sciences)
• Demonstrated mastery of verbal and written English skills in the medical, scientific, health outcomes, or technical writing fields.
• Previous training and experience in disseminating results in clinical, health economics, health outcomes, health literacy, disease management, and/or population health.
• Relevant experience in clinical development, clinical trial process, health-outcomes research, or regulatory activities.
• Clinical pharmacology, therapeutic area, health outcomes, or other medical and scientific specific knowledge and experience specific to hiring area (e.g., neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular, immunology or endocrine expertise).
• Demonstrated project management and time management skills.
• Demonstrated high-level end-user computer skills (e.g., word processing, tables and graphics, spreadsheets, presentation and templates).
• Extensive experience in writing, reviewing, and publishing scientific materials and the ability to appraise scientific literature and raw data critically.
• Ability to communicate clearly and succinctly with all audiences and forums through exemplary oral and written communication skills.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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