Senior Manager, Scientific Communication Operations

Corcept Therapeutics; United States; On-site; USD 145,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Corcept Therapeutics seeks a Senior Manager, Scientific Communications Operations to oversee QC of clinical regulatory documents and publications, verifying data against validated sources and ensuring editorial quality. The role ensures consistency with company style guides and regulatory requirements across documents.

Collaborate with medical writers, regulatory publishers, and project teams to deliver high-quality materials on tight timelines; manage timelines, archives, and contractor

Qualifications

• Proven ability to communicate clearly in English, both written and spoken.
• Able to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects with tight timelines.
• Strong attention to detail for consistency, grammar, and scientific accuracy.
• Familiarity with AMA style and medical writing standards.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, EndNote, and Acrobat.
• Experience with electronic document management systems (Veeva Vault, Box, SharePoint).

Responsibilities

• Perform QC of clinical regulatory documents and publications, verifying accuracy and formatting.
• Ensure compliance with company, industry, and journal style guides and templates.
• Collaborate with internal/external medical writers, regulatory publishers, and project teams to deliver high-quality documents on schedule.
• Manage editorial timelines and communicate milestones to stakeholders.
• Maintain records/archives for completed documents.
• May manage QC contractors and support process improvements for regulatory compliance.

Skills

Communication

Prioritization

Attention to detail

AMA style

MS Office

Document management

Tools

EndNote

Adobe Acrobat

Veeva Vault

Box

SharePoint

Job description

For more than 25 years, Corcept has been singularly focused on the science of cortisol, a powerful hormone that when unregulated, can play a role in a broad range of diseases.

Our commercial portfolio includes treatments for hypercortisolism and oncology, and the company has discovered more than 1,000 proprietary selective cortisol modulators and glucocorticoid receptor antagonists. With advanced clinical trials in patients with hypercortisolism, solid tumors, ALS and liver disease, Corcept is unlocking the power of cortisol modulation to help address some of the most devastating diseases patients face today.

Corcept is headquartered in Redwood City, California. To learn more, visit www.corcept.com.

The Senior Manager, Scientific Communications Operations will support the development of high-quality documents (clinical regulatory documents and publications) for the Medical Writing and Publications groups within the Clinical Development team. This role will rigorously confirm the accuracy of data and text relative to validated data source files, particularly clinical data. The Senior Manager will also meticulously assess documents for editorial quality, consistency, formatting, and compliance with established style and document standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform a quality check (QC) of clinical regulatory documents and publications prior to their approval: proofread documents for clarity, consistency, grammar, punctuation, formatting, hyperlink and bookmark functionality (as appropriate); perform data verification, cross-referencing, fact-checking, and general quality assessments of documents. Clinical regulatory documents may include clinical study reports, clinical study protocols and amendments, Investigator’s Brochures, clinical sections of Investigational New Drug (IND) submissions and New Drug Applications (NDAs), and other regulatory submission documents. Publications may include manuscripts and congress abstracts and presentations (posters and slides for oral presentations)
• Ensure documents comply with company, industry, or journal/congress-specified style guides and templates, and consistency within a document and across related documents
• Work collaboratively with internal and external medical writers, regulatory publishers, and project team members to deliver high-quality documents in a timely manner
• Manage QC/editorial timelines and communicate with other members of the Medical Writing and Publications groups and stakeholders outside of the Medical Writing and Publications groups to maintain awareness of expectations, milestones, and deliverables
• Maintain records/archive for completed documents
• May manage QC specialist contractors, as needed
• Develop, enhance, and implement policies, procedures, and processes necessary to achieve organizational objectives and ensure compliance with Corcept and external (e.g., government, institutional) regulations

Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Technical Proficiencies

• Proven ability to communicate in clear, concise English in both written and oral forms
• Able to prioritize tasks, work simultaneously on multiple projects and complete high-quality documents according to tight timelines and shifting priorities and business needs
• Strong attention to detail, for maintenance of consistency, grammar, syntax, logical flow, and scientific accuracy (fact-checking)
• Familiarity with American Medical Association (AMA) style
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint). EndNote, and Adobe Acrobat
• Familiarity with electronic document management systems (eg, Veeva Vault, Box, Sharepoint)

Preferred Education and Experience

• 8 years of relevant industry experience as a QC editor/specialist, medical writer or copyeditor
• Knowledge of International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines, and other relevant regulatory rules and guidelines

The pay range that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position is $144,790-$175,550; the pay ultimately offered may vary based on legitimate considerations, including geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

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Corcept appreciates the commitment and hard work of all our team members as we strive to discover and develop novel treatments for patients with serious unmet medical needs.

Please visit our website at: https://www.corcept.com/

Corcept is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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