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Associate Director, Scientific Communications

San Rafael, CA 94901

Posted: 03/20/2025 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Medical Writing Job Number: 618395 Is job remote?: Hybrid Country: United States

Job Description


The Associate Director (AD) functions as a key member of the Scientific Communications team, ensuring high quality scientific outputs with appropriate utilization of resources. The AD will work with the Director of Scientific Communications to develop and implement scientific communication strategy, manage the scientific communication plan for assigned product and therapeutic areas, and oversee scientific messaging for marketed and clinical products. 

 

Publication Strategy and Planning
  • Develop and ensure timely execution of the scientific communication plan for the company's program in skeletal condition conditions, with a focus on the US
  • Contribute to development and implementation of scientific messaging and maintain the Scientific Communication Platform
  • Ensure cross-functional alignment of messaging and strategies to address gaps
  • Develop expert knowledge of product- and disease-specific literature and oversee literature and gap analyses to support scientific message development and publication strategy
  • Organize and implement expert meetings necessary for publication strategy development; collaborate with colleagues and external experts to develop agenda and content, manage vendors, and attend and present as needed
  • Support scientific congress activities including development of content for symposia
  • Facilitate the external/independent development of treatment and management guidelines

 

Publication Content Creation
  • Research, draft, and edit scientific and medical manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and presentations
  • Manage agency and/or contract medical writers and/or graphic designers, as needed
  • Ensure all scientific communications outputs meet the highest standards of medical/scientific integrity
  • Ensure activities adhere to authorship and publication guidelines as stipulated by ICMJE and GPP 2022
  • Assist with maintenance and reconciliation activities within publication development database

 

Other
  • Respond to internal and external questions about any scientific communications for the product area
  • Participate in cross-functional team meetings to share scientific communication planning status and issues and maintain awareness of overall scientific communication plan
  • Provide support for management of the Scientific Communications budget 

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Planet Pharma is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.