The Associate Director, Medical Communications & Information, is accountable for the execution of US & Global MC&I brand/therapeutic area deliverables, including responding to medical inquiries from healthcare professionals, reviewing/providing scientific consult to promotional materials, and development of scientific content for internal and external stakeholders. The area of focus and level of involvement across specific activities is determined based on the active needs of the therapeutic area team.     

This position is part of the Content Excellence Team within MC&I, and reports directly to an MC&I Director within the respective TA team.  In collaboration with their Director, they also play a critical role in supervising and supporting Medical Information Managers within their team.

The Associate Director, will be expected to deliver on an existing pipeline of work, leveraging new operating efficiencies and resources to support prioritisation and capacity management:

This role will be expected to:

Demonstrate scientific and business expertise relevant to therapeutic areas, including knowledge about existing assets and pipeline

Stay abreast with the latest changes and trends in the therapeutic area landscape, including regulatory and compliance, to understand and respond to medical inquiries

Ensure that the medical content developed aligns with MC&I priorities and the overall medical strategy

Lead on US launch and congress deliverables with oversight of Director(s)

Collaborate with key collaborators, including Medical Affairs and other partner functions

Provide staffing support for the MC&I booth at scientific meetings

Own the deliverables within your focus area, ensuring quality of content delivered through MIMs

Assist MC&I Directors with leading and planning tactical execution of content strategy plan

Accountable for development and maintenance of content plans with integration into iMAP

Typical Accountabilities

Scientific Content/Brand Support

Own all deliverables assigned within their focus area/ TA team, ensuring quality of content is in alignment with overall medical strategic vision and MC&I priorities. This includes:

Contributing to and/or leading development, review, and maintenance of all content, including Managed Market documents, slide decks, standard response documents, Q&As, infographics, chatbot conversations, and interactive core medical content

Leverage scientific communication skills to communicate insights through curation of medical content to engage HCPs

Accountable for MC&I contribution to Promotional Review (US market only) by: Providing strategic scientific consults on brand messages

Reviewing promotional materials for content and accuracy

Contributing to the prioritization of review for promotional materials

Coordinating development, review, and approval of clinical Data on File Packets to support promotional claims

Coordination, creation, and/or review of submissions to external Drug Information Resources and Evidence-Based Practice Centres

Lead the compendia submission process for Medical Affairs

Consult to Regulatory/Labelling committee and the publications team on brand publications

Internal Stakeholder Management

Responsible for directly managing and delivering on the GMA/USMA team needs

Regularly communicate the content plans, updates and report the TA results of KPIs and metrics

Team Supervision and Support

Supervise and delegate tasks to MI managers, providing guidance and support as needed

Address challenges in execution of deliverables and raise issues to Directors in a timely manner, if required

Oversee day-to-day operations ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of team

Assist with orienting new team members and facilitating their integration into the team

Support evaluation of team performance by regularly monitoring performance metrics and reporting insights to Directors

Essential for the role

Advanced degree in Pharmacy (PharmD preferred), Pharmacology, Science, or equivalent clinical experience

2-4 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry-based Drug/Medical Information/Scientific Communications or equivalent proven experience

Demonstrated expertise in drug information communication and management

Excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills

Ability to apply local regulatory (e.g. FDA), legal, and compliance requirements to Medical Affairs activities and drug information delivery

Understanding of the information needs for various customer segments

Collaboration and leadership skills

Expert Scientific Knowledge

Drug Information Management Expertise

Medical / technical writing experience

Organization and time management skills

Critical Thinking

Ability to work in a complex and evolving environment

Desirable skills

Clinical Pharmacy experience with patient care exposure

Drug Information Residency or equivalent experience

Experience working with Commercial or Brand Teams

Medical information call centre experience

Experience leading projects and teams

Managed Markets or HEOR experience

Pharmacy Licensure preferred

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