Ridgemont Resources, Inc.
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Lead Director of Diabetes Publications
Bridgewater, NJ
IDj-8519Posted 3/28/2023
Our client, a global leader in the pharma industry is seeking to hire a qualified full-time Lead Director of Diabetes Publications to support their US Scientific Communications team.  This team aims to support the development of high quality medical publications to ensure clear, scientific communications of our company data, enabling safe, appropriate use of and access to company medicines and to address unmet medical needs.
 
The General Medicines Medical - US Diabetes Publication Lead position, reporting directly to the Head, NA General Medicines Scientific Communications, will occupy a key leadership role by leading the strategic development, oversight, and delivery of US diabetes medical publications. 
 
Key Responsibilities:
 
  • Lead the development and oversight strategic scientific publication plans and support the execution of operational and tactical activities within the overall medical communication platforms for assigned products, technologies, or services.
  • Own strategic US Medical Publication Plans for the full diabetes portfolio, ensuring robust strategic and tactical planning and implementation of congress presentations and manuscript execution in alignment with US and Global publications objectives and initiatives.  T
  • Oversee and/or manage all diabetes publication projects, drive the recruitment/supervision of external agency partners, ensure timely delivery of tactics, collaborate with authors of peer-reviewed scientific publications to drive execution of planned publications, and understand corporate procurement processes and maintain responsibility for budgets and annual spend.
  • Demonstrate an awareness of digital-driven publication and communication solutions that are emerging in the transmission of science and health information, incorporating solutions into strategic plans, as appropriate.
  • Collaborate closely with colleagues in US General Medicines Scientific Communications as well as cross-functionally within a matrix organization to ensure that information and knowledge transfer is conducted with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Build effective partnerships with all stakeholders, including medical directors, statistics, clinical operations, field teams, HEOR, global publications, alliance partners, the Publication Working Group, and CMO compliance/operations group
  • Demonstrate innovation, creativity, and problem-solving skills.
  • Incorporate customer specific insights, gaps, and needs.
  • Maintain transparency with peers and colleagues across the organization, to produce aligned strategy and tactics, while promoting synergy and avoiding duplication of effort.
  • Sustain up-to-date working knowledge of all applicable prevailing guidance, regulation, and law that mandates the nature in which pharmaceutical organizations functions. This may include but is not limited to documents prepared by FDA, OIG, DDMAC/OPDP, PhRMA, ICMJE, ACCME, etc.
  • Ensure designated activities are appropriately executed, adherent to corporate SOPs and policies, and consistent with relevant external scientific, legal and regulatory standards. 
 
Required Skills:
 
  • Ensure the successful achievement of goals, operating within all policies, procedures, and guidance to ensure compliance with SOPs and US CIA requirements, including transparency reporting.
  • Managerial courage – ability to make difficult choices and implement successfully.
  • Strategic/critical thinking, problem solving.
  • Innovative mindset to help evolve how publications are being created and disseminated.
  • Ability to work effectively in a rapidly evolving internal and external environment. 
  • National congress/association attendance as appropriate, planning meetings, leadership and management of publications projects and agency partners, various assigned team and cross functional working teams.
  • Ability and willingness to maintain professional relationship with national and regional HCP authors, journals and publishers.
  • Outstanding interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills with exceptional time management skills are required for this role which requires strong cross-functional collaboration, teamwork, and stakeholder management.
  • Plan, organize, and delegate effectively.
  • Empowered to apply our individual talents and diverse perspectives in an inclusive culture, our shared values and integrity to bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
 
Basic Qualifications:
  • Advanced Degree: PharmD, PhD, or MD in a science subject or biomedical degree preferred.
  • A minimum of 7 – 10  years of experience in the pharmaceutical or related healthcare industry.
  • A minimum of 5 years of publications experience in the pharmaceutical or related healthcare industry with expertise across all aspects of scientific publication strategy, planning, and execution during all phases of drug development and post-launch/marketed products.
  • Experience with digital/innovative publications.
  • Scientific expertise in Diabetes is highly preferred.
  • Certification as a Medical Publication Professional (CMPP) highly desirable
  • Understanding of clinical trial and real world evidence study design and execution, statistical methods, and reporting requirements.
  • Understanding of good publication practices and guidance (GPP3, ICJME), Sunshine Act, Pharma Code of Conduct, and other guidance related to dat communication.
  • Demonstrated track record of managing multiple conflicting priorities in a rapidly evolving, fast paced, environment with successful outcomes.
  • Familiarity with publication management tools and systems (Datavision).
 
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.
 
 
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