Associate Director, Global Publications & Foundational Content

Summary

Creation of high-quality highly-complex scientific content, such as publications and foundational core content elements, in line with priorities and scientific narrative defined in SCP. Ownership of content from brief to publication or presentation, for first-time right delivery.

About The Role

Associate Director Global Publications & Foundational Content

Location – Hyderabad Hybrid

About The Role:

Working in partnership with the Client Engagement team, Medical Communications, and the Writing delivery team for a designated client group/therapeutic area (TA)/brand, this role will be responsible for delivering and supporting scientific excellence of Medical Communications services across their accounts

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepares / supports the preparation of highly complex scientific documents to meet highest quality standards, including pivotal primary manuscripts, scientific communications platform and scientific lexicons, scientific writing for IEPs, meeting materials for satellite symposia, publication planning materials.
• Initiates, implements and champions process improvement techniques.
• Manages multiple projects across multiple brands and therapeutic areas.
• Defines and implements customer management strategies and tactics.
• Ideates and implements tactics to influence internal and external development environment.
• Complies with and support group’s project management tool, standards, policies and initiatives.
• Follows Novartis specifications for documentation, templates etc
• Maintains records for all assigned projects including archiving.
  
  

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: :

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Essential Requirements:

• Minimum science degree or equivalent, B.Sc./equivalent with 12 years Clinical Research (CR) experience, M.Sc./M.Pharm +10 years of clinical research (CR) experience
• Provides strategic inputs to development and brand plans and assists in policy decision making as TA/disease/deliverable champion.
  
  

Desired Requirements:

• Thorough knowledge of Good Clinical practice. Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationship in a matrix and multicultural environment.
• Demonstrated presentation and diplomacy skills. Strong customer-oriented mindset.
  
  

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