Medical And Scientific Publications Associate

Summary

Join Ocular Therapeutix, a biopharmaceutical company, as their Medical Affairs Medical & Scientific Publications Associate. You will be a key member of the Medical Affairs team, executing medical communications plans and providing operational and administrative support. Responsibilities include content development, collaborating with various teams, managing publications, and knowledge management. The role requires a Bachelor's, Master's, or doctorate in a health-related field, strong communication skills, and exceptional project management abilities. Preferred qualifications include clinical research/publications experience and experience in the ophthalmic pharmaceutical space. The position offers a remote or office environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's, Masters or doctorate degree in a health-related or scientific discipline
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to understand and effectively communicate scientific and clinical data to both internal and external stakeholders
• Exceptional project management, superior organizational and advanced MS Office skills required (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to review and edit scientific content meticulously with attention to detail
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Team-oriented, flexible, creative, inquisitive, driven and extremely reliable

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Medical & Scientific Communications Lead to support the tactical execution of Medical Communications Plans
• Create and support the production of scientific materials, including scientific publications, medical education materials, medical information resources, and slide decks for scientific presentations and KOL engagement activities
• Collaborate with authors and medical writing team in drafting, writing, reviewing and editing of materials; incorporate edits
• Collaborate with medical affairs, clinical development, marketing, investor relations, to translate complex scientific and clinical data into clear and compelling messages for different target audiences
• Provide support to all communications with authors to track and facilitate publications submission, content approvals and other related activities as needed per ICJME guidelines
• Facilitate the internal and external (if applicable) review and approval of publications
• Submit finalized content to congresses following approvals
• Facilitate the Publications Committee including generation of agendas, recording and circulating meeting minutes, and tracking outcomes of decisions
• Shepherd medical materials through the review and approval process
• Coordinate and participate in MRC meetings to resolve conflicting comments
• Manage reviewer timelines with close attention to deadlines, understanding sensitivities related to detail and timeline of information dissemination
• Create and maintain project status and projected timelines for medical and scientific materials
• Organize and track review materials along with maintaining an IT system (VEEVA) ensuring appropriate/necessary signatures and references are in place
• Work closely with other stakeholders to ensure appropriate "final" versions are in use
• Assist in ensuring internal document and information repository is maintained and accessible for Medical Affairs stakeholders
• Provide updates to internal stakeholders on medical communications-related activities as needed
• Demonstrate the values of Ocular Therapeutix
• Collaborate with external vendors and agencies, including medical writers, graphic designers, and event management companies
• Other duties as assigned
• May oversee the work of external consultant(s) and/or manage vendor(s)

Preferred Qualifications

• Clinical research/publications experience strongly preferred
• Experience in the ophthalmic pharmaceutical space preferred, but not required
• 1+ years’ experience in Medical Affairs or related fields like medical device, biotech, pharma or others
• Experience with Veeva Vault Promo mats preferred but not required
• Ability to travel 15%

Benefits

Remote or Office environment