Remote Senior Director

Summary

Join Scholar Rock as the Sr. Director of Medical Scientific Communications, managing a team to drive medical data dissemination strategy, collaborating with external authors and cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Advance degree in life or pharmaceutical sciences (MD, Pharm.D, PhD) with 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Rare diseases and a minimum of 8+ years pharma/biotech industry global or US MA experience highly preferred
• Ability to interpret and critique scientific and medical literature with respect to scientific and business implications are essential
• Experience and demonstrated skill in the analysis, communication and presentation of complex scientific and medical data. Track record of successfully developing peer-reviewed publications is required
• Exemplary customer facing skills, and the capability to collaborate with external Key Opinion Leaders on data dissemination strategies in a credible, responsive and customer focused manner is a necessity
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal; comfortable and experienced in making presentations
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a matrix environment
• Experience collaborating with and supporting global medical scientific teams
• Knowledge of industry guidelines pertaining to data dissemination (e.g., CONSORT, ICMJE, GPPs, AMA style) and interactions with health care providers (e.g., PhRMA Code, AdvaMed guidelines)
• Strong organizational skills and business planning, including development of a budget and adherence to targets
• Previous managerial experience

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic and tactical plan of the scientific communication function in full alignment with the overall Medical Strategy
• Establish and maintain collaborative partnerships with clinical, medical affairs and business leads to align on the scientific communications strategy across products’ life cycle
• Manage team to execute on the development of (and updates to) the yearly global publication and medical communication plans for our portfolio
• Manage the scientific communication budget and participate in budget forecasting meetings to advise on long-term budget plan, vendors, and resource allocation decisions within your team
• Ensure that key data, strategically aligned scientific communication points, elements from other internal guidance and resource documents are included appropriately in publications, and that statements and conclusions are accurate, balanced, and supported by appropriate data
• Ensure appropriate tracking and execution of the publications tactical plan for assigned product(s) in accordance to established priorities and company key performance indicators
• Provide medical input to brand teams regarding strategy, tactics, and development of claims for assigned product(s)
• Serve as an internal expert for product and disease-state for the training of internal colleagues within the disease area(s), partner with scientific communication training lead, regional medical affairs training leads, and BU commercial training function
• Facilitate engagement with external investigators and KOLs when appropriate, as authors for publication development and advisors for medical education initiatives
• Participate in relevant cross-functional teams and task forces to represent the global medical scientific communications team and make presentations to colleagues and senior management as needed
• Lead the development of company guidelines and SOPs pertaining to Medical Communications