[Hiring] Publications and Scientific Communications Writer @Syneos Health

Role Description

Lead the development and implementation of portfolio asset / product publication strategy and plan.

• Produce high-quality publications.
• Contribute to the strategy and development of disease or product scientific platform / statements.
• Interact and lead discussions with external authors and collaborators within the Medical Affairs, Drug Development, and Drug Discovery organizations to develop publication content.
• Manage external agencies and freelancers involved in the writing, editing, formatting and submission of articles to peer-reviewed scientific journals and scientific/medical conferences.
• Manage the review of publications with authors/reviewers and external authors.
• Track and report the progress of publication development. Utilize appropriate software to catalogue project status, drafts, author comments, and reviews/approvals.
• Write, edit, and format publications as needed. These include primary manuscripts, congress abstracts, slide presentations, and posters.
• Responsible for budget planning and milestones.
• Follow published guidelines for authorship and good publication practices.
• Ensure that medical/scientific publication activities are within company policies, procedures and good publications practices.
• Contribute as needed to the maintenance and roll-out of departmental policies.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a scientific discipline (e.g., PhD, PharmD).
• Minimum 5 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry, a medical communication company, or a consulting organization, as a publication manager or senior level content reviewer. Writing experience is essential.
• Exceptional project management skills.
• Demonstrated leadership in running a publication strategy and plan, and developing scientific platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize, and execute multiple projects; ability to multitask and work both independently and within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Understand the clinical development process, especially clinical study data and outcomes measures.
• Ability to critically appraise and apply knowledge gained from the medical/scientific literature.
• High attention to details and scientific rigor.
• Strong interpersonal skills for effective professional communications, aiming to cultivate strong working relationships with both internal and external groups.
• Demonstrated leadership and cross-functional stakeholder management skills to drive business priorities.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex medical/scientific information and contribute to medical strategy.
• Ability to respond to urgent timelines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook) is required, as well as familiarity and working knowledge of key software applications relevant to publication planning and implementation (e.g., iEnvision, literature search indices, journal databases, etc.).
• Experience in oncology and/or dermatology is a plus.

Requirements

• Travel is estimated to be less than 10% of time. Most of the travel activity will be in the U.S. and Europe for scientific conferences.

Benefits

• Company car or car allowance.
• Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision.
• Company match 401k.
• Eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance.
• Flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time.

Company Description

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.

Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with.