Senior Scientific Director - Publications (Heme-Onc)

The Lockwood Group, LLC
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have 5+ years in medical publications with Heme/Oncology expertise and experience in scientific content oversight.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years in medical publications and Heme/Oncology domain experience
    — “Candidates must have 5 or more years of relevant job experience with medical publications”
  • Individuals with advanced scientific degrees and familiarity with medical editorial processes
    — “An advanced degree in science (ie. PhD, PharmD, or MD) is required. CMPP preferred.”
  • People who have led content development and managed teams in a remote or hybrid setting
    — “most work from where they live”

Things to consider

  • The role demands strict adherence to medical communication ethical guidelines and standards
    — “Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (ie. AMA style) and ethical guideline working knowledge (ie. ICMJE, GPP2022) is also required.”
  • Candidates must be capable of independent project management and multitasking within tight deadlines
    — “the ability to analyze and interpret scientific data, multitask, work independently, and manage projects within tight deadlines”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in managing cross-functional teams during content development
    — “supervising Associate Scientific Directors, and liaising with other in-house or freelance staff”
  • Emphasize your track record in developing scientific content for diverse target audiences
    — “planning, development, and oversight of scientific content for an assigned account or accounts across various therapeutic areas addressing different target audiences”
  • Showcase your expertise in ICMJE and GPP2022 guidelines in your resume and interview responses
    — “ethical guideline working knowledge (ie. ICMJE, GPP2022) is also required”
  • Demonstrate your ability to manage projects independently and meet tight deadlines
    — “the ability to ... manage projects within tight deadlines”
  • Position yourself as a strategic advisor in medical communications, not just a content producer
    — “provide clients with strategic medical communication recommendations that support the achievement of brand goals”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful content development
  • client satisfaction
  • project completion within deadlines
Typical background
advanced degree in science5+ years of experience in medical publications

Skills & requirements

Required

Medical PublicationsScientific Content DevelopmentProject ManagementData AnalysisScientific Communication

Preferred

CMPP Certification

Stack & domain

Medical PublicationsManuscriptsPostersAbstractsPodium PresentationsScientific PlatformsPublication ExtendersCommunicationTeamworkCMPPScientific PublishingHematology-oncology

About the role

Original posting from The Lockwood Group, LLC via Greenhouse

This position can be based remotely (working from home) or at our headquarters in Stamford, CT.  

About Lockwood: Lockwood collaborates with clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries to identify effective, holistic, science-based strategies to address their objectives through medical communications. Our clients count on us to challenge their assumptions and help them creatively navigate around obstacles. From strategy through execution, we focus on accuracy, transparency, and scientific value to create programs that are evidence-based, clinically relevant, and contribute to the development of our clients’ brands. Over a third of our staff hold advanced scientific or medical degrees, and most work from where they live. Because our flexible structure provides better work-life balance, we attract the best talent, facilitate their best work, and as a result, are more responsive to our clients, wherever and whenever they do business.

Summary: In this role, the Senior Scientific Director is responsible for the planning, development, and oversight of scientific content for an assigned account or accounts across various therapeutic areas addressing different target audiences.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include working with the Group Scientific Director to provide clients with strategic medical communication recommendations that support the achievement of brand goals, independently leading execution of content development activities, supervising Associate Scientific Directors, and liaising with other in-house or freelance staff to manage writing and other content-related tasks such as conducting background research, data-checking, and reference annotation.

Education: An advanced degree in science (ie. PhD, PharmD, or MD) is required. CMPP preferred.

Professional Skills and Requirements:

Candidates must have 5 or more years of relevant job experience with medical publications, including manuscripts, posters, abstracts, podium presentations, scientific platforms, and publication extenders.

This role requires demonstrated organizational, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills, as well as the ability to analyze and interpret scientific data, multitask, work independently, and manage projects within tight deadlines.

Experience with established professional medical editorial processes (ie. AMA style) and ethical guideline working knowledge (ie. ICMJE, GPP2022) is also required.

Experience with Heme/Oncology is required.

Source: The Lockwood Group, LLC careers (Greenhouse)

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