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Associate Director – Global Medical Communications – Immunology
| Company | Takeda |
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| Location | Boston, MA, USA |
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| Salary | $153600 – $241340 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | PharmD, PhD, MD |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Advanced medical degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, RN, MS) preferred
- Minimum 5 years of experience (for candidates with doctoral degrees) or 7 years of experience (for candidates with masters degrees) in the biopharmaceutical industry, preferably within a matrixed structure and medical affairs roles
- Critical thinker able to understand complex disease states, datasets and strategic scenarios
- Strong collaborator able to inspire teamwork and focus on priorities
- Experience in medical communications strategy, planning, and execution required
- Experience overseeing medical communications agencies and managing budget, or experience working at a medical communications agency
- Good knowledge of medical communication approaches and best practices
- Familiarity with international regulatory and legal guidelines regarding medical communication strategy and execution is a plus
- Up to 20% travel for congresses and offsite meetings may be required
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning and execution of the integrated congress plans including oversight of content for and design of the Medical Affairs booth, creation of FAQs, collection and generation of scientific insights, scientific symposia as well as pre-con, post-con and daily debrief meetings
- Lead the development of scientific communication platform and core communication objectives in collaboration with cross-functional team
- Drive the development and updating of medical communications materials (scientific communication platform, lexicon, core slide decks, communication plan, etc)
- Generate scientific content for internal and external medical communications-related activities such as scientific slide decks and digital assets for use during internal education, scientific symposia and medical affairs advisory boards
- Serve as the medical approver during the formal review process for medical materials
- Develop materials for use by field medical
- Evaluate and recommend speakers for medical communication events
- Develop materials related to publications of critical importance to the company
- Ensure that all medical communication initiatives remain on strategy, within budget, and are executed in a timely manner
- Coordinate with the Group Lead to monitor performance of goals and delivery of medical communications plans
- Oversee budget, financial forecasting, and vendor management for assigned asset(s)
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases is preferred, especially in dermatology and/or gastrointestinal disease
