Scientific Team Lead

Description

Scientific Team Lead, India

Scientific Team Lead, India

Scientific Team Lead, India

Technical skills:

• Managing the delivery of a range of high-quality medical communication materials across global programmes, including peer-to-peer programs, advisory boards, scientific platforms, MSL materials (proactive and reactive), digital medical communications and publications
• Experience across both non-promotional and promotional medical communication activities
• Ensuring maintenance of high scientific and editorial standards through first-pass review of other writers work, as part of defined quality control process
• Proven strategic and scientific thinking and the ability to read and distill data
• Providing strategic direction to team members, to support their delivery against content briefs, based on commercial needs of the business and thorough understanding of clients needs and objectives
• Developing specialist knowledge in specific therapy areas as required
• Ability to multi-task and collaborate internally and externally, to ensure delivery according to agreed project timelines
• Proven leadership and management of multiple accounts

Talent Management:

• Leading and managing a team of 3-5 medical writers of all levels of seniority
• Capacity management, including allocation of medical writing tasks to ensure optimal utilization of resources and assignment of appropriate expertise to ensure efficient project delivery
• For the India medical writing team, support delivery of training, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to support high-quality medical writing and medical strategy execution
• Identifying, fostering, and monitoring necessary skills development for direct reports
• Supporting and maintaining a healthy local Communications employee culture that drives engagement and retention, and driving connectivity between the India-based Communications teams and the broader global Communications organization
• Providing detailed feedback on direct reports as part of annual performance reviews
• Partnering as needed with other Communications hiring managers and leaders in support of efficient recruitment and onboarding, working proactively to optimize and streamline processes and procedures
• Providing pastoral care and practical guidance to assist team members in the completion of their duties.

Team Orientation/Collaboration:

• Allocating resources to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget
• Ability to effectively multi-task and collaborate internally and externally
• Coordinating with studio, production and account management teams for project delivery
• Ability to grow and develop client relationships
• Identifying opportunities for new business within existing accounts
• Assisting in development and maintenance of new business pipeline
• Proactively contribute to the culture of the wider team
• Proactively contribute to Company meetings
• Acting as a role model and setting a visible example for professionalism and work ethic
• Acting as ambassador for the company internally and externally

• Advanced degree in biomedical field, PhD preferred
• Able to communicate fluently in the English language (written and verbal)
• Prior direct line management experience
• Minimum of 7 years professional medical writing and strategy experience in publication planning, publication delivery, medical affairs, medical education promotional, high-science communication experience is a plus
• Broad therapeutic category experience experience in oncology, aesthetics, immunology, and neuroscience preferred
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical drug development, commercialisation and lifecycle management
• Comfortable operating within a highly-matrixed organization
• Strong client and industry relationships
• Excellent computer skills, including PowerPoint, Word, Excel

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