Global Medical Communication Manager- Drug Development (Hybrid- Lawrenceville, NJ)

Global Medical Communication Manager- Drug Development (Hybrid – Lawrenceville, NJ) 

We are seeking a Global Medical Communication Manager for our global pharmaceutical client. The focus of the role is to lead across the client matrix to develop and timely delivery of strategically aligned medical publications, scientific content, medical information, medical education, training content, and congress presentations. 

This is a 40-hour per-week, 6-month contract (extensions possible), 50% onsite at the client’s office in Lawrenceville, NJ. 

This is a W2 role as a Stage 4 Solutions employee. Health benefits and a 401K are offered. 

Responsibilities:  

The Medical Communications manager is accountable for the following: 

Medical Communications Strategy: 

• Ensures endorsement of medical communications plans by relevant governance bodies prior to execution, and continuously develops and maintains plans in conjunction with scientific landscape and in alignment with Local Market Medical, Worldwide (WW) Medical and medical market-level strategy 

• Serves as the Medical Communications point of contact between WW/ and other matrix partners 

• Provides medical communications management oversight 

• Enhances bi-directional communication by understanding and sharing the WW medical communications plans to Medical and raises needs to WW Medical/Medical Communications teams, ensuring country/global level of awareness & connectivity including vendor oversight. 

• Understand the communication needs and own the pull-through and execution of the Scientific Narrative, development & execution of functionally integrated publication plan, content plan, and application to the Scientific Communication Platform (SCP). 

• Must have strong business acumen, ability to interface with market matrix partners & manage Medical Communications budget 

Data Dissemination: 

• Serve as a subject matter expert to internal audiences related to communication landscape, HCP preferences, publication and scientific content planning, data disclosure / dissemination, and represent scientific communications to external investigators, key authors and journal editors. 

• Promotes and reinforces principles among authors and internal publication stakeholder community, ensuring publications are authored, written, and reviewed according to publication best practices and standards and policies ensuring publication & scientific content standards are aligned with Good Publication Practices and industry standards, and all employees engaged in publication activities follow Good Publication Practices guidance with the highest degree of integrity, quality and transparency. 

• Demonstrates understanding of therapeutic disease areas, expertise to support the establishment of strong working collaborations with both internal and external disease-area experts to ensure quality data analysis, interpretation, communication planning & data disclosure/dissemination. 

• Ensures collection of insights to deliver high quality medical communication that enables the most impactful dialogue and interactions with customers. 

• Identifies and drives opportunities to enhance processes, tools, operating procedures, and outsourcing strategy to ensure consistent delivery and alignment of standards 

Stakeholder Engagement: 

• Fostering collaborative relationships with academic & clinical experts, publishers, medical associations & other relevant key stakeholder groups; participating in external initiatives to foster trust and respect amongst academic and medical publishing community 

• Partners with TA Medical Communication Leads, Market Medical and other stakeholder to assess, plan, and allocate resources (budget, medical writing, biostatistical services) to ensure timely delivery of high-quality medical communications 

• Partners externally with 3rd party vendors to ensure the appropriate balance of internal and external execution of work 

• Establishes clear metrics aligned & regularly communicates metrics with key medical stakeholders 

• Other responsibilities: 

• High performing, externally focused which emphasizes teamwork, cooperation, personal accountability, and a commitment to quality; models behaviors and reinforces such behaviors at all levels in the organization 

• Ensure preparation for audit and inspection readiness 

• Ensuring diversity and inclusion in decision making, organization and talent development 

Requirements:  

• 3 years of Pharmaceutical/Healthcare industry experience with a focus on medical communications; experience in both local country & global preferred  

• Experience leading medical communications across all phases of drug development and commercialization  

• Demonstrated ability to lead strategically, drive performance, build alignment, inform, negotiate and collaborate. Ability to analyze and interpret trial data 

• Experience working cross-functional, with cross-cultural project teams, and collaborating across matrix, markets, and global geographies 

• Ability to influence and negotiate appropriate solutions; ability to establish strong stakeholder relationships 

• Ability to flexibly schedule and participate in teleconferences and virtual meetings across different time zones. Ability to travel (domestically and internationally) 

• Advance scientific degree, PharmD, PhD or MD preferred 

Please submit your resume to our network at https://www.stage4solutions.com/careers/ (please apply to the Global Medical Communication Manager- Drug Development (Hybrid – Lawrenceville, NJ) role). 

Please feel free to forward this project opening to others who may be interested. 

Stage 4 Solutions is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing employees with an inclusive environment that is free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on the job requirements and candidates’ qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion/belief, national origin, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. 

Compensation: $100/hr. - $102.96/hr. 

#LI-SW1