Senior Director, Medical Communications in London

Reporting to VP, Global Medical Affairs & Diagnostics in London, UK. The Senior Director, Medical Communications is a leadership role responsible for developing, implementing and executing the strategy and key deliverables for Medical & Scientific Communications and Medical Publications, with oversight of Medical Information. This individual is an integral member of the global Medical Affairs Leadership Team (MALT), works in partnership with the broader Global Medical Affairs organization to develop and ensure pull-through of overall medical strategies for approved and investigational clinical programs, and manages direct reports. This role also ensures Medical Communications representation on internal cross-functional program strategy teams and contributes to the development of integrated program strategies.

Key Elements And Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with and contribute to the Medical Affairs Leadership Team (MALT) to develop overall Medical Affairs functional goals, objectives, strategy, and tactical plans aligned with the business and program goals in relation to medical/scientific communication.
• Responsible and accountable for development and execution of Global Medical Communications strategy and key deliverables across multiple clinical programs at varying stages of clinical development (investigational and post-approval).
• Incorporating Disease State and autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy (HSC-GT) Product medical education for Healthcare Provider (HCPs) and other external stakeholders.
• Supporting cross-functional efforts for Diagnostics / Newborn Screening (NBS), Market Access/ Reimbursement, and Clinical Development medical education.
• Applying effective project management skills to ensure timely completion of high-quality deliverables within budget.
• Responsible and accountable for development and execution of Global Publications strategy and key deliverables.
• Overseeing the development and execution of Global Strategic Publications plans across translational research, investigational, and approved gene therapy programs in alignment with program and organizational goals.
• Interfacing with external experts and internal stakeholders for the planning, review, and approval of publications activities.
• Building and maintaining productive working relationships with alliance partners and external collaborators.
• Ensure the timely delivery of high-quality and scientifically accurate publications aligned with the scientific narrative and medical strategy.
• Overseeing budget and financial planning for publication projects.
• Engage with key stakeholders to gather feedback and improve publication quality.
• Overseeing third-party publications agencies or medical writers.
• Overseeing publications development, review, and approval processes to ensure compliance with Good Publication Practice (GPP) guidelines, ICMJE, and company policies and procedures.
• Leading the development of Medical/scientific content in support of Medical Communications activities.
• Ensuring all medical communication content is regularly updated, accurate, and readily available for external use.
• Creation of cross-functionally aligned scientific communication platforms for disease state areas and drug products.
• Oversight of Medical Information Strategy and plans.
• Leadership of an efficient and productive Medical Communications team.
• Drive Medical Communications team efforts to align and work internally with other functional and cross-functional strategic partners globally.
• Build and maintain collaborative partnerships with external thought leaders.

Requirements:

• Substantial and proven Medical Communications / Publications experience in the biotechnology / pharmaceutical industry.
• Thorough understanding of and experience with Medical Communications / Publications function, strategy development and execution.
• People manager role and responsibilities.
• Government and industry guidelines, regulations, laws, etc., for appropriate scientific/medical exchange, communication, and compliance with customers.
• Preferred experience with one or more key therapeutic areas.
• Skills and ability to develop internal relationships in a matrixed environment.
• Exhibit excellent leadership and strategic skills with the ability to influence decisions.
• Generate team results in a cross-functional setting.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Work independently and lead teams in the execution of operational deliverables.
• Identify departmental needs and partner with colleagues to proactively implement practical solutions.
• Travel occasionally (10%) and sometimes overnight to meetings, trainings, conferences, programs, etc., as required.

Education:

• Advanced Scientific / Healthcare Degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, NP, or similar).
• Fluency in both spoken and written English.