Associate Director, MSL Communications – US Medical Affairs ( Hematology)
- Horsham, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead development and maintenance of medical communication materials for Hematology Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) and digital medical education platforms.
- Understand the remit of proactive and reactive materials including those for congresses, publications, disease state awareness, prescribing information, and any other educational topics that materials are needed to address.
- Liaise with partners to understand MSL and HCP educational needs and provide solutions within compliance and regulatory confines.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal partners (e.g., MSL team members, Medical Directors, Medical Excellence, Medical Communications) to fully understand the strategic needs and identify how the MSL Comm team can meet such needs through development of specific MSL tools and digital education resources.
- Project management of communication materials (e.g., track prioritization, timelines and progress). Use the Veeva system for review and storage of all materials.
- Support slide creation and formatting from abstracts/posters/oral presentation from medical congresses and other clinical/scientific meetings for development of post-congress decks to be delivered to MSLs and other partners.
- Be responsible for quality control to ensure scientific accuracy of MSL and digital content and facilitate the review and approval process.
- Keep abreast of innovations and novel formats that are being used in MSL Communications functions across industry, including 3rd party digital medical education platforms (e.g., Sermo, Doximity, OncLive).
- Support the development and review of, and approval process for, compliant materials for proactive usage by MSLs and digital channels, including Scientific Information for Unapproved Use (SIUU).
- Collaborate with MSL partners for additional ad hoc communication material needs.
- Select and manage medical communications vendors. Provide direction, feedback, and oversight to contractor(s) and vendor(s) as well as handle related budgets.
- Track, analyze, and learn from metrics from communication materials and digital engagements.
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences, Healthcare, or related field with a minimum of 6 years of medical communications or medical writing experience or 6 years of related pharmaceutical/work experience or an advanced degree (MS, PhD, PharmD) field with a minimum of 4 years related pharmaceutical/ work experience is required.
- Ability to translate complex clinical concepts into simple, digestible, and appealing visual displays.
- Proven ability to work in cross-functional environments as well as ability to partner with scientists, academicians, clinicians, and vendors.
- Detail-orientation with ability to efficiently fact-check and find errors is required.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills.
- Experience in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Professional.
- Experience in Oncology or related therapeutic areas.
- Experience in pharmaceutical health care compliance environment for external communication of scientific materials
- Familiarity and experience with digital 3rd party medical education platforms
- Up to 10% travel may be required.