Director, BPM Evidence Publications CVRM
AstraZenecaAbout the role
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The Director, BPM Evidence Publications CVRM (Publications Lead) has direct accountability for the development and execution of strategic publication plans for global clinical registration studies (R&D) and non-clinical trial sources including HEOR, epidemiology, real-world evidence (RWE), payer, and non-interventional studies. The role drives timely, high-quality and compliant scientific communications by combining deep publications strategy and therapy-area expertise with the responsible use of advanced analytics and AI-enabled tool. As part of this role, the Publications Lead engages and collaborates with internal colleagues and external experts, investigators, journals, conference organizers and external bodies to deliver strategic publication and communication activities. The role also collaborates effectively with regional and country affiliates to develop and maintain integrated external scientific communications plans for regional and local healthcare professionals, payers, and patients. The Publications Lead is further responsible for ensuring ethical compliance with AZ standards and external publication guidelines of the publications plans and deliverables, and they ensure that all publications represent transparent and fair-balanced communications that enhance the Company’s external scientific reputation.
Essential Requirements
Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific discipline with research experience with
Minimum 5 years of experience
Demonstrated experience in the publications field, or medical communications gained through working in the pharmaceutical industry or a medical communications agency.
Demonstrated project management experience.
Broad understanding of drug development process.
Working knowledge of AI/LLM concepts relevant to scientific publishing.
Demonstrated performance, budget, and resource management skills in a global organization
Excellent leadership and project management skills to deliver in a complex multidisciplinary environment.
Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with external experts, investigators, journal editors and publishers and professional bodies.
Ability to effectively manage multiple stakeholders and projects to within budget.
Flexibility and adaptability to manage long-term activities in a constantly changing internal and external environment.
Desirable Requirements
Relevant post-graduate degree.
Experience of working globally, cross-culturally and cross-functionally.
Proven experience designing and scaling AI-enabled workflow (e.g. prompt libraries, fine-tuning/evaluating LLMs), with measurable impact, e.g. timelines.
CMPP Certification.<
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