Associate Director, Global Publications & Scientific Communications

BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

Company Overview:

BeiGene, Ltd. (NASDAQ: BGNE; HKEX: 06160) is a global, commercial-stage, research-based biotechnology company focused on molecularly targeted and immuno-oncology cancer therapeutics. With a team of over 7,700 employees across China, the United States (Cambridge, MA; Ridgefield Park, NJ; Emeryville, CA & San Mateo, CA), Switzerland and Australia, BeiGene is advancing a pipeline consisting of novel oral small molecules and monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of cancer. BeiGene is working to create combination solutions aimed at having both a meaningful and lasting impact on cancer patients

General Description:

This Associate Director of Global Publications & Scientific Communications has direct accountability for the development and industry-compliant execution of strategic publication plans. As part of the role, this person will engage and collaborates with internal colleagues as well as external experts, investigators, journals, conference organizers, and external partners. The role also collaborates with regional affiliates to develop and maintain an integrated external scientific communication plan. This role will be responsible for managing vendors, publication review committee(s), and facilitating Medical, Regulatory, and Compliance (MRC) review in development of new publication concepts (as needed). In addition, the publication manager will facilitate and drive cross-functional development of scientific statements and lexicon and contribute to the overall scientific communication strategy, demonstrating a strong knowledge of the therapeutic landscape. This person will be responsible for ensuring ethical compliance with BeiGene policy and external publications guidelines. Additionally, this role will ensure that all publications represent transparent and balanced communications that enhance BeiGene’s external scientific reputation

Essential Functions:

• Contribute to the overall scientific communication strategy, demonstrating a strong knowledge of the therapeutic landscape.
• Direct accountability for the development and execution of strategic publication plans aligned with medical strategies and objectives
• Track existing publication plans to ensure alignment with established medical strategies and objectives
• Day-to-day management of assigned publications, as well as delivery of outputs, financial tracking, and meeting activities, while working closely with all members of the delivery team
• Manage external agency partners to ensure accuracy of publication plan and publication deliverables with respect time, quality, and cost, and ensuring correct compliance documentation is in place including budgetary responsibilities
• Support the development of training materials related to BeiGene and competitor congress presentations.
• Interact with external authors and cross-functional collaborators to develop and review publication concepts and content.
• Track and report the progress of publication development, (with vendor support) to document project status, drafts, author comments, and BeiGene reviews/approvals.
• Understand published guidelines for authorship and good publication practices.
• Ensure that publication activities are within company policies, procedures and good publications practices

Minimum Requirements – Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 7 years’ experience within the pharmaceutical industry, consulting organization, and/or a medical communications company

OR

Master’s degree with a minimum of 5 years’ experience within the pharmaceutical industry, consulting organization, and/or a medical communications company

OR

MD, Pharm.D., or PhD with a minimum of 4 years’ experience within the pharmaceutical industry, consulting organization, and/or a medical communications company

Advanced degree is preferred

Other Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in medical communications gained through working within other biotech/pharmaceutical companies or a medical communications agency
• Proven experience with a global publications database management system (eg, PubSTRAT, DataVision, etc.)
• Excellent leadership and project management skil