Director, Scientific Communications

Come and Save Lives with Us!

SERB is a fast-growing specialty pharmaceutical company that equips healthcare providers worldwide with life-saving medicines for patients facing rare conditions and emergencies.

For over 30 years we have consistently provided emergency medicines, medical countermeasures, and the world’s leading portfolio of antidotes.

Today SERB has over 500 employees in 18 countries and group revenue in excess of €400m. With a strong presence in the US, Europe, and the Middle East, along with a global network of trusted distribution partners, we make a broad range of essential medicines available in over 100 countries.

Having the right culture is as important to us as having the right portfolio. We are guided by our four values:

• We make patients our priority
• We act with accountability and integrity
• We work together as one team        
• We look for better ways forward      

By expanding our reach through selective acquisitions and entering new markets, we’re not just supplying medicine; we’re improving the standard of care for more patients around the world.

We are seeking a PharmD or PhD-trained individual with experience in scientific communications, in either pharmaceutical industry or with a medical/scientific communications agency. The individual will strengthen the medical and scientific communications function across the SERB portfolio in the US and internationally by ensuring SERB has a robust and comprehensive scientific communications platform to support all key brands as well as an integrated publication strategy developed in collaboration with Medical Affairs Strategy leads for each therapeutic area. The role is a key member of the Global Medical Affairs team and will support stakeholders both internally and externally. The Director of Scientific Communications ensures that medical and scientific communications deliverables are achieved through cross-functional team leadership and provides timely and appropriate communication of published data to customer-facing teams.

 

As Director, Scientific Communications, your responsibilities will include: 

• Lead the development of a cohesive scientific communications platform for the critical brands (global and regional) in SERB to align on data dissemination, scientific narratives, and stakeholder engagement. The expected output is for each key brand to have a clear & consistent core scientific message, claims & data pillars.

• Lead and deliver an integrated scientific publication strategy from conception to publication (abstracts, presentations, posters, etc.) for all key brands in US and EU to ensure consistency, quality, and strategic impact across the product lifecycle.
• Ensure the publications strategy and plans are in alignment with global and regional medical strategy and developed in collaboration with Medical Affairs leads and Clinical Development team where appropriate.
• Utilize strong knowledge of the therapeutic landscape and SERB products / assets to generate congress communications strategy, which may include data presented at congress symposia, plenary sessions in support of study investigators, and presentations of congress abstracts and posters.
• Support advisory boards, expert panel meetings, development and approval of external presentations (e.g. congress symposia), scientific education materials and other relevant external scientific communication needs to ensure aligned key scientific communication messages.
• Support the development of relevant press releases that relate to scientific initiatives, data generation or data dissemination, or scientific collaborations.
• Support the internal dissemination of published scientific data (relating to SERB products or competitor data) to internal medical teams.
• Manage agencies involved in all aspects of publications and scientific communication materials and planning to ensure on-time deliverables.
• Develop project timelines and drive the process for on-time delivery of drafts and final deliverables.
• Prioritize and plan work activities and resources, appropriately manage allocated budget, while executing multiple scientific communication projects.
• Understand, apply, and comply with publication-related guidelines for authorship and good publication practices (GPP3, ICMJE), and ensure publication activities are within company policies, procedures, and industry standards.
• Establish and maintain up-to-date internal SOPs, Wo