Senior Scientific Manager - Medical Communications

Senior Scientific Manager - Med Communications

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development

US- Remote

(Preferably NE US)

As a Senior Scientific Manager, extensive prior experience and in-depth knowledge concerning all aspects of developing and executing the diverse array of deliverables within medical publications and medical communications is expected and will be an integral and required foundation for this role. Additionally, as a senior account team leader, other requirements include being team focused and setting an example for cooperation to create trust and work towards common goals and values. Responsible for attendance at project meetings and for providing status reports at these meetings regarding projects in progress.
Attend off-site meetings as required.

Being able to adapt to changes in plans and priorities and exercise good judgment is important. Based on this overall description, the SSM role will fall broadly across the following approximate allocations (individual client account teams may have, from time to time, specific needs that may alter these allocations as may be necessary/required)

• 50% of your time will be devoted to content oversight, quality control, and imparting scientific/medical insight from inception to delivery, including but not limited to,  responsibility for:
• overall client satisfaction and high quality of all assigned scientific content/editorial projects and initiatives
• innovative thinking that facilitates learnings from successes and failures
• product/therapy area information and insight pertinent to the assigned client/account, including proactive added-value contributions as appropriate/required
• identifying and obtaining required/helpful background materials, including from client, sufficient for completion of projects to the highest level of scientific rigor and insight (e.g., study data, client market research/plans, landscape/competitor analysis, etc)
• reviewing of SD/ASD and/or writers’ work to ensure both high-level content and technical accuracy (e.g., understanding of the product/TA/project goals, organization, syntax, grammar, clarity, focus, etc) that not only require a minimum level of editing/rewriting but that also reflect and align with the project’s/client’s objectives
• 25% of your time will be devoted to management and mentoring of assigned scientific staff and/or writers and oversight of their assigned projects including but not limited to, responsibility for:
• reviewing and contributing to project specifications (eg, timelines, lead time, resource availability, etc)
• helping to make scientific/writer assignments and allocations within the client account team
• knowledge of all aspects of project development from initiation to completion, including a working knowledge of financial aspects (e.g., budget awareness and overages, out of scope requests/work, time management/time keeping, etc )
• establishing and/or enforcing high-quality content standards and review procedures within the client account team
• recognizing and helping to solve, along with the account manager as appropriate, inefficiencies and/or deficiencies in team performance, deliverable quality, and/or client engagement/management   
• 25% of your time will be devoted to scientific and medical insight support of clients (both external and internal) including but not limited to, responsibility for
• being the “strategic bridge” – between clients’ overall product development plans. and practical implications for product/account deliverables – for team members and, as required, ICON GMC senior leadership
• establishing/maintaining peer-to-peer relationships with content authors, client product/TA experts, and other external (and internal) scientific/clinical experts
• proactively recognizing/developing new business opportunities, in partnership with the account manager, for client organic growth, and, as required, with ICON GMC senior leadership

What you need:

• Advanced degree, preferably PhD
• Prior relevant experience in a medical publications/medical communications agency strongly preferred
• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience of high-level content development and management, including client-facing work, with at least 3 years as a Scientific Director (aka SM); applicants with additional 2-3 years’ experience as a Senior Scientific Director (or equivalent) while at a medical communications agency preferred
• CMPP™/MAPPS Certification preferred
• Proven history of strong client relationship m