Director of Scientific Communications

About Dexcom

Founded in 1999, Dexcom, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM), develops and markets Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) systems for ambulatory use by people with diabetes and by healthcare providers for the treatment of people with diabetes. The company is the leader in transforming diabetes care and management by providing CGM technology to help patients and healthcare professionals better manage diabetes. Since the company’s inception, Dexcom has focused on better outcomes for patients, caregivers, and clinicians by delivering solutions that are best in class - while empowering the community to take control of diabetes. Dexcom reported full-year 2022 revenues of $2.9B, a growth of 18% over 2021. Headquartered in San Diego, California, with additional offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company employs over 8,000 people worldwide.

Meet the team:

At Dexcom, we are currently looking for a Director of Scientific Communications. In this role, you will lead the development of strategic and tactical plans, execution of publications, and support in all aspects of medical communication activities within Dexcom’s Medical Affairs department on a global level under the VP of Medical Affairs.

This position is full-time and open to remote work with flexibility to manage some travel.

Where you come in

• You will lead and manage multiple direct reports with advanced degrees, and effectively manage multiple, diverse projects with minimal direction.

• You will lead the production of high-quality written materials, including peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and slide presentations, that support the advancement of novel science, engagement with key opinion leaders, and commercial activities of Dexcom proprietary technologies and business.

• You will manage the overall development and approval process for assigned documents within timelines through content management systems (Veeva), including documentation generation, initiation of the review process, discussions on proposed revisions, and document completion in collaboration with other team members.

• You will collaborate with regulatory affairs and lead the medical writing effort for Clinical Evaluation Reports.

• You will develop and maintain standard operating procedures around publication, types of publications, publication strategy, authorship, review process, and reporting outcomes.

• You will function as a ‘working director’, which will require a combination of strategic thought, problem-solving, alignment to business needs, and tactical project execution.

• You will lead team meetings, direct publication plan annual strategy by channel of business and conference, and drive the execution of publication plans with minimal direction.

• You will work well in a global cross-functional team environment, engage in scientific discourse with medical and scientific experts, and assess and report publication impact and metrics to demonstrate scientific influence and ROI.

• You will manage external medical writers or consultants to execute work overflow the internal team cannot address, managing outsourced projects to ensure quality, alignment, and timely completion while staying on track with allocated budgets.

• You will have the ability to manage by influence with indirect reports and colleagues.

• You will establish and maintain strategic relationships with key scientific journal thought leaders, staff, and societies.

What makes you successful:

• You are a strategic thinker with outstanding oral and written communication skills with meticulous attention to detail and you can independently drive projects to execution.

• You have a proven ability to write and critique original scientific documents with multiple peer-reviewed publications, to apply scientific expertise in a fast-paced business culture, and translate complicated scientific concepts to a non-scientific audience.

• You have experience in developing scientific affairs publication strategy and content to drive commercial acceleration and growth, as well as regulatory medical justification experience to support product features and risk/benefit for regulatory submissions.

• You have previous management experience of medical writers, external vendors, and other scientific or medical positions, including experience in publication software and tracking tools for content development, review, auditing, and impact assessment.

• You have working knowledge of systematic literature reviews, their development, review, and execution for regulatory filings.

• You can critically analyze complex information and collaborate with clinical and statistical teams on data description, presentation, and analysi