Global Scientific Content Manager HEVA and PDMD

Overview

Global Scientific Content Manager for HEVA and PDMD within Sanofi Business Operations, supporting scientific engagement, scientific publications and medical communications for assigned products and disease areas.

What you'll do

• Support the development of the integrated strategy for scientific expert engagement, scientific congresses and events, medical education, scientific dissemination and multichannel engagement.
• Ensure timely execution of scientific dissemination, scientific expert engagement and medical multichannel engagement plans for global and countries.
• Support the development of engagement plans by identifying new multichannel customer-facing initiatives that incorporate patient-centric perspectives and patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
• Track emerging and evolving digital technologies in healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, using proof-of-concept testing of ideas and channels.
• Support the development and expansion of a network of disease-area experts through expert/KOL mapping, including identification, profiling and segmentation of international experts, emerging leaders and rising stars.
• Work with geographic segments, regions and countries to harmonize expert mapping and engagement plans.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with internal stakeholders, KOLs, scientific and academic societies, patient associations and advocacy groups, and medical communication and strategy companies.
• Attend medical meetings, advisory boards and outreach meetings at key institutions, and interact with key experts, academic societies and advocacy groups.
• Support management and oversight of scientific congresses and events, donations and other contributions, advisory board planning and organization, and compliance and transparency requirements.
• Support the development and oversight of strategic scientific publication plans and the operational and tactical execution of medical communication platforms for assigned products and disease areas, including HEVA and PDMD research outputs.
• Support planning and proposal of content deliverables by reviewing clinical findings, disease burden, unmet needs and patient-reported outcomes.
• Serve as key scientific reviewer, performing quality control, scientific and clinical accuracy checks, and peer review of draft manuscripts, abstracts, posters, slide decks and value communication documents before circulation.
• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality, fair-balanced, scientifically and clinically accurate medical communication resources and scientific publication projects, in accordance with timelines, compliance guidelines and budgets, in collaboration with scientific writers and occasionally external agencies.
• Provide oversight, quality control, scientific review and project management for scientific publication and medical communication projects.
• Provide direction, constructive editorial review and guidance to internal and external scientific writers, stakeholders and regional partners, in line with SOPs.
• Maintain knowledge of international requirements and guidance for scientific publications and medical communications, and associated tools (iEnvision, PromoMats etc.).
• Ensure global and local teams are informed about the availability and relevance of developed content assets, and analyse content usage data to evolve medical content development.
• Maintain a keen understanding of key stakeholder and patient community needs, and incorporate customer insights and patient burden and lived experience insights into strategies.
• Support adoption of innovative content formats and processes, and ensure activities adhere to corporate SOPs, policies and external scientific, legal and regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with colleagues and cross-functional matrix teams (including HEVA, Global Medical Affairs and Clinical) to transfer information and knowledge with internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain relationships with stakeholders (medical affairs, HEVA/PDMD, marketing, communications, regulatory affairs, medical scientific community) to disseminate education and communication content as required.
• Interact effectively with internal teams and healthcare professionals on developed content.
• Guide, mentor and peer-review the work of scientific writers, and share expertise.
• Oversee development, scientific review, quality assurance and delivery of publication and medical education material aligned with medical strategy and agreed timelines.
• Provide strategic inputs with individuals and institutions that may serve as resources for publications and medical communications.
• Ensure achievement of goals within all policies, procedures and SOPs, including transparency reporting.
• Support publication and medical communication processes and document review workflows, and act as an expert in assigned therapeutic areas and patient-driven methodology.
• Assist the medical team with publication-need analysis and with driving the annual publication and medical communications plan for the region.
• Work with selected regional vendors to deliver required deliverables, providing critical scientific review of vendor outputs.
• Leverage advanced training delivery tools and techniques, and design plans of action based on end-user feedback to improve course content and delivery.
• Work closely with medical and HEVA/PDMD teams globally and regionally to identify publication needs, and liaise with medical department teams to prepare customized deliverables.

What you'll need

• More than 8 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or related healthcare industry, with 2-3 years of understanding of scientific publication and medical communications strategy, planning and execution across drug development phases and post-launch/marketed products.
• Advanced degree in life sciences, pharmacy or similar discipline, or a medical degree.
• Excellent knowledge of English language, spoken and written.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration, teamwork and stakeholder management skills; outstanding interpersonal, written and verbal communication; exceptional time management.
• Demonstrated peer-review and critical evaluation skills; ability to work independently in internal and external environments.
• Track record of managing multiple conflicting priorities in a rapidly evolving environment with successful outcomes.
• Ability/willingness to maintain professional relationships with KOLs, scientific organizations/societies, advocacy groups, HCP authors, journals and publishers.
• Strategic and critical thinking, problem-solving, leadership, planning, organizing and negotiation skills; innovative mindset.
• Therapeutic area/domain knowledge exposure; publication and medical communication processes and/or project management.
• Understanding of clinical trial, PRO, qualitative research, and real-world evidence study design, execution, statistical methods and reporting requirements.
• Ability to critically review scientific literature, data and written content for accuracy, tone and logical flow.
• Knowledge of industry guidelines on stakeholder engagement and interactions with healthcare providers, good publication practices (GPP4, ICJME), Sunshine Act, Pharma Code of Conduct and other data communication guidance.
• Familiarity with publication and medical communication management tools (iEnvision, PromoMats, CRM).

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience peer reviewing scientific manuscripts, qualitative patient research or HEVA/PDMD deliverables.
• Scientific expertise in assigned disease area and experience with digital/innovative technology.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad.
• Travel: as per business need.
• Job type: Permanent and full time.