Medical Publications and Communications Manager - Neuroscience

About Ipsen
Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.

Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!

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Job Description
Ipsen is a dynamic and growing global specialty-driven biopharmaceutical company focused on innovation and specialty care.

We aim to make a sustainable difference by significantly improving patients’ health and quality of life and providing them with effective therapeutic solutions for unmet medical needs through differentiated and innovative medicines in Oncology, Neurosciences and Rare Diseases.

The patient is at the heart of everything we do, and we also care for our employees because they are the ambassadors who truly make the difference. We attract and develop bold, agile, entrepreneurial individuals who take full ownership of their decisions; leaders drawn by a purpose to make a direct impact through their work in people’s lives.

We offer employees a wealth of fulfilling challenges & growth opportunities, and the chance to contribute within a fast-moving organisation, an organisation that is genuinely game-changing.

As Global Medical Publications and Communications (GMPC) Manager – Neuroscience, you will:

• Develop and implement the publication strategy and scientific communication plans for assigned neuroscience products and indications across the product lifecycle (from R&D to postmarketing).
• Optimize the reach, engagement, and impact of our study results, internally and externally, through sophisticated publication packages in line with the therapeutic area objectives and compliance considerations.
• Bring scientific and medical research results to the scientific community, healthcare professionals, patients and their caregivers with integrity and accuracy in a transparent, efficient, effective, and timely manner.

Main Responsibilities
Publication Planning

• Coordinate the development and maintenance of rolling 12-month strategic publication plans in conjunction with the cross-functional team, any affiliate publication teams and external medical writing and communication agencies.
• Develop and maintain relationships across Ipsen to ensure that all relevant information is integrated into one centrally managed product or therapy area publication plan.
• Prepare for and follow up actions from regular publication team meetings for assigned projects to drive progress in publishing scientific results.
• Liaise with Global Medical Information and other stakeholder groups to ensure up-to-date bibliographies and reference libraries exist for assigned products.

Management of Publications

• Manage progress and drive the preparation, review, approval, and congress/journal submission of scientific publications.
• Manage medical communications agencies and financial aspects of assigned projects.
• Ensure that all publication activities are of high scientific and medical quality and meet Good Publication Practices standards.
• Prepare, review, revise and edit a variety of scientific documents for external publication for assigned projects, when necessary.

Information Cascade and Training

• Perform any other activity as may reasonably be required from time to time.
• Develop and maintain Scientific Communication Platforms for assigned products in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Communicate publication and communication planning objectives and processes to key stakeholders and ensure their proactive involvement in delivery.

Medical Communications

• Assist Therapeutic Areas in the creation and review of medical communication activities, ensuring that the most-up-date, scientific information is included and in compliance with all global and local regulations and guidelines.
• Support Therapeutic Areas with congress activities, including providing publications input into the development of congress highlight reports and symposia activity, as required.

Budget

• Prepare budgets and forecasts in collaboration with finance and other relevant functions to meet the company’s objectives.

In order to be considered for this role you must have:

• Relevant university degree (BS/BA) or advanced degree in a scientific or medical field (e.g., PharmD or PhD).
• Demonstrated experience of publications and medical communications management in a pharmaceutical company or agency environment.
• Proven experience in publication planning and project management, coordinating the production and delivery of multiple documents, including experience with Datavision.
• Excellent knowledge of industry regulations and ethical standards related to publications such as Good Publication Practice (GPP) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
• Experience of working in a matrix team with strong organizational skills, commercial awareness and sensitivity to cultural differences.
• Proven experience of scientific medical writing in a business environment.
• Experience of developing Scientific Communication Platforms.
• English fluency.

#LI-REMOTE

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