Director, Medical Communications

Cary, NC (Hybrid)

$190K/yr – $230K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 5 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and lead strategic medical communications within the Therapeutic Area Medical Unit, partnering with Medical Directors and cross-functional teams to translate evidence into multichannel education, congress activities, and internal/external communications; manage planning, content platforms, assets, metrics, and vendor relationships across medical affairs initiatives.

  • Strategic medical communications leadership and cross-functional collaboration
  • Multichannel assets, congress planning, and content strategy
  • Budget, vendor management, and measurement of impact

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic Medical Communications within the Therapeutic Area Medical Unit model, partnering with Medical Directors to develop and execute integrated medical communication strategies across commercial products and pipeline programs.
  • Partner with the Medical Directors, Clinical Development, Research, Regulatory, HEOR/RWD, Field Medical, Commercial, and Corporate Communications to translate scientific evidence into medical communication strategies that support annual medical plans and corporate objectives.
  • Lead the development of multichannel disease state education assets, peer-to-peer web-based and other HCP engagement strategies while ensuring scientific accuracy, objectivity, fair-balance, and alignment with internal medical communications plans.
  • Oversee Medical Affairs website/content hub strategy, including content planning, taxonomy/SEO considerations, asset upload readiness, Veeva/MLR review coordination, and user experience input.
  • Support integration of new assets, products, or therapeutic areas into medical communications platforms, including development of disease-state, pipeline, clinical trial, congress, publication, and mechanism-of-action content.
  • Lead planning and execution for medical congress presence, including communication objectives, exhibit booth strategy, vendor coordination, logistics, booth staffing, asset development, and post-congress follow-up.
  • Lead development and review of medical press releases, congress-related communications, and associated social/digital content in partnership with Corporate Communications, and external partners.
  • Collaborate with Medical leadership to develop internal communications highlighting Medical Affairs activities and impact.
  • Support Medical Information and Field Medical content development by providing scientific content strategy, therapeutic area context, and alignment with broader Medical Communications plans to inform response development and resource prioritization.
  • Maintain awareness of scientific publications, competitive insights, and disease state knowledge.

Requirements

  • Advance degree (PharmD, PhD, MD or equivalent)
  • 10+ years of progressive Medical Affairs experience, including Medical Communications and Medical Information leadership responsibilities.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategic medical communications
  • Experience with digital medical communications platforms, content management systems, and multichannel engagement strategies.
  • Experience in Medical Information operations, inquiry management, and compliant scientific exchange.
  • Vendor management including performance, quality, and budget oversight
  • In depth knowledge of Medical Affairs ethics and compliance environment
  • Travel expectations: approximately 20%, domestic and international

Benefits

  • the compensation package that includes health and insurance benefits, training, and development opportunities, as well as performance-based bonus eligibility.
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Asahi Kasei Therapeutics

Asahi Kasei Therapeutics, the global specialty pharmaceutical business of Tokyo-based Asahi Kasei, is a commercial-stage company committed to positively impacting health by expanding therapeutic options that improve the lives of patients around the world. We are identifying, developing and commercializing innovative medicines for diseases with significant unmet medical needs. Drawing upon our strong heritage of scientific innovation, we aim to optimize therapeutic outcomes and reshape care in transplantation, nephrology, immunology, infectious diseases and other underserved conditions. Read our Community Guidelines: https://www.aktx.com/en/community-guidelines

Cary, North Carolina, USA

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