Director Scientific Communications

Roles & Responsibilities :

• Lead the Scientific Communication team in Amgen India across the designated Therapeutic Area portfolio.
• Recruit, retain, develop, and motivate staff; oversee talent management and succession planning.
• Foster Amgen culture
• Allocate resources effectively to meet product strategy / planning needs, aligned with corporate priorities.
• Ensure staff receive appropriate onboarding and ongoing training, manage role-based curriculum (RBC) assignments for Scientific Communication roles.
• Lead the AIN Therapeutic Area Scientific Communications teams to :
• Develop high-quality, accurate, and impactful scientific and medical content (including publications, global medical content (GMC), payer-relevant content, compendia) to communicate Amgen science in alignment with product and franchise strategies for Global and US.
• Ensure review and approval of content per relevant SOPs and other compliant processes.
• Continuously evolve procedures and systems to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Develop, track, and monitor KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), KCIs (Key Communication Indicators), and KQIs (Key Quality Indicators).
• Partner with team members responsible for content production and deployment to global and US / regional audiences.
• Partner with Med Info to develop and ensure adherence to process that will enable team to respond to inquiries and conduct literature surveillance.
• Partner with Global Learning and Performance to support the annual strategy and execution of training programs to support Therapeutic Area staff.
• Manage and provide oversight of vendors and agency partnerships, and budget where relevant.
• Partner with Scientific Communication transformation teams to evolve innovation and automation of Scientific Communication process and deliverables.
• Basic Qualifications and Experience :
• Advanced scientific degree :
• Doctorate degree / Masters / Bachelors in Science with 18-23 years in Pharma Industry .
• 4 years of Global Publication OR Medical Communications OR Medical Value and Access OR Medical Strategy Experience.
• 4 years of managerial experience directly managing people and / or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources.

Functional Skills :

Preferred Skills :

Soft Skills :

Skills Required

Scientific communication leadership, Global publication strategy, Regulatory and compliance knowledge, Cross-functional team collaboration, Strategic project management