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Business Introduction
At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.
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Position Summary
Publications Lead is expected to lead the establishment and oversee the execution of publications plans in alignment with overall medical communication strategy and objectives for a given asset and in compliance with GSK policies as well as with all related good publication practices and guidelines. This role is responsible, in conjunction with cross-functional teams, for driving the timely delivery of high-quality publications, in compliance with GSK policies as well as with all related good publication practices and guidelines.
The role is responsible to raise and maintain high level of standards for publication practice through the scrupulous respect of an established, auditable process, and transparency of process to involved stakeholders. This role is responsible for understanding business needs and work with Therapy Area Publications Directors to ensure publication plans or part of publications plans are delivered as per project expectations. The role will oversee the delivery of the plan by working with in-house functions and service providers according to the sourcing strategy identified. The team’s mission is to ensure high quality and timely delivery of scientific publications according to set plans
Responsibilities
- In partnership with the relevant publication planning teams, ensure successful management of GSKs publication delivery.
- Work with and oversee publication vendors to ensure deliverables are of high quality, delivered in a timely manner, and within budget.
- Provide direction to third party vendors relating to compliance with company policies/ standards, any enquiries requiring escalation/ customization, corrections resulting from quality control activities and training of new hires or ongoing therapeutic area/product, as applicable.
- Schedule, manage, and run regular publication delivery meetings, and ensure key discussions and assignments are captured and implemented.
- Ensure the use of good publications practices and principles among authors and internal stakeholders to guarantee that all publications are being authored, written and reviewed according to good publication practice standards (GPP/ICMJE guidelines) and are consistent with all relevant company policies.
- Ensure vendor outputs are of the highest quality in terms of scientific accuracy, grammar and flow, and that key messages are consistent across documents with adherence to company standards, conduct editorial review of key priority publications
- Oversee the quality of document tracking in the publications management system and assist with reporting and monitoring processes.
- Maintain cross-functional awareness of emerging publications to ensure coordinated roll-out of multi-channel communications.
- Manage vendor budget and activities & oversee quality/timeline of vendor work
Basic Qualification
- Life sciences or medical background or equivalent with expertise in a particular area of medicine or clinical science
- Given the scope of responsibility associated with the position, interactions with senior stakeholders of multiple disciplines, a good scientific background associated with previous experience in governance and strong communication skills is preferred.
Preferred Qualification
- At least 12+ years of experience in scientific writing, regulatory writing, publications writing and processes
- Expertise across all aspects of scientific publication strategy, planning and execution during all phases of drug development and commercialization process (investigational, registrational, pre- and post-launch and marketed)
- Experience in Project Management
- Experience in Pharmaceutical company environment and specifically in matrix organization
- Good working knowledge of good publications practices and guidance (GPP3/ ICMJE), Sunshine Act, Pharma Code of Conduct and other guidance related to pre- and post-marketing practices and scientific data communications.
- Working knowledge and hands on experience with publications management and review tools and systems (i.e. iEnvision Datavision).
How to apply
If this role feels like the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply. Tell us how your experience with publications and scientific communication will help our teams share important evidence with the healthcare community. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.
People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.
Inclusion at GSK:
As an employer committed to Inclusion, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.
Please contact our Recruitment Team at IN.recruitment-adjustments@gsk.com to discuss your needs.
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