Director, BPM Evidence Publications CVRM

AstraZeneca • Gaithersburg, MD

11h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, BPM Evidence Publications CVRM (Publications Lead) has direct accountability for the development and execution of strategic publication plans for global clinical registration studies (R&D) and non-clinical trial sources including HEOR, epidemiology, real-world evidence (RWE), payer, and non-interventional studies. The role drives timely, high-quality and compliant scientific communications by combining deep publications strategy and therapy-area expertise with the responsible use of advanced analytics and AI-enabled tools. As part of this role, the Publications Lead engages and collaborates with internal colleagues and external experts, investigators, journals, conference organizers and external bodies to deliver strategic publication and communication activities. The role also collaborates effectively with regional and country affiliates to develop and maintain integrated external scientific communications plans for regional and local healthcare professionals, payers, and patients. The Publications Lead is further responsible for ensuring ethical compliance with AZ standards and external publication guidelines of the publications plans and deliverables, and they ensure that all publications represent transparent and fair-balanced communications that enhance the Company’s external scientific reputation. At AstraZeneca, work is driven by a clear purpose: bending the global mortality curve by bringing life-changing medicines to patients faster, shaping the future by spotting scientifically led opportunities and rapidly scaling them across the healthcare ecosystem. Teams combine deep scientific expertise with commercial insight to design evidence strategies that improve outcomes across the whole patient journey – from clinical trials through to real-world care – in an environment that values autonomy, experimentation, learning from failure and diverse perspectives. Here there is energy, pace and a strong sense of impact: collaborating with top talent across disciplines opens up countless opportunities to grow skills, build a varied career path and develop as a future leader while contributing to meaningful change in cardiovascular, renal, metabolic and other disease areas.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific discipline with research experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience.
• Demonstrated experience in the publications field, or medical communications gained through working in the pharmaceutical industry or a medical communications agency.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Broad understanding of drug development process.
• Working knowledge of AI/LLM concepts relevant to scientific publishing.
• Demonstrated performance, budget, and resource management skills in a global organization.
• Excellent leadership and project management skills to deliver in a complex multidisciplinary environment.
• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with external experts, investigators, journal editors and publishers and professional bodies.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple stakeholders and projects to within budget.
• Flexibility and adaptability to manage long-term activities in a constantly changing internal and external environment.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant post-graduate degree.
• Experience of working globally, cross-culturally and cross-functionally.
• Proven experience designing and scaling AI-enabled workflow (e.g. prompt libraries, fine-tuning/evaluating LLMs), with measurable impact, e.g. timelines.
• CMPP Certification.
• Working knowledge of iEnvision publication management system, and Microsoft Office products.
• Strong therapeutic knowledge in cardiovascular, renal and / or metabolic therapy areas, with proven ability to adapt quickly to other therapeutic specialties.

Responsibilities

• Development and execution of strategic publication plans for global clinical registration studies (R&D) and non-clinical trial sources including HEOR, epidemiology, real-world evidence (RWE), payer, and non-interventional studies.
• Drive timely, high-quality and compliant scientific communications.
• Engage and collaborate with internal colleagues and external experts, investigators, journals, conference organizers and external bodies to deliver strategic publication and communication activities.
• Collaborate effectively with regional and country affiliates to develop and maintain integrated external scientific communications plans for regional and local healthcare professionals, payers, and patients.
• Ensure ethical compliance with AZ standards and external publication guidelines of the publications plans and deliverables.
• Ensure all publications represent transparent and fair-balanced communications that enhance the Company’s external scientific reputation.

Benefits

• Short-term incentive bonus opportunity
• Equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles)
• Retirement contribution (hourly roles)
• Commission payment eligibility (sales roles)
• Qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Paid leaves
• Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees