Pharmaceutical Reference Librarian

3d•$95,000 - $115,000•Remote

About The Position

The Pharmaceutical Reference Librarian functions is a key member of the Scientific Communications team, creating and maintaining curated libraries within our pharmaceutical client’s Corporate Information Resource Center (CIRC), creating and maintaining publication alerts, and conducting systematic literature review and research. This is a remote position and the working hours are 8:30am – 5pm EST. Compensation range: $95,000 - $115,000 Other compensation: Performance bonus eligible The actual salary offer to the successful candidate will be based on job-related education, training, licensure, certifications, related experience and other related factors.

Requirements

Masters degree in Library Science or Library Information Systems required
Bachelor in Life Science, Biological Science, Health Science, or related field required
5+ years relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry, scientific or medical communications
Experience in library curation and conducting systematic literature research and analysis
Advanced understanding of systematic literature review methodologies concepts and the ability to interpret and categorize complex scientific data
Understanding of biotech/pharmaceutical clinical and regulatory processes

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Veeva document management and PRISMA/MOOSE literature guidelines a plus

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a comprehensive and consolidated content library and publication alert system with a curated library for each of our pharmaceutical client’s disease areas and technologies, implementing automated workflows where possible for organization and findability across resources.
Guide client users and promote awareness of the publication library and information and literature search resources available through the client’s Information Resource Center.
Maintain the epidemiology data for overall disease incidence/prevalence as well as sub-group analysis, and update regularly based on new developments in disease management and/or new publications
Systematically receive, clarify, and organize literature requests from Global Medical Affairs (GMAF) and other groups internally.
Conduct literature reviews and research in support of strategy development, market planning, marketing, and Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) questions on all pharmaceutical pipeline and marketed products, as requested and according to published methods.
Communicate research findings to requestors as per agreed timelines; conduct follow up research as requested.
Conduct data extraction from literature analyses to address topics being analyzed and assist with the interpretation of data extracted to inform requestor’s literature analyses and decision making
Support scientific communication and message development by providing the relevant publications and assisting with maintaining the resource library.

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