Publications and Scientific Communications Lead

IRE • Wilmington, DE

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About The Position

At ICON Strategic Solutions, this role works in a sponsor-dedicated model supported by ICON’s global expertise. The Lead manages scientific aspects of clinical research projects, ensuring scientific excellence and operational efficiency. The role oversees scientific operations workstreams and ensures deliverables meet quality and timeline expectations. It involves leading publication strategy and planning for portfolio assets or products, producing publications, supporting disease education, and contributing to scientific platforms or statements. The Lead works with internal and external authors and collaborators, manages agencies and freelancers, coordinates publication reviews, tracks progress, and writes, edits, and formats scientific materials. The role also includes budget and milestone planning, adherence to authorship and publication-practice guidelines, compliance with company policies, and support for departmental policies.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in a scientific discipline, such as a PhD or PharmD.
• Minimum 5 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Exceptional project management skills.
• Demonstrated leadership in running a publication strategy and plan.
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and execute multiple projects and multitask.
• Understanding of the clinical development process, especially clinical study data and outcomes.
• Ability to critically appraise and apply knowledge from medical and scientific literature.
• High attention to detail and scientific rigor.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to cultivate effective working relationships with internal and external groups.
• Demonstrated leadership and cross-functional stakeholder management skills to drive business priorities.
• Ability to communicate complex medical and scientific information effectively and contribute to medical strategy.
• Ability to respond to urgent timelines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Working knowledge of key software applications relevant to publication planning and implementation.
• Legal right to work in the country where the role is based.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in oncology and/or dermatology.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of portfolio asset or product publication strategies and plans.
• Produce high-quality publications supporting company assets or products and disease education.
• Contribute to the strategy and development of disease or product scientific platforms and statements.
• Interact with and lead discussions involving external authors and collaborators in Medical Affairs, Drug Development, and Drug Discovery to develop publication content related to company studies.
• Manage external agencies and freelancers involved in writing, editing, and formatting.
• Manage publication reviews with authors, reviewers, and external authors.
• Track and report the progress of publication development.
• Write, edit, and format publications as needed, including primary manuscripts, congress abstracts, slide presentations, and posters.
• Plan budgets and milestones.
• Follow published authorship guidelines and good publication practices.
• Ensure medical and scientific publication activities comply with company policies, procedures, and good publication practices.
• Contribute as needed to maintaining and rolling out departmental policies.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and performance-related incentives.
• Health and wellbeing programs, including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable.
• Retirement and pension plans.
• Life assurance and disability coverage.
• Employee assistance programs and wellbeing resources.
• Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree