Director, Publication Lead (Oncology)

As part of the GSK Future Ready program, the R&D Bioethics, Risk Management and CMOs office was created with direct reporting into CMO to achieve appropriate external engagement, ensure highest standards of Medical governance and comply with regulations in multiple areas of intense focus and scrutiny such as Research practices, Data disclosure and Non-promotional engagement.

The role of the Director, Publication Lead – Oncology is accountable to develop and execute strategic publication plans, in a timely manner according to plan prioritization, available resources and following GSK policies, good publication practices and highest standards of transparency. The objective is to establish, roll-out and promote consistent process for Publication Management activities throughout global organization and ensure oversight for maintenance and improvement of processes for publications and disclosure functions according to evolving requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Focusing on scientific integrity and ethics, demonstrated ability to input and influence projects through publication and operational expertise, and demonstrated excellence in stakeholder management. This role requires strategic thinking, solution-finding, and agility as evidenced by flexibility, adaptability to change, and ability to lead and drive change.
• Drive teams to develop long-term strategic publication plans, meet agreed targets and policy requirements and ensure advanced execution of plans. Ensure alignment of global plans with regional/country needs and support global evidence generation plans.
• Use publication area expertise to advise on journal selection/congress targets; the development, editing and submission of scientific manuscripts, abstracts, and presentations, including liaising with internal and external stakeholders on these materials.
• Coach and guide internal/external stakeholders, as needed. Manage external agencies in production of deliverables when appropriate. Ensure that all developed materials are reviewed and appropriately signed off and maintain archive of approved materials as well as documentation of author participation and other audit records.
• Develop and execute publication plans to agreed timelines and budget.
• Be responsible for compliance with company policy and external requirements including working with authors and scientific contributors to ensure that publications are accurate and balanced.
• Educates teams on the impact of the global environment on publication practices and standards.
• Provides guidance on initiatives to CMO team members and embeds change with teams and senior management.
• Must be aware of changes in regulatory guidelines and their impact on regulatory strategy for the particular asset(s).

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s or higher-level degree (MS, PhD or PharmD) in science, pharmacy, or other allied health field, medical communications or related subject.
• 7+ years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry with proven expertise in publications management, scientific communications and/or medical affairs with an external scientific engagement focus.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• MS or advanced degree in related field
• Proven expertise and strategic oversight in working with authors and medical writers in planning, developing and submitting manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed medical journals and abstracts to medical congresses.
• Proven expertise in scientific publishing including journal selection, increasing likelihood of first-time acceptance, navigating the journal submission process and review process, etc.
• Experience leading global publication teams to develop strategic publication plans.
• Proven experience leading the development of plans for high profile assets and programs in Oncology.
• Strong and continual focus on scientific integrity and ethics and comfortable challenging any digression from company policy or values. Recognizes emerging compliance risks and proactively contributes to risk mitigation plans. Leads efforts to establish and strategically deliver enterprise best practice.
• An internal authority on external guidance and best practices governing reporting of biomedical research (GPP3, ICMJE, CONSORT, etc.).
• Project and budget management skills and attention to detail.
• Self-starter who is willing and able to work independently, proactively identify barriers to success, as well as develop and implement solutions. Ability to independently prioritize and deliver multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Engages confidently with senior stakeholders and consistently demonstrates ability to influence across business boundaries.
• Ability to influence others to work through complex issues and reach decisions. Provides strategic solutions to critical issues at a study team or business area level (e.g.: unexpected clinical trial results, competitor issues, withdrawals, author conflicts, etc).
• Advocate for GSK Policy/Standards, Scientific Engagement principles and operating practices is beneficial, including thorough understanding of and ability to articulate underlying principles. Sought out by others for ability to apply expertise in the development of effective business solutions.
• Develops therapeutic area expertise to engage with global internal and external experts, to enable thorough review of publications, and to identify potential issues and liaise with stakeholders, as appropriate.
• Experience using Datavision Publication Management software or other publication tools.

Why GSK?

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk, governance and control, managing ambiguity and paradox.
• Managing individual performance.
• Creating a performance culture and driving results, prioritisation, execution, delivering performance.
• Setting strategic direction and leading on-going organisational transformation.
• Building a resilient organisation.
• Building strong relationships and collaboration in service of common goals, engaging the organisation and building trusted external networks for mutual benefit.
• Managing P&L and capital allocation.

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