Associate Director, Medical Publications

Supernus Pharmaceuticals is an award-winning biopharmaceutical company with more than 30 years of experience in developing and commercializing products that treat central nervous system (CNS) diseases. At Supernus, we develop innovative products that help treat neurological and psychiatric conditions. We currently have 9 products in the market that are making a real impact on patient outcomes.

Job Summary:

The Associate Director, Medical Publications is responsible for leading the Medical Publications Strategic Plan, ensuring the timely and high-quality dissemination and publication of scientific data. This role collaborates cross-functionally, managing the end-to-end publication process, transforming clinical data into clear and accurate content for healthcare professionals, patients, and payers while ensuring compliance with Good Publication Practice (GPP) and company guidelines.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Proactively lead cross-functional stakeholders in the development of publication plans and medical communication strategy for CNS products within aligned product development timelines.
• Leads author teams and junior team members in the creation of medical publications (manuscripts, abstracts and posters) according to ICMJE and GPP guidelines.
• Prepares materials for author calls, guiding journal selection, setting-up access to source documents, negotiating content, and manages review and approval cycles
• Assist publication managers with medical writing and editing for manuscripts, posters and abstracts.
• Provides management oversight and direction for publication documents prepared by internal publication managers and external contractors to ensure appropriate content, clarity, accuracy, and alignment to communication strategy and author directives.
• Collaborates with product medical directors to lead the development of scientific communication platforms and lexicons.
• Leads and maintain regular strategic and tactical planning meetings.
• Assists the Senior Director in preparing departmental budgets and annual plans.
• Assists Publication Managers in maintaining up-to-date publication project plans, budgets, and archives.
• Provides guidance and training to team members regarding Good Publication Practices and facilitates the implementation of new technologies and initiatives in publication planning and medical communications.
• Other responsibilities and projects as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership and management in an effective manner consistent with Company Values towards defined Corporate Objectives.
• Understands Company Policy and Procedure to be able to guide direct reports appropriately.

Knowledge & Other Qualifications:

• Doctoral-level degree in medical or allied health field or life sciences with 5+ years of relevant experience in medical writing and publication planning for the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
• Previous experience in people management is required.
• Demonstrated experience in being able to lead, collaborate, and manage people as well as projects.
• Experience in central nervous system disorders and their treatment are strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of the process and standards for creating scientific publication plans and preparing and submitting scientific publications according to ICMJE and GPP guidelines.
• Certified Medical Publication Planning (CMPP) credential required.
• Strong literature evaluation skills, with demonstrated ability to integrate, summarize, report and explain complex data, drug mechanisms, research findings to a variety of audiences in written and graphical form.
• Ability to prioritize and work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Adept and using Microsoft Office, and document referencing (Endnote or similar) and project management software (Smartsheet, MS Project, etc.); Adobe InDesign or graphics program experience is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical development and research process, statistical methods, and clinical trial document layout and reporting requirements.

Other Characteristics:

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team and maintain high ethical standards of integrity and quality.
• Ability to have an innovative and dynamic approach to work.
• A self-starter, able to work independently, but comfortable working in a team environment.
• Ability to consistently exhibit Supernus Values in interactions with employees at all levels of the organization, vendors, customers and others.
• Capable of performing other duties as assigned by Management.
• Authorized to legally work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment/Travel Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to medical congresses and at least quarterly to corporate office in Rockville, MD.
• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or carrying objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer screen, iPad, or other electronic device; and extensive reading.
• The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Compensation:

At Supernus, we offer a competitive compensation package that reflects your experiences and contributions. The expected salary range for fully qualified candidates applying for this role is $160,000 to $185,000. This range is what the Company reasonably expects to offer for the position and is not reflective of the full compensation scale of the role. This range may be modified in the future. An individual's salary within the range is based on multiple factors, which may include and are not limited to education, relevant experience, knowledge, length of industry experience and organizational needs.

Base salary is one part of the overall compensation package, which includes the opportunity to participate in employee stock purchase programs and performance-based bonus programs.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age or any other characteristic protected by law.