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The Director, US Content Management and Strategy, will be part of the US Medical Affairs & Evidence Generation (USMAEG) organization. This position will report to the VP, Integrated Medical Capabilities (IMC).
The Director, US Content Management and Strategy, will be a critical connector — lead the execution of medical strategy, scientific content development, and elevating the capabilities of our existing teams. This role will be responsible for scientific content across indication and molecule to ensure consistency and harmonization in content strategy and development across all USMAEG materials for external dissemination or presentation. This includes supporting cross-functional partners in the development of impactful scientific content for congress symposia, field medical, medical booths, and digital channels, and mentoring junior colleagues.
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead the development, strategy and operating model for the US Medical Affairs & Evidence Generation (USMAEG) of scientific content including the creation, approval, and dissemination of proactive and reactive medical materials used in external communications with healthcare professionals (HCPs) and other healthcare organizations.
Provide argenx specific scientific training for all medical communication vendors supporting medical material creation including but not limited to MSL slide decks, congress (scientific) symposia presentations, medical booth interactive content, medical website content and digital content.
Support USMAEG project owners on the creation and development of high-quality medical content in alignment ensuring its scientific accuracy and compliance with all applicable regulatory guidance and industry best practices.
Lead USMAEG development of a ‘localization’ of Global medical content to ensure alignment with USMAEG strategy and USMAEG field medical needs.
Liaise with publication team to facilitate to expedite content development.
Collaborate across Medical, Legal and Regulatory functions in a co-creation model with the project owner and medical communications vendor to optimize content ‘upstream’ for a more efficient review path.
Provide internal training and guidance to USMAEG colleagues on the principles and strategies for creating effective, accurate and impactful scientific content across multiple channels and therapeutic areas.
Collaborate with Therapeutic Area USMAEG teams, Medical Review, Regulatory, and Legal to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and compliance with organizational policies and procedural documents in all aspects of scientific content development.
Responsible for the development of metrics and KPIs to measure the efficiency, productivity, quality, and use of the scientific content created by USMAEG in collaboration with the Head of Medical Insights, Digital and Analytic Services.
Evaluate current and prospective USMAEG medical communication vendors with regards to the quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of their scientific content.
Identify opportunities for process improvement to ensure materials developed from various streams (MSL tool/congress/digital) are aligned in scientific messaging.
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Ability to mentor a range of levels in Content Strategy (Mgr, Sr. Manager, Associate Director) and with medical communication vendors.
Communicates and collaborates effectively within USMAEG and with MAEG and cross-functional partners to cultivate a collaborative model of co-creation.
Stay informed on industry trends, regulatory requirements, and innovations related to scientific content.
REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s Degree in Scientific area required; advanced scientific degree strongly preferred.
10+ years of medical/scientific communications experience with direct responsibility for the creation of scientific content preferably in a Medical Affairs organization.
Strong project management skills with proven ability to prioritize, conduct, and meet project deadlines.
Experience with Veeva MedComms and Medical Legal Review (MLR) process and partnering with agencies and project owners to shepherd materials through approval; experience as a Medical Reviewer on an MLR review team is preferred.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as strong interpersonal and tactful negotiation skills.
Proven ability to exercise problem solving and strategic thinking skills; and has foresight and judgment in making complex decisions.
Experience developing internal processes and workflow for scientific content within a Medical Affairs organization including mentoring junior colleagues and localizing Global content for regional needs.
High level of proficiency in MS PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
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