The Associate Director of Medical Communications is accountable for the following: Medical Communications Strategy: Establishing a clear, viable and compelling strategy for the Medical Communications, aligned with overall Medical vision, strategy and objectives, and ensure delivery of timely and high-quality medical publications, scientific content, medical education, medical information, and congress presentations. Understand the communication needs across markets and own the pull-through and execution of the Scientific Narrative, development & execution of functionally integrated publication plan, content plan, and application to the Scientific Communication Platform (SCP). Lead development of medical communications and ensure timely journal submissions, publications, congress presentations, and deliver of internal and external scientific content Must have strong business acumen, ability to interface with matrix partners to make trade-off decisions by managing Medical Communications budget and allocation of funds and resources to highest business priorities. Ensures collection of insights to deliver high quality medical communication that enables the most impactful dialogue and interactions with customers. Establishes clear metrics aligned to meeting customer needs and demonstrating desired outcomes of activities. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year's holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Advance scientific degree, PharmD, PhD or MD preferred 7-10 years of Pharmaceutical/Healthcare industry experience with a focus on medical communications; experience in both local country & global preferred Experience of leading a large team or multiple teams; and demonstrated strength in leading teams to high performance Demonstrated ability to lead strategically, drive performance, build alignment, inform, negotiate and collaborate Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment, and develop teams with a focus on quick deliverables Experience leading cross-functional, cross-cultural project teams, and collaborating across matrix, multiple markets and global geographies Demonstrated success driving optimal business results in a large complex corporate environment with multiple priorities and tight timelines Ability to manage timelines and quality of work using strong leadership, organizational, communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills Proven experience establishing strategic direction for teams, and proven ability to achieve set objectives; ability to take educated risk, rise above technical expertise; demonstrating judgement, wisdom and understanding of impact Experience with change leadership and appreciation for complexity of leading teams through change Experience leading medical communications across all phases of drug development and commercialization Ability to analyze and interpret trial data Ability to influence and negotiate appropriate solutions; ability to establish strong stakeholder relationships Ability to travel Pharmaceutical/Healthcare Industry External compliance, transparency and conflict-of-interest regulated work environments In-depth knowledge of Good Publication Practices and guidance (GPP, ICMJE), Sunshine Act, Pharma Code of Conduct, and other guidance related to post-marketing practices and scientific data communication Certified Medical Publication Professional (CMPP), and ISMPP active member highly desired Understanding of clinical trial design and execution, statistical methods and clinical trial data reporting requirements Working knowledge of Microsoft suite of applications, and familiar with publication management tool (DataVision).