Lead, Global Scientific Content

Lead, Global Scientific Content

About Astellas:

At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.

We pursue innovative science, focussing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.

We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.

Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.

We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.

Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.

The Opportunity:

As the Lead, Global Scientific Content, you will manage developing and disseminating scientific/clinical content and associated materials globally within Medical Affairs, you are an essential member of the Med Comms Product Team and an extended member of Core Medical Teams (CMTs). You will identify content needs across the globe and ensures that appropriate materials are developed and/or updated to meet these needs. You will be responsible for contributing to a matrix content team liaising with Med Comms Product Team, Core Medical Team, and regional and local teams to identify content needs, lead/own the creation of central scientific content, and ensure timely delivery.

Hybrid Working:

At Astellas we recognise the importance of balancing your work and home life, so we offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues in person at the office alongside the flexibility to work from home; optimising the most productive work environment for you to succeed and deliver.

Key activities for this role:

• Develops the scientific content strategy/plan in collaboration with Scientific Communications and Content Lead and contributes to the integrated evidence dissemination portion of the Core Medical Plan (CMP) in collaboration with the CMT.
• Works with vendors to develop appropriately structured, topical, scientifically balanced, well-referenced medical/scientific content for external scientific exchange (via field medical) and internal education.
• Leads on establishment and maintenance of Scientific Communication Platform (SCP) to strategically direct scientific content and associated narrative.
• Identifies and critically evaluates pertinent scientific/clinical data and competitive intelligence including publications, clinical trials and congress presentations; consolidates and disseminates information/data into optimal content formats useful to Astellas stakeholders in Medical Affairs, Development, and other applicable colleagues using applicable Medical Affairs systems and tools.
• In collaboration with the Scientific Communications and Content Lead, ensures strategic alignment across Therapeutic Areas (TAs) and across regions with respect to collecting, consolidating and curating scientific/environmental insights and content development.
• Involves additional stakeholders, such as Legal and Ethics/Compliance, in material review when applicable.
• Demonstrates excellent collaboration within Med Comms Product Team, including with: Publications group to understand planning/timelines for ongoing publications and their impact on content execution plans, Medical Education to understand Med Ed content needs so the central scientific Hub content can be optimally re-used for medical education activities, Medical Information (MI)- to exchange Med Info content needs and knowledge informing MI content for external customers.

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

• Demonstrates a thorough understanding of legal/regulatory/compliance/pharmaceutical requirements and guidelines with respect to applicable medical affairs functions in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Demonstrates the ability to review/understand complex scientific and medical data from clinical and non-clinical trials and translate this into central scientific content which addresses communication objectives/needs.
• Demonstrates understanding of commercial business surrounding applicable to TA and its product(s)
• Has advanced knowledge of medical terminology for applicable TA and products.
• Manages multiple projects with a high level of efficiency.
• Has experience working in a matrix environment.
• Conversational and business English.

Preferred Experience:

• Multimedia and omnichannel experience.
• Ability to create digital content.
• Prior experience working in a Medical Affairs team.
• Global/multi-regional working experience.
• Experience within pertinent Therapeutic Areas.

Education:

• Advanced Scientific Degree (such as Pharm.D., PhD, or MD) or equivalent.

Additional Information:

• This is a permanent, full-time position.
• This opportunity can be based in the UK or Europe, USA or India.
• The team is based across different locations worldwide.
• This position follows our hybrid working model. Role requires a blend of home and a minimum of 1 day per quarter in our local office. Flexibility may be required in line with business needs. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.