Scientific Services Director
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Job Title: Scientific Services Director
Locations: London Manchester Chester (Hybrid)
Organisation: Springer Healthcare
Full time Permanent
About Springer Nature Group
Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers educators clinicians and other professionals. Every day around the globe our imprints books journals platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 175 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today more than ever we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found verified understood and used by our communities enabling them to improve outcomes make progress and benefit the generations that follow.
About the Brand
inScience Communications has over 40 years experience in providing strategic and tactical medical communications services to the global pharmaceutical industry. Working in partnership with our valued clients we deliver the highest quality of service and ethical content by drawing on the extensive talent and experience of our global team. We pride ourselves on ensuring each individual has the ability to contribute to our continuing expansion providing the opportunity to progress their career and make a real difference to this dynamic agency.
inScience Communications is a medical communications agency with over 40 years of experience in the industry. We provide strategic and tactical global medical communications services to the pharmaceutical industry. Were part of Springer Healthcare a leading global provider of clinical publications scientific communications and medical education.
Were looking for a proactive individual keen to take on the integral role of Scientific Services Director within our expanding operation in the UK working with some of the biggest names in the pharmaceutical industry.
To find out more about us visit our website at with the other members of the inScience management team to lead and drive the business forward to meet/exceed the expectations of the Global Medical Communications leadership and the broader Springer Healthcare leadership
Lead the strategic direction of the inScience Communications business unit from a Scientific Services perspective
Develop all Scientific Services staff within the Medical Communications business unit to their full potential and to meet customer and business needs:
Identify and fill skill gaps especially in strategic communications new communications media and specific writing skills
Provide coaching mentoring and training where required
Encourage and provide constructive feedback
Develop writing skills by identifying projects that match learning and development requirements of new and existing writers
Develop business planning and commercial skills of new and existing writers including proposal writing pitching and recommendations for growth within organic accounts
Implement performance management systems for Scientific Services
Develop writers objectives and personal development plans
Conduct learning & development analysis and performance reviews
Monitor progress of objectives and personal development plans
Financial
Accurately forecast sales revenue and costs and identify risks and opportunities
Drive to revenue targets by optimizing editorial resource to minimize delay in revenue uptake
Drive profit by managing costs
Reconcile freelance costs with budget
Monitor and approve editorialrelated budgeted costs within the team
Provide recommendations to the VP Global Medical Communications for unbudgeted expenditure
Provide recommendations to the budget and latest estimate process
Provide recommendations to the VP Global Medical Communications for salary reviews and promotions
Record and monitor actual time spent on a project against budgeted time and ensure timesheets are completed in a timely manner
Monitor writers adherence to budget and utilization rates and take remedial action if required
Organisational
Organise adequate editorial resource to meet current and projected workload within the business unit:
Manage recruitment and selection of Scientific Services staff (contract and permanent in line with agreed budget/forecast terms and conditions and skill requirements
Utilise the most appropriate editorial resource (inhouse or outsourced) to achieve project goals Liaise with New Zealand Editorial management to ensure appropriate use of resource . Liaise with appropriate Commercial Services/business development representatives to agree on commercial priority of projects to guide effective resource allocation if necessary
Work with the other Scientific Services Directors to improve editorial efficiency and standards to meet the business needs of the team. Work with other Scientific Services Directors to ensure key editorial processes have SOPs and monitor writers compliance with SOPs and standards
Work with other Scientific Services Directors to ensure job descriptions job standards and training modules/courses for editorial staff are available and up to date
Project delivery
Review scientific content for a range of outputs according to client needs internal quality standards and agreed specifications budgets and timeframes:
Monitor quality style and accuracy and provide timely consistent and constructive feedback
Take remedial action when required
Ensure that projects reflect a thorough understanding of clients marketing objectives and that key messages are supported appropriately
Liaise with clients (with Commercial Services) to ensure that client expectations are being met
Manage all aspects of delivery of scientific content that meets client needs internal quality standards and timelines:
Ensure that new products and services are offered to clients as appropriate
Delegate work as appropriate
Business Planning
Apply in depth knowledge of the medical communications industry and the therapeutic use and strategic marketing of pharmaceuticals to account plans strategic publication plans strategic communication programs proposals and pitches:
Contribute significantly to briefing and brainstorming meetings
Ensure that proposals pitches and business development activities are based on highest quality scientific and editorial services and provide appropriate senior Scientific Services support to client interactions (including pitches)
Maintain broad awareness of developments in relevant therapeutic areas and discipline editorial issues within publishing and the PharmaSolutions product portfolio
Provide commercial medical communications and strategic marketing expertise to complement Account Management in developing new opportunities
Teamwork
Work with other members of the inScience Communications business unit management team to manage the business unit
Support team working principles within Scientific Services account teams business development medical communications and other departments
Attend and contribute to team and account meetings
Collaborate with other teams regarding operational process optimization
Experience skills and qualifications
Education:
Life science degree (preferably pharmacy pharmacology or medicine) or equivalent.
Higher degree preferred but not essential.
Business qualification preferred but not essential.
Experience:
Extensive communications agency experience
Extensive management experience or equivalent
Competencies
Essential:
Leadership skills
Financial and business management skills
Ability to coach and mentor
Ability to interact effectively with clients
Presentation skills
Resource management and planning skills
Ability to comply with SOPs and standards
Recruitment selection and interviewing skills
Medical writing skills
Critical reviewing skills
Ability to delegate effectively
Problem solving skills
IT skills
Sound scientific knowledge in a broad range of therapeutic areas
Good understanding inScience Communications products and services and business goals
Working knowledge of and experience in the medical communications business
Working knowledge of and experience in the strategic marketing of pharmaceuticals
Working knowledge of and experience in budgets and costing procedures
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
