Associate Director, Literature Analyst
Associate Director, Literature Analyst
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$ 139600 - 219700
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Job Description
Join a dynamic innovative team dedicated to accelerating drug discovery and development through information science. We are seeking a passionate experienced Associate Director to connect scientists and stakeholders with focused scientific literature and data-driven insights. This role offers the opportunity to influence innovation by delivering tailored literature alerts and knowledge services that empower research teams across the organization.
As Associate Director you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design and deliver tailored literature alerts. These services help stakeholders interact with manage and consume knowledge from scientific literature that drive innovation leveraging the latest technologies. You will be a trusted advisor and change agent guiding teams on best practices in literature searching and knowledge extraction.
Your deep scientific expertise strong technical skills and commitment to continuous learning and improvement will support the evaluation and application of AI tools to enhance literature-based knowledge discovery.
The ideal candidate combines a strong scientific background with technical proficiency and exceptional communication skills. You will bring deep understanding of the drug development process and biopharmaceutical industry along with proven experience in managing complex projects. If you are motivated by solving challenging information problems and contributing to transformative initiatives that amplify the impact of scientific research we encourage you to apply.
Primary Activities:
The primary activities would include but are not limited to:
Conducting advanced literature searches by identifying analyzing synthesizing and delivering published literature and data to meet stakeholders requests
Monitoring research developments tracking industry trends and distributing results through regular alerts of biomedical literature
Maintaining awareness of novel products relating to literature searching
Evaluating promising technology for consideration including those with AI capabilities
Responding to requests for literature by leveraging scientific domain and information research knowledge
Guiding stakeholders in identification and utilizing the best available resources to conduct accurate comprehensive and cost-effective searches
Gathering analyzing and reporting relevant metrics to ensure resource utilization optimization
Building stakeholder engagement through targeted outreach and communications
Cultivating strategic partnerships understanding client information needs establishing rapport and fostering open communication to facilitate development of client focused programs and initiatives
Collaborating with internal data scientists and information scientists to design and implement tailored literature and knowledge solutions to meet well-defined stakeholder requirements
Agent for change in how we do our work
Works with stakeholders to assess current and future information needs
Qualifications:
Education:
Degree in life sciences information science or related scientific discipline plus pharma/biotech industry or healthcare experience
Bachelors and 5 years experience
Masters/PhD and 3 years experience
Required:
Experience with biomedical basic research chemistry and biotechnology information resources and commercial literature searching tools such as PubMed Embase SciFinder Dialog or STN as well as thesaurus knowledge
Experience with Medline Embase Scopus TrialTrove Pharmaprojects the Cortellis suite of databases
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences including researchers clinicians regulatory affairs professionals and other stakeholders
Familiarity with copyright regulations for literature
Optimize/customize scientific content for delivery to end users
Knowledge of drug discovery development and research clinical data coding and experience working within a regulated environment
Ability to engage stakeholders to determine requirements in support of their business needs and deliver the appropriate solution
Strong prioritization and project management skills with high attention to detail
Ability to work with minimal oversight within a matrixed environment to drive tasks to completion and to act with appropriate accountability
Excellent customer service orientation with prompt response to inquiries
Ability to work under pressure in a changing environment with flexibility
Proficiency with collaboration and productivity tools (MS Teams Excel MS Power Automate etc.)
Preferred:
Knowledge of GenAI and data science
Experience with evaluating AI offerings from publishers and vendors
Knowledge of text mining machine learning and natural language processing for data curation and enrichment
Experience writing and maintaining process documentation
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The salary range for this role is
$139600.00 - $219700.00This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employees position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but not limited to relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills geographic location government requirements and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical dental vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family) retirement benefits including 401(k) paid holidays vacation and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at can apply for this role through (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
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Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
No relocationVISA Sponsorship:
NoTravel Requirements:
10%Flexible Work Arrangements:
HybridShift:
Not IndicatedValid Driving License:
NoHazardous Material(s):
n/aRequired Skills:
Adaptability Adaptability Biopharmaceutical Industry Biopharmaceuticals Biopharmaceutics Boolean Searches Change Management Clinical Research Communication Cross-Functional Team Leadership Data Analysis Drug Development Drug Discovery Process EMBASE Foster Innovation Literature Evaluation Literature Research Literature Searches Management Process Medical Literature Review Multiple Therapeutic Areas National Library of Medicine Medline Process Optimization Project Management Project Prioritization 14 morePreferred Skills:
AI Prompting Artificial Intelligence (AI) Generative AI Information ExtractionJob Posting End Date:
09/20/2025*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
