Astellas Canada – Global Scientific Publications Enablement

At Astellas, we strive to become a cutting-edge, value-driven life science innovator. This means working at the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients.

What sets us apart is our focus on patients, our pioneering innovation, our collaborative culture, and the passion of our talented people.

Making a positive impact on patients’ lives is the purpose behind everything we do. At Astellas, we are relentless in our pursuit of scientific progress and in tackling unmet medical needs, demonstrated by our legacy in oncology, overactive bladder and transplant and our impressive pipeline in women's health, blindness and regeneration, genetic regulation, immuno-oncology, mitochondria and targeted protein degradation.

About Us

We are a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan, with a team of more than 14,000 managing operations in approximately 70 countries around the world. We are in the Top 30 global biopharma company based on global revenues and are predicted to be one of the Top 10 Cancer Drug Makers of 2024 by Fierce Pharma.

In Canada, we are growing to meet the exciting opportunities realized by our legacy brands and rich pipeline of innovative treatments.

We are looking for candidates who will thrive in our entrepreneurial and empowering environment where talent and leadership flourish. Do your values align with our Astellas Way - patient focus, ownership, results, openness, and integrity? Then we would love to hear from you.

From the first day in role, everyone at Astellas has a responsibility for creating a brighter future for patients around the world. We nurture exceptional relationships with our employees to allow them to thrive, foster innovation, and deliver exceptional business results. We work to create a culture where our people feel empowered to pursue brave ideas and ambitious outcomes, to have the confidence to be accountable for a higher standard of performance and embody a competitive and solutions-oriented mindset.

Our expertise, science and technology make us a pharma company. Our open and diverse culture is what makes us uniquely Astellas.

Astellas Pharma Canada (APCA) is currently searching for a Global Scientific Publications Enablement.

Description:

As the Lead, Scientific Publications Enablement, you will be integral in defining, maintaining, and improving scientific publication business processes, platforms, and metrics. You must be an expert both within the scientific publications function as well as across various technology platforms to ensure that the tools available to the scientific publications team and external vendors are fit for purpose. Your primary focus will be to drive continuous improvement that enables the scientific publications team to facilitate data disclosure with urgency while also delivering a best-in-class user experience to support external authors and collaborators, and the internal team’s unique needs. You must understand industry best practices as well as emerging technology while applying local regulatory requirements to create a scalable and sustainable global framework that delivers quality and value to both internal and external stakeholders.

Essential Job Duties:

Platform & Governance Development

• Possess and maintain subject matter expertise across scientific publications functional area, technology platforms, and underlying data structure leveraged by MA personnel in order to effectively distill various business needs into sustainable and scalable global solutions as the business process owner (BPO) for scientific publication activities.

• Identify, define and prioritize user requirements for and continuously improve upon suite of global scientific publications processes and corresponding technology platforms and integrations required to drive data-driven, targeted scientific exchange based on customer preferences (e.g. SOPs, Global Publications Management System, Visualization/Dashboards, etc.)

Leadership

• Manage external publication vendor(s) to ensure consistent, compliant worldwide execution of scientific publications, including establishment and maintenance of high-quality standards and quality monitoring plans.

• Co-lead cross-functional value team to develop enterprise solutions beyond Medical Affairs as applicable and support an innovative approach to demonstrating impact of publication activity as well as facilitating integration with other relevant systems/tools.

Change Management

• Contribute to and/or lead development of enduring materials and programs (e.g. live sessions, learning management system (LMS) modules, work aids, etc.) in collaboration with Training teams to optimize end user onboarding and adoption of new and existing scientific publications processes and platforms.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner with relevant Medical Affairs and other cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. DigitalX, Commercial Capabilities, Legal, Ethics & Compliance, Data Privacy, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, etc.) to align on deliverables impacting their respective areas.

• Reports directly to Head of Med Comms & Engagement Enablement but works closely with the Head of Scientific Publications & the Scientific Publication team.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in health-Related Sciences or Business/Management

• Minimum of 7 years in healthcare industry with at least 5 years in Scientific Publications

• Excellent understanding of scientific publications platforms, dashboards, analytics, and underlying data structures

• Excellent understanding of legal/regulatory/compliance requirements and guidelines with respect to scientific publications in the pharmaceutical industry

• Ability to recognize and anticipate problems and create and manage complex projects.

• Ability to negotiate with multiple stakeholders simultaneously and work within ambiguity.

• Excellent written and oral communications skills

• Breath of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities, including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and deliver impactful value.

• Flexibility to travel on as needed basis, including potentially international travel.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in health-Related Sciences, Computer Science, or Business Administration (e.g. MD, PharmD, PhD in Health-Related Sciences or MBA)

• Publications vendor management and/or group/team leader experience

• Experience in working in cross-functional agile teams.

• Experience working in a global setting.

• Experience developing and implementing process/governance (e.g. Business Process Owner) and training guidance related to scientific publications and/or systems.

Working Environment

At Astellas we recognize the importance of work/life balance, and we are proud to offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues at the office with the flexibility to also work from home. We believe this will optimize the most productive work environment for all employees to succeed and deliver. Hybrid work from certain locations may be permitted in accordance with Astellas’ Responsible Flexibility Guidelines.

Additional Information

Astellas Pharma Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the hiring process.

Astellas Pharma Canada requires full Vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Reasonable accommodation to this policy may be granted for a valid accommodation request under human rights legislation.

No telephone inquiries, in-person applications, or agencies please. While we appreciate all applications, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

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Category Medical Communications

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