AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

Sr. Director, Global Scientific Communications Excellence – BioPharmaceuticals Medical (BPM)

US - Gaithersburg - MD · Director

Sponsorship not specified$197k-$296kDetected 4 days ago
NLPAI OrchestrationContent MarketingScientific WritingLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • Director, Global Scientific Communications Excellence - BioPharmaceuticals Medical (BPM) The Sr.
  • The annual base pay for this position ranges from $ 197,390.40 - 296,085.60 USD.
  • Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Responsibilities

  • Experience leading strategic transformation, content operating model development, content operations, governance design, and modular authoring standards across complex global organizations and markets.
  • Our commitment to improving patients' lives drives us to leverage science and technology efficiently.
  • 30-Jul-2026 Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees.
  • Co-develop the GBS delivery model for scientific communications as a shared responsibility with TA-aligned Scientific Communications Sr.
  • Directors, defining a consistent, enterprise-aligned approach to sourcing, service design, and ways of working.
  • Partner with GBS to build capability, training, and career pathways for offshore writing teams, embedding modular authoring and AI-enabled ways of working.
  • Drive a culture of continuous improvement, simplification, and disciplined execution across the scientific communications ecosystem.
  • Build organizational capability in scientific narrative development, content strategy, modular content design, digital fluency, and AI-enabled ways of working.

Requirements

  • Business and change leadership: Track record of leading cross-functional teams, managing budgets and resources, and translating digital or technical concepts into clear business language for non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

  • Advanced scientific degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, or MS) required or strongly preferred.
  • Preferred: Prior communications agency experience.

Compensation

  • The annual base pay for this position ranges from $ 197,390.40 - 296,085.60 USD.

Benefits

  • Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
  • AstraZeneca offers an environment where you can be at the forefront of healthcare innovation.
  • With opportunities to shape medical practices and contribute to groundbreaking changes in asthma treatment strategies, you'll find yourself immersed in a fast-paced, collaborative atmosphere.
  • Define and lead the BPM scientific communications excellence strategy across therapeutic areas, portfolios, and priority markets, aligned with broader BPM medical strategy.
  • Establish a clear vision for how strategic medical content is developed, governed, and activated to improve scientific engagement, field effectiveness, and content reuse across global and local medical teams.
  • Lead frameworks for scientific narrative creation, integrated scientific communications planning, and core medical content design that ensure consistency, quality, and strategic pull-through.
  • Design and implement the end-to-end medical content operating model - planning, authoring, review, approval, publication/distribution, localization, maintenance, and retirement.
  • Establish governance frameworks, decision rights, RACIs, service expectations, and quality standards across all stakeholders involved in medical content development and deployment.
  • Translate medical business needs into clear requirements for digital, AI, and technology teams.
  • Define KPIs that measure medical content quality, effectiveness, speed, reuse, operational efficiency, adoption, and business value.
  • Use insights and analytics to continuously improve content strategy, workflow design, channel relevance, and user experience for internal and external medical stakeholders.

Company info

  • Here, you'll be part of a thriving team that encourages development without borders.
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