RPS
Career Opportunity
Title: Assistant
Director, Scientific Services
Reference
Number: 33527
Location: Fort Washington,
PA
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Responsible for providing leadership and functional management for projects assigned to the Medical Affairs and Publications Services (MAPS) group; budget development, proposal development and defense, and quality of deliverables following appropriate standard operational procedures |
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Work
with Client Services and Scientific Services staff to provide
strategic and scientific oversight of projects |
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Review
material generated by writing staff to ensure scientific integrity
and
accuracy |
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Monitor
medical literature to keep current of emerging developments within
pharmaceutical/healthcare industry |
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Collaborate
with other departments within RPS (eg, Strategic Development, Client
Services, and Staffing) to identify, investigate, and cultivate new
business opportunities |
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Interview
and select team members for projects according to Sponsor
needs |
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Provide
management support to non-corporate MAPS
(writing/editorial/scientific) staff |
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Review
and approve timesheets and expense reports, monitor utilization for
assigned employees |
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Evaluate
employee performance through Sponsor feedback and established
performance metrics |
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Assist
with development of, ongoing improvement to, and compliance with
departmental operational procedures and initiatives to ensure
projects/activities within RPS and for sponsors are executed in a
compliant manner to minimize or eliminate regulatory
jeopardy |
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Resolve
emergent
issues |
| Advanced degree preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD)>8 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. Minimum 10+ years developing, writing, producing, and managing medical/scientific/clinical documents and communications experience within the pharmaceutical, healthcare, medical communications, or publishing industry. Prior supervisory experience. Willing to travel to do presentations and proposal defense. |