Director, Scientific Communications

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage comprehensive scientific communication strategies for vidofludimus calcium and Immunic’s wider pipeline.

• Convert Medical Affairs priorities and evolving evidence into actionable workplans, deliverables, timelines, and execution roadmaps.

• Operationalize and sustain the scientific platform, lexicon, dissemination framework, and core narrative.

• Oversee publication planning, steering committee activities, author engagement, abstracts, posters, and manuscripts.

• Ensure that publications and communications adhere to Good Publication Practice, ICMJE criteria, industry standards, and internal review procedures.

• Direct the planning of congress and field medical content, including messaging, debriefs, modular resources, training materials, FAQs, and evidence summaries.

• Collaborate with Field Medical leadership to integrate insights and maintain timely, relevant resources.

• Manage literature surveillance and synthesize competitive intelligence as well as external scientific advancements.

• Suggest content updates, communication priorities, and risk-management strategies.

• Establish scalable content standards, templates, review processes, version control, and lifecycle management practices.

• Work together with Medical Affairs, Medical Review, Medical Information, HEOR, Clinical Development, Market Access, Commercial, Legal, Compliance, Regulatory, external experts, and agencies.

• Select, onboard, oversee, and ensure external agencies and vendors meet quality standards, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.

• Provide operational leadership to external partners and cross-functional teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• An advanced scientific or clinical degree is required, such as a PhD, PharmD, MD, or equivalent.

• Strong background in scientific writing and communication.

• 8+ years of pertinent experience in scientific communications, publications, Medical Affairs, medical communications, or related biopharma roles.

• Proven experience in developing and executing publication plans, scientific platforms, congress plans, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, presentations, and other evidence dissemination deliverables.

• In-depth knowledge of Good Publication Practice, ICMJE authorship criteria, publication ethics, medical/legal/regulatory review processes, and industry expectations for transparency and scientific integrity.

• Experience in selecting, managing, and leading external agencies, medical writers, publication partners, and other vendors.

• Ability to lead through influence, implement strategic direction, supervise complex cross-functional workflows, and build scalable capabilities.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex scientific concepts into clear, accurate, audience-appropriate content.

• Strong skills in prioritization, project management, and problem-solving.

• US work authorization is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity

• Bonus

• Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace