As part of this role, the Publications Lead will engage and collaborate with internal colleagues and external experts, investigators, journals, conference organisers and external bodies to deliver strategic publication and communication activities. They will also collaborate effectively with regional and country affiliates to develop and maintain integrated external scientific communications plans for regional and local healthcare professionals, payers, and patients.

The Publications Lead will be responsible for ensuring ethical compliance with AZ standards and external publication guidelines of the publications plans and deliverables, and they will ensure that all publications represent transparent and fair-balanced communications that enhance the Company's external scientific reputation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and executing strategic publication plans for global clinical registration studies and non-clinical trial sources
• Collaborating with internal colleagues and external experts to deliver strategic publication and communication activities
• Ensuring ethical compliance with AZ standards and external publication guidelines of the publications plans and deliverables
• Representing the Company's external scientific reputation through transparent and fair-balanced communications

Requirements include:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in a scientific discipline with research experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the publications field, or medical communications gained through working in the pharmaceutical industry or a medical communications agency
• Demonstrated project management experience
• Broad understanding of drug development process
• Working knowledge of AI/LLM concepts relevant to scientific publishing
• Demonstrated performance, budget, and resource management skills in a global organisation
• Excellent leadership and project management skills to deliver in a complex multidisciplinary environment
• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with external experts, investigators, journal editors and publishers and professional bodies
• Ability to effectively manage multiple stakeholders and projects to within budget
• Flexibility and adaptability to manage long-term activities in a constantly changing internal and external environment

Desirable requirements include:

• Relevant post-graduate degree
• Experience of working globally, cross-culturally and cross-functionally
• Proven experience designing and scaling AI-enabled workflow (e.g. prompt libraries, fine-tuning/evaluating LLMs), with measurable impact, e.g. timelines
• CMPP Certification
• Working knowledge of iEnvision publication management system, and Microsoft Office products
• Strong therapeutic knowledge in cardiovascular, renal and/or metabolic therapy areas, with proven ability to adapt quickly to other therapeutic specialties

Benefits include:

• Annual base pay ranging from $193,281.60 to $289,922.40
• Short-term incentive bonus opportunity
• Eligibility to participate in equity-based long-term incentive programme (salaried roles)
• Retirement contribution (hourly roles)
• Commission payment eligibility (sales roles)

Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an 'at-will position' and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation programme) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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Key responsibilities include:

• Building simple scripts or workflows to automate repetitive tasks across content, community, and reporting
• Integrating AI tools into existing workflows using APIs or no-code platforms where applicable
• Executing AI-assisted workflows for content drafting, community replies, and reporting
• Testing and refining prompts across different use cases
• Supporting development of internal AI tools by contributing to prompt design, testing, and output evaluation
• Reviewing AI outputs for accuracy, tone, and obvious risks before use
• Organizing and structuring internal materials for use in AI systems
• Documenting workflows and outputs so they can be reused by the team

Requirements include:

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
• Basic working knowledge of Python, APIs, or automation tools, with ability to build simple scripts or workflows
• Familiarity with generative AI tools and how prompts affect output quality
• Ability to review AI outputs, identify obvious issues, and iterate based on feedback
• Clear communicator who can explain how something works and why it matters

Preferred qualifications include:

• Exposure to LLM concepts (e.g. prompting, retrieval, evaluation)
• Experience building small automation projects (e.g. scripts, bots, or workflow tools)
• Familiarity with social media or content workflows
• Experience working with structured data or simple backend logic

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