Director, BPM Evidence Publications CVRM · Global BPM Evidence Publications CVRM

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:17:03 GMT
Scientific Research

Global BPM Evidence Publications CVRM · Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America · $193,281.60 - $289,922.40 per year · hybrid

We are seeking a Director, BPM Evidence Publications CVRM to lead the development and execution of strategic publication plans for global clinical registration studies and non-clinical trial sources. The successful candidate will drive timely, high-quality and compliant scientific communications by combining deep publications strategy and therapy-area expertise with the responsible use of advanced analytics and AI-enabled tools.

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.