**Lead, Scientific Publications Enablement** **Lead** Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas! Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at www.astellas.com . **Purpose:** As the Lead, Scientific Publications Enablement, you will be integral in defining, maintaining, and improving scientific publication business processes, platforms, and metrics. You must be an expert both within the scientific publications function as well as across various technology platforms to ensure that the tools available to the scientific publications team and external vendors are fit for purpose. Your primary focus will be to drive continuous improvement that enables the scientific publications team to facilitate data disclosure with urgency while also delivering a best-in-class user experience to support external authors and collaborators, and the internal team’s unique needs. You must understand industry best practices as well as emerging technology while applying local regulatory requirements to create a scalable and sustainable global framework that delivers quality and value to both internal and external stakeholders. **Essential Job Responsibilities:** **Platform & Governance Development** + Possess and maintain subject matter expertise across scientific publications functional area, technology platforms, and underlying data structure leveraged by MA personnel in order to effectively distill various business needs into sustainable and scalable global solutions as the business process owner (BPO) for scientific publication activities + Identify, define and prioritize user requirements for and continuously improve upon suite of global scientific publications processes and corresponding technology platforms and integrations required to drive data-driven, targeted scientific exchange based on customer preferences (e.g. SOPs, Global Publications Management System, Visualization/Dashboards, etc.) **Leadership** + Manage external publication vendor(s) to ensure consistent, compliant worldwide execution of scientific publications, including establishment and maintenance of high-quality standards and quality monitoring plans + Co-lead cross-functional value team to develop enterprise solutions beyond Medical Affairs as applicable and support an innovative approach to demonstrating impact of publication activity as well as facilitating integration with other relevant systems/tools **Change Management** + Contribute to and/or lead development of enduring materials and programs (e.g. live sessions, learning management system (LMS) modules, work aids, etc.) in collaboration with Training teams to optimize end user onboarding and adoption of new and existing scientific publications processes and platforms **Cross-functional Collaboration** + Partner with relevant Medical Affairs and other cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. DigitalX, Commercial Capabilities, Legal, Ethics & Compliance, Data Privacy, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, etc.) to align on deliverables impacting their respective areas + Reports directly to Head of Med Comms & Engagement Enablement but works closely with the Head of Scientific Publications & the Scientific Publication team **Required Qualifications:** + Bachelor’s degree in health-Related Sciences or Business/Management + Minimum of 7 years in healthcare industry with at least 5 years in Scientific Publications + Excellent understanding of scientific publications platforms, dashboards, analytics, and underlying data structures + Excellent understanding of legal/regulatory/compliance requirements and guidelines with respect to scientific publications in the pharmaceutical industry + Ability to recognize and anticipate problems and create and manage complex projects + Ability to negotiate with multiple stakeholders simultaneously and work within ambiguity + Excellent written and oral communications skills + Breath of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities, including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and deliver impactful value + Flexibility to travel on as needed basis, including potentially international travel **Preferred Qualifications:** + Master’s degree in health-Related Sciences, Computer Science, or Business Administration (e.g. MD, PharmD, PhD in Health-Related Sciences or MBA) + Publications vendor management and/or group/team leader experience + Experience in working in cross-functional agile teams + Experience working in a global setting + Experience developing and implementing process/governance (e.g. Business Process Owner) and training guidance related to scientific publications and/or systems **Working Environment:** + At Astellas we recognize the importance of work/life balance, and we are proud to offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues at the office with the flexibility to also work from home. We believe this will optimize the most productive work environment for all employees to succeed and deliver. Hybrid work from certain locations may be permitted in accordance with Astellas’ Responsible Flexibility Guidelines. **Compensation Range:** $140,000 - $210,000 (NOTE: Final Salary could be more or less, based on experience. **Benefits:** + Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance + Generous Paid Time Off options, including Vacation and Sick time, plus national holidays including year-end shut down + 401(k) match and annual company contribution + Company paid life insurance + Annual Corporate Bonus and Quarterly Sales Incentive for eligible positions + Long Term Incentive Plan for eligible positions + Referral bonus program Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans. *LI-CH1 Category Medical Communications Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans