Senior Director, Medical and Scientific Communications

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🏄 California – Remote

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💵 $220k - $330k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👨‍⚕️ Medical Director

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Vera Therapeutics, Inc.

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201 - 500 employees

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

🧬 Biotechnology

Healthcare • Consulting • Biotechnology

Vera Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for immunological kidney diseases that improve patients’ lives. The company is advancing Atacicept through clinical development for IgA nephropathy (IgAN), running Phase 2b and Phase 3 trials, and pursuing programs in lupus nephritis and other immunologic conditions. Headquartered in Brisbane, CA, Vera emphasizes science-driven drug development, patient engagement, and sustainability.

📋 Description

• Lead development and execution of Vera’s publication and scientific congress strategy • Develop and maintain an integrated publication roadmap covering manuscripts, abstracts, posters, oral presentations, encore presentations, and other scientific communications • Translate clinical development plans, data readouts, and milestones into publication and congress strategies • Develop scientific content and evidence-based messaging aligned with the medical and scientific communication platform • Lead scientific congress planning and execution, including abstracts, posters, and oral presentations • Draft, edit, and critically review manuscripts, abstracts, posters, oral presentations, and scientific slide decks • Lead end-to-end publication development from concept and data availability through submission, presentation, publication, and post-publication activity • Coordinate internal and external author review and build relationships with investigators and external authors • Ensure publications comply with GPP, ICMJE, company policies, and journal and congress requirements • Partner with Clinical Development and Biostatistics to interpret clinical datasets and translate them into scientific communications • Serve as scientific communications partner to Clinical Development, Biostatistics, Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations, Regulatory, and Commercial • Review cross-functional materials for consistency with approved scientific narrative and evidence • Identify scientific communication risks, gaps, or inconsistencies and recommend solutions • Optimize publication planning and development processes, workflows, governance, templates, tools, and review processes • Track publication status, deadlines, dependencies, author reviews, and key decisions; provide progress metrics and reporting • Coordinate the cross-functional publication planning committee • Manage external medical communications agencies, publication vendors, and freelance medical writers • Build publication and congress forecasts and manage delivery within the Medical and Scientific Communications budget • Travel up to 30% for congresses, advisory meetings, and other business activities

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced scientific or clinical degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, or equivalent) in a relevant discipline • Minimum of 10 years of experience in scientific communications, medical writing, or publications within the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or medical communications industry • At least 8 years of direct experience in medical writing and scientific publications and the development of peer-reviewed manuscripts and scientific congress presentations • Demonstrated experience developing and executing strategic publication plans for clinical-stage programs • Strong understanding of clinical development and ability to interpret clinical trial data, statistical analyses, tables, figures, and other data outputs • Experience working directly with Clinical Development and Biostatistics to translate complex clinical data into scientific publications and communications • Exceptional scientific writing, editing, and critical review skills • Demonstrated experience managing publication development and external author review • Knowledge of Good Publication Practice (GPP), ICMJE authorship guidelines, and applicable publication standards and ethical requirements • Working knowledge of healthcare compliance requirements governing medical communications, including relevant OIG, PhRMA, and EFPIA guidelines • Demonstrated ability to manage external medical communications agencies and vendors • Ability to manage multiple complex projects, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-paced biotechnology environment • Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with demonstrated ability to build alignment across cross-functional teams • Scientific training or research experience in nephrology, immunology, or a closely related discipline (preferred) • Deep scientific knowledge of nephrology, immunology, autoimmune disease, or related therapeutic areas; experience in IgA nephropathy or related glomerular diseases a plus (preferred) • Experience developing long-range publication strategies integrating clinical development milestones, statistical analyses, congress opportunities, and manuscript planning (preferred) • Experience supporting scientific communication platforms and core scientific narratives (preferred) • Prior people leadership experience within a publications or medical communications function (preferred) • Certified Medical Publication Professional (CMPP) credential (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual performance incentive bonus • New hire equity • Ongoing performance-based equity • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401k match • Flexible time off • Paid holidays