Job Title

The Publications Operations Senior Specialist is responsible for providing operational and administrative support to Publication Managers within the Publication Operations Team in Global Medical Affairs. This role focuses on ensuring operational and administrative support for medical, scientific, and technical publications included in global disease publication plans. The Senior Specialist will work closely with Publications Managers who support Publication Leads for each disease area to support quality and compliant publication operations.What You Will Be Doing:Partners with Publication Manager, Global Medical, HEOR, and other colleagues to support publication operations within the global disease publication plansManaging end-to-end Author Agreements, COI disclosures, creating and maintaining Datavision records, and setting up Datavision accountsSupport Publication Managers in submission process, including mock submissions (and maintaining dynamic records of requirements) and completing submissionsDevelop, maintain, and update spreadsheet trackers for mock submissions, journal and congress details, pass-through costs, and mapping disease areas to journals and topicsConducting rolling audits of Datavision and Smartsheet Trackers to ensure completeness and compliance with good publication and documentation practicesSupport publication vendor contractingAssess compliance with sponsor publication policy and external publication guidelinesYour Profile:MA/MS, or BA/BS with appropriate experienceTypically requires 2 years of experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experienceAbility to work collaboratively with multiple internal functions and external stakeholdersClear understanding of current publication environment, ICMJE, GPP 2022, and other global guidelines related to publications, scientific data communication, and transparency standardsStrong computer and database skills, particularly with Microsoft Office products, Smartsheets, and DatavisionAbility to work with vendorsDemonstrated ability to be a fast learner and has a can-do attitudeDemonstrated knowledge and effectiveness in supporting the execution of publications