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The Executive Director, Scientific Information Integration provides strategic leadership across the scientific information and publications organization (SIP), serving individual programs as the central integrator between clinical regulatory writing, clinical trial transparency, library sciences, and scientific publications. This role is accountable for ensuring a seamless, compliant, and strategically aligned flow of scientific data and information from early clinical development throughย postapprovalย and lifecycle management.ย
In addition, this position assesses and enables modern, technology-informed scientific communication practices including AI within SIP playing a critical role in maximizing cross-functional alignment to ensure efficiency and data driven excellence.ย
Work Model:ย Remote: Officially documented as working full-time from home, with travel to Ultragenyx's offices or other locations on occasion as needed.
Responsibilities:Provide leadership for the integration of scientific information activities,ย establishingย cohesive program strategies that align the following with core program teams:ย ย
- Clinical regulatory documentsย
- Clinical trial disclosure and transparency activitiesย
- Scientific publications and congress disseminationย
- Library sciences search and deliveryย
Ensure continuity and consistency of scientific data interpretation and messaging across development and commercialization stagesย
- Oversee the development and execution of integrated,ย lifecyclebasedย publication strategies aligned with Regulatory milestones and Medical Affairs objectivesย
- Ensure publications are strategically sequenced to support launch readiness, scientific leadership, andย longtermย evidence generationย
- Partner with authors, investigators, and internal stakeholders to uphold the highest standards of scientific integrity, transparency, and complianceย
- Provide strategic oversight for clinical trial disclosure and data sharing activities, ensuring alignment with global regulations and evolving transparency expectations including strategic release of trial registrations and results disclosures with publications, external data requests, and corporate objectivesย
- Elevate data transparency from a compliance requirement to a strategic enabler of scientific trust and credibilityย
Serve as a strategic peer partner to Medical Affairs leadership, collaborating on:ย ย
- Evidence planning and scientific platform developmentย
- Consistent interpretation and use of clinical dataย ย
- Optimization of publication content and planning to support medical and commercialization planningย ย
- Improved timeliness and strategic impact of scientific publications and disclosuresย
Enable teams with proactive, integrated,ย highqualityย scientific informationย ย
Lead the identification, evaluation, and implementation of AI-enabled and digital tools to modernize scientific information and publications workflowsย ย
Drive efficiencies and insights across literature surveillance, publication planning, data access processes, and scientific content developmentย
Influence andย collaborateย with senior leaders across key stakeholders including:ย ย
- Clinical Development (e.g.ย Clinical trials, Disease Monitoring Programs, ISTs)ย
- Medical Affairs (e.g.ย Scientific Communications, Medical Information, Medical Communications, HEOR, MSLs, Patient Diagnosis Program)ย
- Regulatory Affairs (e.g.ย Clinical Regulatory Strategy, CMC Regulatory)ย
- Commercial (e.g.ย Market Access & Payer Marketing,ย UltraCareย Liaisons)ย
- Others as needed (e.g.ย Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, Market Access & Payer Marketing, etc.)ย
Requirements:- Advanced degree preferred (PhD, PharmD, MD, or equivalent discipline)ย
- 12+ years of experience in scientific publications, clinical trial transparency, regulatory writing, or relatedย evidencefocusedย rolesย
- Must have exceptional collaboration skills to coordinate, align, and prioritize needs across multiple functions within the SIP group and across other departmental groupsย
- Outstanding leadership skills to partner with multiple stakeholders and program team members to influence without authorityย
- Experienceย to meetย the global needs for information integration to meet the specific needs for each region, while maximizing efficiencies across regionsย
- Must have strong written and verbal communications skillsย
- Experience in leveraging AI tools and other process improvement and continuous improvement efficiency skillsย
- Demonstrated experience leadingย crossfunctionalย initiatives spanning development andย postapprovalย activitiesย
- Strong understanding of global scientific publication standards and clinical trial transparency requirementsย
- Prior people leadership and matrixed leadership experience preferredย
- Strategic lifecycle thinking and systems integrationย
- Executive-level stakeholder engagement and influenceย
- Comfortย operatingย at the intersection of science, compliance, and innovationย
- Change leadership andย technologyforwardย mindsetย
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