Manage, Scientific Writing
Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Beijing
- Permanent
- Full-time
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: .Functional Area DescriptionLeads document strategy and authoring of message-driven, clear and concise regulatory documents in support of submissions and approvals in China. Provides support for fit-for-purpose regulatory documents to facilitate speed of information during development, submission, approval, and life cycle management of products in BMS pipeline.Position Summary
- Lead the authoring of clinical/regulatory documents (protocol, briefing book, clinical study report, CTD 2.5, CTD 2.7.3&4) and support the performance goals (including quality and timeline) for filing regulatory dossiers in China as planned by the R&D Development Teams. In addition, make challenging proposals from the viewpoint of writing strategies and processes depending on the situation, and lead the team.
- Establish cross-divisional cooperative partnership with other functions and lead to more efficient process development, according to the optimized and standardized processes and systems.
- Fulfill the role of Manager, China Scientific Writing and support the less experienced writer
- Input&review the storyboard to author regulatory dossier policies and align with global team based on the information provided by DT and make challenging proposals from the viewpoint of writing strategies according to the situation.
- As Manager, China Scientific Writing, understand the global authoring regulatory dossier strategy and lead the finalizing of domestic regulatory dossiers of clinical part.
- Set an appropriate and the shortest timeline to complete authoring regulatory dossiers and comply with the timeline. In addition, make challenging proposals from the viewpoint of the process depending on the situation and shorten the target timeline.
- Propose to the team the optimal strategy for preparing regulatory submission documents and lead the process improvement based on the tendencies of each review division concerning the contents of NMPA review reports and inquiries.
- Complete the clinical modules with cross functions based on the storyboard.
- Manages and provides global submission materials to stakeholders as needed.
- Authoring and conducting a coordinating activity as CSR author.
- Take charge of the CSR authoring part in the reliability survey.
- Manage the operational execution by strategically using outsource vendors and ensuring quality deliverables.
- Comply with internal and external processes and guidelines.
- Review and edit other clinical/regulatory documents as required.
- Drive continuous process improvements by identifying and simplifying processes. Lead cross-functional business process improvements based on information from collected metrics.
- As a senior scientific writer, give advice to other scientific writers to help them improve their capabilities in creation of clinical/regulatory documents for China. Also, provide guidance and support to the inexperienced writer.
- Provide additional value by creating better collaborative work environment internally and externally to ensure that China team has a good communication with HQ counterparts as well as key stakeholders, such as clinical research and regulatory.
- Good communication with Global Scientific and Regulatory Documentation (GSRD) leadership team to facilitate collaboration with GSRD in China submission.
- Give advice to members in our organization from the viewpoint of scientific writing even for irregular applications and types of applications /consultations that have not been experienced before
- B.S. in medical / pharmaceutical / veterinarian / life-science area or 5 years or more experience in either pharmaceutical R&D industry is mandatory.
- PharmD/PhD/MD in a relevant scientific discipline, or MS/BS with a minimum of 5 years (MS) to 8 years (BS) in preparing regulatory submission documents, or have equivalent credentials and experience.
- Good understanding of global pharmaceutical drug development and requirements for submission of regulatory dossiers to global health authorities.
- Deep understanding of the tendency of each review department of NMPA regarding the contents of review reports and inquiries. And can flexibly improve the contents/process of regulatory documents.
- Demonstrated ability required for excellent writing skills both in Chinese and in English, preferably in authoring and leading the production of clinical/regulatory documents for submission to NMPA.
- Have ownership and the ability to find challenges within the organization and propose and lead process improvements, etc.
- Ability to analyze and interpret complex data from a broad range of scientific disciplines and adapt it to document development and process improvement.
- Capable of advising the risk of filling based on the data and having other options to avoid or minimize them as an expert of scientific writer
- Excellent organizational communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills in a cross-functional team.
- Demonstrated ability to manage timelines and keeping quality of work.
- Working knowledge of a document management system.
- Skills to appropriately manage CROs or vendors.
- Skills to read scientific documents in English and communicate with the global members in English.
- People management skill
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