About Astellas:
At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.
We pursue innovative science, focussing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.
We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.
Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.
We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.
Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.
The Opportunity:
We’re seeking a visionary leader to drive Scientific Content Excellence across Medical Affairs globally. You’ll own processes, operations, and technology that enable the creation and maintenance of our Scientific Communication Platform (SCP) and digital repositories. This role is pivotal in embedding omni-channel digital transformation and ensuring compliance with governance standards.
Hybrid Working:
At Astellas we recognise the importance of balancing your work and home life, so we offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues in person at the office alongside the flexibility to work from home; optimising the most productive work environment for you to succeed and deliver.
Key Responsibilities:
Scientific Content Excellence
- Act as Business Process Owner for global digital repositories housing scientific content and non-promotional medical materials across all priority products and therapeutic areas.
- Select, configure, and implement digital tools to make scientific content easily retrievable and usable by Global, Regional, and Affiliate teams via portals, slide sorters, and other platforms.
- Operationalize global scientific content strategy and ensure seamless customer experience through efficient operating models.
- Develop and oversee end-to-end content operations standards, governance frameworks, and monitoring mechanisms.
- Onboard and manage external content librarian teams within the centralized global production hub for content storage and retrieval.
- Monitor and optimize Digital Asset Management (DAM) through KPIs such as content reuse, time-to-market, and review/approval cycles.
- Ensure compliance with metadata and taxonomy standards in DAM platforms and resolve non-adherence issues.
- Collaborate with Data Intelligence to capture and analyze scientific content usage data, ensuring actionable feedback loops to content creation teams.
Integrated Medical Insights Excellence
- Partner with Digital Excellence to establish and maintain a global medical insights platform.
- Optimize insights assessment and analysis processes through digital innovation and automation.
- Collaborate with AI teams to leverage artificial intelligence and natural language processing for insights generation.
- Omni-Channel Scientific Communications
- Enable omni-channel strategies that meet HCP informational needs and deliver scientific narratives across preferred formats and channels.
- Drive innovative communication methods to improve customer experience and position Astellas as an industry leader in medical communications.
Governance & Compliance
- Own processes governing scientific content and non-promotional materials, ensuring adherence to Astellas SOPs and regulatory standards.
- Manage repositories that document review and approval workflows for scientific content.
- Act as Business Process Owner for multiple systems and tools (e.g., DAM platform, MLR tool, medical portal, insights platform).
- Develop and maintain SOPs, operating models, and business processes for scientific content and insights.
Essential Knowledge & Experience:
- Strong experience in scientific/medical roles within global pharma; preferably also in Medical Affairs (experience in external engagement, content creation and material review)
- Proven experience managing global processes, systems, and digital repositories.
- Demonstrates business acumen.
- Strong understanding of compliance and regulatory requirements.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills.
Preferred Knowledge & Experience:
- Experience in content strategy and creative development.
- Familiarity with multimedia and omni-channel communication.
Education/Qualifications:
- University degree in a scientific field.
Additional Information:
- This is a permanent role based in our Global Capability Centre in Warsaw, Poland and hybrid working with the expectation for some office presence. Flexibility may be required in line with business need. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office.
Astellas’ Global Capability Centres – Overview
Astellas’ Global Capability Centre’s (GCCs) are strategically located sites that give Astellas the ability to access talent across various functions in the value chain and to co-locate core capabilities that are currently dispersed. Our three GCCs are located in India, Poland and Mexico.
The GCCs will enhance our operational efficiency, resilience and innovation potential, enabling a timely response to changing business demands.
Our GCCs are an integral part of Astellas, guided by our shared values and behaviors, and are critical enablers of the company’s strategic priorities, sustainable growth, and commitment to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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