A swirl of hot job openings in pharma/biotech and related industries! Check out opportunities at Sanofi, BASF, Grifols, Vertex, Abbott, Seagen, and Abbvie. Even the Corporate/Vendor section is stacked, with a number of earlier-career positions to explore.
Best wishes and happy job hunting,
Anna Rothman
PHT Employment Chair
New Positions Alert – Mar 2022
Pharma/Biotech
Accountable for the implementation of disease state and product training programs for new hires and experienced personnel across Oncology Global Medical Affairs, and in collaboration with functional medical teams. Ensures that Oncology medical training activities anticipate and meet internal and external needs and are structured to help deliver Medical strategies. Primary responsibilities will include collaboration with Medical Communications in creating, delivering, and coordinating new hire onboarding training, advanced training, and ongoing product and disease area training. This role will serve as a leader and will have responsibility for contributing to documentation related to global medical training. The role will also take a lead in developing new virtual trainings, e-learnings, podcasts, gamification and videos, as well as converting existing content into digital formats.
- As a member of the group Bioscience Information, you work as a global point of contact for professional information focusing on Biotechnology and organic chemistry for our business units Nutrition & Health and Care Chemicals.
- Right from the very first day, you are involved in our research and development projects, and support those with relevant information for business and research.
- Furthermore, you work closely with the patent department and the operating divisions, providing patent searches and IP analyses as basis of patent opinions (FTO) and to safeguard future fields of business.
- Identifies medical information that is aligned to the company purposes in order to feed the Insight portal
- Communicates scientific news through the Insight Portal and customized newsletters for subscribers
- Researches, analyzes, filters, synthesizes and formats scientific, technical and medical information into actionable knowledge as requested
- Develops optimized search strategies within scientific literature databases (i.e. SCOPUS, EMBASE, Medline)
Re-posting some hot open pharma library positions:
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
The Library & Information Sciences Manager supports Vertex's global mission by providing best-in-class management and utilization of external information resources. The incumbent's primary role will be in performing custom research services in the areas of business, competitive, and industry intelligence. Additionally, the incumbent will play a key role in the department's marketing and training efforts and will use their resource expertise to conduct ongoing technology and platform evaluations. This role will also work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to establish current awareness solutions through the use of searching and alerting strategies, utilizing a suite of expert resources.
Abbvie
We are looking for an experienced Biomedical Library Information Scientist who will be part of the Literature-based scientific discovery (LSD) team in the Library Information Science group, supporting clients from various domains, such as Pharmacovigilance and Medical Information. The Sr. Biomedical Library Information Scientist must have a sufficiently strong scientific and technical background to scope and fulfill LSD services. LSD services include literature searching, knowledge and data extraction, ontology-enabled text and data mining from scientific literature, and other information resources, as well as semantic enrichment, and other library information search services. Additionally, the Sr. Biomedical Library Information Scientist will have to effectively collaborate across Library Information Science and other IR teams to deliver LSD services to our clients.
The Systems Librarian ensures that employees can successfully and seamlessly access information services and resources that support
Seagen's mission. This experienced information manager is responsible for selecting or designing and maintaining all Library Information Services [LIS] systems and solutions. They will acquire and configure all library systems technologies that connect company employees securely and seamlessly to information resources. This position reports to the Senior Manager Library Licensing & Access Service and works closely with vendors and
Seagen IT and contributes to the activities and innovations of the LIS team.
- Collaborate successfully with cross-functional teams to support multifaceted projects.
- Follow best practices and internal team procedures; actively develop and apply skills and knowledge to advance our organization.
- Support global employee base by troubleshooting technical access issues specific to library access mechanisms employed by ARC.
- Maintain and update internal SharePoint portals, including HTML and CSS scripting.
- Maintain advanced knowledge of vendor systems and foster good relationships with vendors, in conjunction with the Global Content Management team.
Corporate/Vendor
You will be working with a wide range of functions to drive innovation, from engineering and product management to marketing, sales, and operations to bring these new insights and products to market. You will serve as a subject matter expert to internal stakeholders and amongst the library community for collection analysis. Following on collaboration with end users and libraries, this role initiates conversations with critical stakeholders such as community leaders, product marketing, sales, development, and UX/UI – you're comfortable describing new ideas through the lens of your users. You have a keen product sense, a discerning eye, and high expectations for what quality solutions look like.
As an Editorial Project Specialist you will manage the electronic review and content development processes used by Fishawack clients, including preparation of completed documents from writers; submission, retrieval, and distribution of documents for review and revision; and dissemination of updated core documents and client guidelines. You will contribute to proofreading, quality control reviews, error reading, and the development of competitive intelligence materials. You'll manage digital content updates, permissions acquisition, and journal/congress submissions amongst other project delivery processes.
Copyright Clearance Center
The Strategic Account Manager will apply their knowledge of publishing industry and CCC services, to provide leadership and account management for a named list of strategic Rightsholders. Interact effectively both externally with multiple levels within organizations to introduce and grow revenue opportunities and operational efficiencies and internally as both the account expert and leader.
Support federal agencies (such as U.S. EPA and NIEHS), state agencies, and private sector clients in developing reports that assess the human health impacts of pollutants. Specific activities will include reference management with EndNote and other tools, the support of literature searches including researching MeSH terms and inserting appropriate citations in scientific reports. You will contribute to the development of innovative, accurate, timely, and high-quality products and services, typically working on multiple projects with all levels of staff and will interact with experts and clients in the field.
This position is ideal for a junior-level or entry-level professional.
Managing UpToDate's internal medical resource library for the Deputy Editors and Content Editing Associates. The position requires an individual who is extremely detail oriented and has very strong organizational, interpersonal, and time management skills. No prior knowledge of copyright permissions or experience with licensing agreements required; this position will involve extensive training in these areas as well as other areas.
Clarivate (Ex Libris)- Assist customers with implementing new functionality in Ex Libris products, including configuration assistance and targeted training
- Analyze existing customer workflows and deliver written detailed reports recommending workflow and configuration improvements
- Design and deliver customized training programs based on customer needs
SirsiDynix- Minimum 1 year experience in training
- Library automation or related computer experience required
- 6-24 months of experience working with SirsiDynix products preferred
Academic/Hospital/Government
- Leads all aspects of library operations, including vision setting, policy development, coordination and planning services, and evaluation of operations, resources, and services.
- Stewards a financial budget of $3.8 million.
- Cultivates relationships and collaborations with primary communities served throughout the UAMS system, the community, the state, and regionally.
- Salary information: $145,000
The Reference and Instructional Services Librarian will provide library instruction, reference services, and collection development assistance for designated subject areas. This position operates as a part of a team of reference and instruction librarians responsible for engaging students and faculty in the use of library resources, collections, and research services. The Reference and Instructional Services Librarian will serve as a liaison to several disciplines and will connect regularly with campus groups to share information on library resources and services. Salary information: $45,914–$73,643