Director, Scientific Communications

Department:

107200 Medical Affairs

Location:

San Diego, USA- Remote

Be a part of a global team that is inspired to make a difference in the lives of people living with rare disease.

At Travere Therapeutics, we recognize that our exceptional employees are vital to our success. We are a dedicated team focused on meeting the unique needs of rare patients. Our work is rewarding – both professionally and personally – because we are making a difference. We are passionate about what we do.

We are seeking talented individuals who will thrive in our collaborative, diverse, fast-paced environment and share in our mission – to identify, develop and deliver life-changing therapies to people living with rare disease. We stick by our values centered on patients, courage, community, and collaboration to pursue our vision of becoming a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the delivery of innovation and hope to patients in the global rare disease community.

At Travere Therapeutics, we are in rare for life. We continue to courageously forge new paths as we move toward a common goal of elevating science and service for rare patients.

Position summary:

The Director, Scientific Communications, provides leadership and operational governance and ensures tactical delivery excellence across the scientific communications function, which encompasses publications, medical education, and congress planning. While the expectation is for every Director of Scientific Communications to be able to drive the 3 core functional areas, the current business need is within medical education and congress planning responsibilities.

Core responsibilities:

•         Lead the strategy and end-to-end execution of publications, medical education and/or congress deliverables, including annual planning, governance cadence, resourcing, and delivery timelines

•         Translate emerging evidence from data readouts, congress presentations, and literature surveillance into clear, approved key messages and content, supporting the team’s “right message to the right audience at the right time” approach

•         Coordinate and quality-control Medical Affairs-delivered external communications across functions to drive consistency and ensure adherence to the scientific narrative

•         Direct and manage external vendors and partners to deliver against defined scope, quality standards, timelines, and budgets

Medical education

•         Chair Grants and Sponsorships Review Committee (GSC) and set educational areas of interest, ensuring global consistency and alignment of CME activities with Travere’s medical strategy and scientific narrative

•         Evaluate medical grant requests for scientific merit, educational rationale (gaps and needs assessment), key stakeholder fit, and compliance with all internal and applicable external IME/CME policies and regulations

•         Own the medical education grants budget and operational controls, including documentation workflows, archiving, and outcomes reporting with defined metrics and follow-up

•         Oversee content development model to enable efficient creation of medical education and internal- and external-facing materials, including briefing standards, review workflows, and version control

•         Translate emerging evidence (publication readouts) into approved key messages and ensure timely incorporation into training and field-facing materials and medical education (ensuring appropriate format and audience)

Congress planning

•         Lead Medical Affairs congress strategy for congresses, ensuring alignment with Medical Affairs objectives and scientific narrative across congress materials, booth or session content, symposia support, and customer-facing communications

•         Coordinate congress tactical planning, including timeline management, cross-functional logistics, and alignment with the broader congress excellence approach

•         Ensure congress deliverables incorporate the latest approved key messages and reflect current data, coordinating closely with the publications stream where congress presentations are involved

Publications

•         Lead the strategy and end-to-end execution of the publication plan across indications assigned, including authorship management and sequencing of data dissemination

•         Conduct and oversee monthly literature searches for assigned indications to identify emerging evidence, competitive intelligence, and opportunities for narrative advancement

•         Provide input into clinical development planning and other upstream functions where publication implications exist, ensuring Travere’s ability to deliver high-impact, ethical publication activities

 

Education and experience requirements:

•         PharmD, MD, or PhD in a related life sciences discipline. An equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered

•         6+ years’ experience across scientific communications and medical affairs in life sciences, with demonstrated leadership of cross-functional programs spanning multiple deliverables and timelines

•         Breadth of experience across at least one of: publication strategy and plan management; medical education grants strategy and management; or congress strategy and execution, in a similar role within the pharmaceutical industry, preferably small-molecule biopharmaceuticals

•         Understanding of compliance frameworks and standards (including, but not limited to, ACCME and IME guidelines, ICMJE recommendations, Good Publication Practice (GPP) guidelines, and Sunshine Act provisions) to planning and execution

•         Ability to translate evidence from data readouts, congress presentations, and literature surveillance into clear, approved key messages and content direction for the scientific communication plan (SCP) and core decks

•         Understanding of publication strategy management tools and systems (e.g. Polarix; Pub Strat Max) to maintain accurate tracking of the publication pipeline, timelines, and deliverable status

•         Embrace innovative methods to enhance or amplify scientific communications deliverables, including digital formats and post-congress dissemination

•         Experience directing or reviewing scientific writing and content development, either in nephrology and/or rare diseases (preferred)

•         Ability to travel 20 to 25% of your time domestically and internationally for congresses and perform face-to-face work with colleagues and onsite presence in San Diego

•         All positions have an essential job function to be able to perform face to face work with colleagues and/or onsite in San Diego. No role is expected to be 100% remote.

•         Embodiment of Travere’s Core Values: Courage, Community Spirit, Patient Focus and Teamwork

Travere is an EEO/AA/Veteran/Disability Employer

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Total Rewards Offerings:
Travere provides comprehensive total rewards offerings that demonstrate our commitment as a diverse, equitable, people-centric, and pay-for-performance organization.    

Benefits: Our benefits include premium health, financial, work-life and well-being offerings for eligible employees and dependents, wellness and employee support programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with employer match and generous paid time off.

Compensation: Our competitive compensation package includes a combination of both cash compensation (base pay and short-term incentive) and long-term incentive compensation (company stock), designed to recognize, retain, and reward employees.

Target Base Pay Range:

$189,000.00 - $246,000.00

*This information is current as of the date of this posting and may be modified in the future. Actual pay offered to a candidate will depend on a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, education, skills, and location. 

Travere will accept applications on an ongoing basis until a candidate is selected for the position.

Travere Therapeutics, Inc. is an EEO/AA/Veteran/Disability Employer.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application or interview process, please contact us by sending an email to accommodations@travere.com. Please note that this email address is to be used exclusively to request an accommodation with the online application, interview or hiring process only. Travere HR will not reply to emails sent to this address for any other reason.