Associate Director, Congress Lead

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Role Objectives:

Lead the Bengaluru GCM Congress capability delivering scalable operational support across prioritized Global congresses and defined regional and local congress activities

Own GCM execution across KOL mapping coverage planning approved booth-content assembly and programming daily-report production overnight updates and coordination with the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead

Ensure the approved scientific narrative and messaging are accurately applied to congress content and approach

Key Responsibilities:

Activitiy & Team Leadership

Manage GCM intake prioritization capacity and delivery across the congress portfolio

Translate Global Congress CoE briefs into workplans staffing requirements timelines and activity checkpoints

Lead and develop the GCM Sci Comms & Pubs Leads responsible for Congress Communications Education and Operations Support and coordinate handoffs with Meetings & Events Business Operations the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead and approved vendors within agreed accountability boundaries

Congress Operations

Oversee AI-enabled KOL mapping session coverage attendance analysis and participant-assignment planning

Oversee application of approved scientific narrative and messaging across coverage plans booth-content packages and on-site or remote readiness support

Oversee overnight turnaround of daily-reports and implementation of approved panel and programming changes during congresses

Post-congress Material Support & Coordination

Oversee preparation of congress-content requirements and source packages for the GCM Med Comms & Congress Content Factory Integration Lead and monitor production status library maintenance and reuse-led regional or local support through the agreed workflow

Ensure final outputs are appropriately reviewed source-linked version-controlled and aligned to approved scientific direction and local-use restrictions

Monitor activity performance levels quality turnaround reuse capacity and stakeholder satisfaction and drive continuous improvement

Qualifications:

Experience: More than 10 years in the biopharmaceutical industry with at least 5 years of related experience; More than 5 years in scientific communications Medical communications congress operations or data dissemination; experience managing teams preferred or senior individual contributors

Technical skills:

Understanding of Medical-congress operations booth-assembly and dissemination

Experience managing time-sensitive global delivery across teams

Strong digital and AI fluency for stakeholder mapping and rapid synthesis

Knowledge of modular content content repositories Medical-review workflows and version control

Strong people leadership capacity management vendor coordination and stakeholder-management skills

Education: A Medical scientific pharmacy life sciences public health Medical communications or related degree is required; an advanced degree is a plus

Languages: Fluent English required; additional languages advantageous

BENEFITS:

• It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:
• Competitive Salary Performance Annual Bonus
• Flexible work environment including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self spouse and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Health & Wellness programs including annual health screening weekly health sessions for employees.
• Employee Assistance Program
• 5 days of leave every year for Voluntary Service in additional to Humanitarian Leaves
• Broad Variety of learning platforms
• Diversity Equity and Inclusion Programs
• Reimbursements Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks) Bereavement Leave (5 days)