Publication Coordinator, Scientific Communications Operations

The Scientific Communications Publication Coordinator provides end-to-end operational support across the publication development lifecycle, ensuring high-quality, compliant delivery of Amgen’s scientific communication strategy. This role is accountable for maintaining publication records in Amgen’s Salesforce platform, driving timeline adherence, coordinating review and approval activities with internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring that ICMJE criteria and SOPs are adhered to.

Innovation, process improvement, efficiency, compliance, transparency, traceability, and quality are at the core of our work. Results will be achieved in a manner that embodies Amgen’s culture and values, fosters trust and respect in team collaboration settings and partnerships, holds ethics as a foundational base in all manner of work activities, and exemplifies a philosophy of continuous team and personal improvement.

**Roles & Responsibilities**:

- Creating, updating, and maintaining accurate publication records in Salesforce system of record
- Tracking project milestones, sending reminders, and capturing stakeholder feedback to support on-time publication delivery
- Coordinating author communications, including author invitations, reviews, and approvals, with internal and external stakeholders
- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of SOPs, best practices, and product team dynamics in a fast-paced, evolving work environment
- Ensuring adherence to publication policies and escalating potential compliance issues in a timely manner
- Conducting compliance checks to confirm alignment with industry standards (e.g., ICMJE) and Amgen requirements
- Ensuring consistent, high-quality data entry
- Participating in publication planning and strategy discussions to ensure currency in record-keeping
- Circulate publication drafts for review, track feedback, and ensure comments are captured and addressed.

**Basic Qualifications and Experience**:

- Degree and 2-6 years in medical publications or editorial work

**Functional Skills**:
**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Experience in pharmaceutical/biotech or other healthcare settings
- Proven success in dynamic, matrixed teams
- Strong written and verbal communication, collaboration, time management, and decision-making skills
- Customer-service mindset; proactive problem solving and critical thinking
- Familiarity with project management tools and best practices
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce, iEnvision, Datavision, PubStrat, or similar publication management platforms
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
- Working knowledge of reporting logic and metrics
- Experience working in a highly regulated environment
- Strong understanding of principals of customer service as applied to internal customers and external partners

**Competencies**:

- Effective collaboration across cross-functional and global teams
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills to manage multiple deliverables
- Proactive communication and issue escalation
- High attention to detail, ensuring audit-ready records
- Ability to learn quickly, adapt, and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment
- Strong self-awareness and sense of accountability, transparency, approachability, objectivity, and open-mindedness

**What you can expect of us**

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

**for a career that defies imagination**

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.