Scientific Publications Team Manager

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is a volunteer-led, not-for-profit, medical society. It is an independent, non-governmental organisation.

The ESC is a source of high quality, evidence-based science that pushes the boundaries of cardiovascular medicine. Our members and decision-makers are healthcare professionals who give their time and expertise freely, while continuing their daily, high-paced clinical and/or research work. ESC volunteers are world-renowned experts; their opinions are routinely sought and their papers regularly published and referenced.

The ESC coordinates observational registries, creates clinical practice guidelines, and organises and endorses educational programmes. We disseminate robust and independent science through our congresses, journals and educational digital tools. We’re the voice of the cardiology community when advocating for heart-health policies, regulations and funding.

All of these things enable us to identify cardiovascular trends, address inequalities, share best practices to improve standards of care for patients

We are:

- 2,500 volunteers
- 57 National Cardiac Societies / 48 Affiliated Cardiac Societies
- Over 102,000 members

We share the latest in cardiovascular science through:

- 17 journals - including our flagship, European Heart Journal
- 14 congresses - including ESC Congress, the largest cardiology congress in the world
- 80+ webinars per year, numerous courses, and 4 post-graduate programmes in collaboration with leading universities

The ESC employs 200 staff, based in Nice and Brussels, who support ESC volunteers in the development and management of these activities.

The ESC is currently looking for a medical document development and/or scientific publishing expert to join the ESC as **a Guidelines Team Manager**, for a permanent contract, CDI, to work at its headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France.

The Team Manager will oversee the ESC Guidelines Department working closely with ESC volunteers and managing a dedicated team. Clinical practice guidelines are documents that include recommendations intended to optimize patient care and outcomes and express the position of the ESC in specific cardiovascular disease treatment areas. The scientific content in these documents is provided by cardiovascular medicine experts who are appointed as volunteers and credited as authors, the ESC staff manages the administrative processes, the development timelines, and supports the overall development of the document by providing authors editorial expertise and appropriate development tools. The position requires a high level of diplomacy and ability to manage relationships with high profile, worldwide recognised experts.

We are looking for a creative, strategic and meticulous thinker who can improve upon existing processes and tools (collaborative writing, voting and consensus finding methodologies, reviewing platforms, etc.) and, via strong positioning of ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines, contribute to the overall scientific affairs strategy of the ESC.

The Guidelines Team Manager will exchange regularly with ESC volunteer leadership to ensure they have the information, support and tools needed to deliver high quality documents according to established and strict schedules.

**Responsibilities and Duties**
- Work with the Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee on strategic and administrative aspects linked to the development of guideline and other scientific documents, and assist the Committee with the future roadmap for ESC guidelines and related products.
- Manage a team of officers and coordinators and offer guidance as they support the work of task forces in developing clinical practice guidelines, ensuring that projects run according to established timelines and follow agreed processes.
- Report to the Chief Scientific Officer, collaborate closely with counterparts from other scientific affairs departments and foster the development of an integrated approach to ESC scientific activities.
- In collaboration with editorial coordinators colleagues, ensures that manuscripts are accurately prepared for publication according to scientific publishing standards and ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines specifications.
- Identify and liaise with vendors tasked with improving manuscript text and illustrations.
- Assist the Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee Chair and the Chief Scientific Officer with developing reports and documents as needed.
- Oversee team workload and assignments, ensuring appropriate distribution of tasks and mentoring of team members
- Travel to meetings as required (travel may include weekends).

**Qualifications and Skills**

**_Hard skills_**
- Master’s degree or higher in health-related fields or science
- Minimum five years of scientific or health-related research, development, writing, or analytical experience (including graduate work), or experience in scientific publishing as an editor or publisher
- Minimum five years of team