Director, Medical Communications (16)

Join Immatics and Shape the Future of Cancer Immunotherapy

Immatics is committed to making a meaningful impact on the lives of patients with cancer. We are the global leader in precision targeting of PRAME, a target expressed in more than 50 cancers. Our cutting-edge science and robust clinical pipeline form the broadest PRAME franchise with the most PRAME indications and modalities, spanning TCR T-cell therapies and TCR bispecifics.

We are seeking a Director, Medical Communications to support our Medical Affairs team. This role will lead global medical publications, congress strategy, and launch-critical scientific dissemination for Immatics' priority programs, with a focus on anzu-cel market preparation and launch readiness.

The Director is responsible for the high-quality, compliant delivery of manuscripts, abstracts, and scientific materials that translate emerging data into clear, decision-enabling narratives for internal and external stakeholders, informed by insights from advisory boards, publication reviews, and congress activities.

Additionally, this role will own the Scientific Platform & Lexicon for anzu-cel and key programs, and drive a scalable data dissemination engine (in partnership with internal teams and agencies) to ensure consistent output, strategic data cadence, and measurable scientific impact and share of voice.

FLSA Classification: Salary, Exempt Schedule: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Monday to Friday Reports to: Senior Director, Medical Communications Location: Fully Remote

Salary: $220,000 - $270,000

What You'll Do:

As a Director, Medical Communications, you will play a key role in supporting our Medical Affairs operations:

Publication Operations & Congress Execution

• Lead the Global Publication Planning Team cadence (agendas, decisions, timelines, action tracking) and execute the rolling 12–24 month publication plan.
• Drive end-to-end delivery of peer-reviewed and congress outputs (abstracts, manuscripts, posters, oral presentations), including author coordination and internal review cycles.
• Define and maintain a global congress and publication disclosure calendar (12–24 months) that integrates analysis readiness, internal governance milestones, and external submission deadlines.
• Own author/KOL strategy for priority publications (target journals/congress slots, authorship planning, competitive differentiation, and submission positioning)
• Lead congress strategy and readiness for priority meetings (e.g., ASCO/ESMO/SITC/SMR/SGO), including narrative strategy, data packages, internal review governance, and post-congress dissemination planning

Launch & Market Preparation Evidence Dissemination

• Execute high-priority anzu-cel market preparation tactics, including manuscripts and congress packages that support clinical practice adoption, competitive differentiation, and launch readiness
• Lead publication tactics involving complex analyses (secondary/tertiary/post hoc exploratory) and/or nontraditional datasets (e.g., compassionate use case studies, collaborative translational analyses with academia, and patient-authored manuscripts where appropriate)
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate evidence into medical education and scientific enablement needs (e.g., narrative modules, FAQs, scientific decks) that stand up to peer review and KOL scrutiny, maintain clear separation from promotional content, and adhere to compliance guardrails

Scientific Platform & Lexicon

• Develop, maintain, and operationalize the Scientific Platform & Lexicon for anzu-cel and priority programs (core scientific narrative, terminology standards, claims language, data interpretation guardrails, data tables, and approved phrasing)
• Ensure consistent scientific language and message discipline across publications, congress assets, advisory board materials, and insight outputs
• Establish a refresh cadence (e.g., quarterly or triggered by data events/DCOs) and ensure traceability to source data
• Drive platform adoption by ensuring it is embedded into publication briefs, congress plans, advisory board materials, medical training, and insight frameworks

Insight Generation & Scientific Exchange

• Operationalize an "insight engine" across advisory boards, publication data review meetings, and congress debriefs
• Design and implement standardized insight capture tools, taxonomy, and reporting cadence; deliver actionable insight readouts (themes/risks/opportunities)
• Capture, synthesize, and communicate insights (themes, risks, opportunities) back to Medical Affairs and cross-functional stakeholders to inform strategy and evidence planning

Vendor & Team Leadership

• Lead day-to-day Medical Communications vendor execution: scopes of work, resourcing plans, quality standards, timelines, and performance scorecards/quarterly business reviews
• Own agency governance, budget stewardship, and performance scorecards; drive continuous improvement in cycle time, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction
• Build scalable processes (templates, checklists, SOPs) that improve quality, compliance, and cycle time

Training & Development

• Lead scientific training content aligned to the anzu-cel Scientific Platform & Lexicon for Medical Affairs and cross-functional partners across key lifecycle milestones (pre-launch → launch → post-launch data evolution).
• Develop and deliver training for internal stakeholders (e.g., Medical Affairs, cross-functional partners) on:
• Publication planning processes and timelines,
• Authorship/ethics and compliant external disclosure,
• Congress execution playbooks and insight capture standards
• Coach internal contributors (as needed) on scientific narrative development, review best practices, and consistent message discipline across the evidence lifecycle

Compliance & Quality

• Ensure all scientific communications adhere to applicable publication ethics and company standards (e.g., ICMJE/GPP) including authorship, COI, transparency (data-sharing, traceable review history), and appropriate documentation.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation for key deliverables and vendor processes.

Required Experience and Education:

• Advanced scientific/medical degree required (MD, PharmD, PhD, or APN)
• 10 years of experience in Medical Communications/Publications within biotech/pharma and/or agency environments, including demonstrated leadership of global publication plans and major congress execution
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional scientific narrative development and operating in a fast-paced, milestone-driven environment (e.g., launch readiness, major data disclosures)
• Demonstrated ability to build and govern a Scientific Platform/Lexicon that drives consistent global dissemination across publications, congresses, and scientific exchange
• Experience supporting Medical Affairs and Commercial teams from pre-launch through launch, with demonstrated ability to adapt content needs across product lifecycle stages
• Strong expertise in publication operations, scientific writing, data interpretation, and compliant review processes
• Demonstrated prior experience with insight generation, including design and execution support for advisory boards, KOL engagement activities, publication/data review meetings, congress debriefs, and synthesis of insights into actionable recommendations
• Demonstrated prior training experience, including developing and delivering scientific training content for Medical Affairs and/or cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., launch readiness, Scientific Platform/Lexicon training, publication processes, congress readiness)
• Vendor management experience (scope, quality, timelines, budget, performance)

Preferred Experience and Education:

• Background with TCR T-cell therapies, CAR T-cell therapies, or other adoptive cell therapies, including experience in developing scientific communication strategy and tactics such as peer-reviewed publications
• Experience executing or supporting insight generation (advisory boards, KOL engagement support, congress debrief engines)
• Experience working with complex analyses and/or nontraditional datasets (e.g., compassionate use, external collaborations, translational packages)
• Demonstrated prior experience supporting launch and market access evidence needs, including prior success with one or more of the following: submissions to NCCN, CMS NTAP, and/or ICER; development of AMCP and/or Global Value Dossier (GVD).

Competencies:

• Launch experience
• Initiative
• Problem Solving
• Critical Thinking
• Interpersonal Communication
• Customer Service
• Attention to Detail
• Negotiation

Work Environment:

This position is remote and should be performed in an office setting that simulates the work office environment. This office must be set up in a way that allows for privacy and