Scientific Document Associate

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has a unique and exciting opportunity for a Scientific Document Associate to lead and coordinate the development of ACC's new Scientific Statements. Serving as clinical policy, these documents address emerging gaps in cardiovascular knowledge and provide evidence-based consensus recommendations that guide cardiovascular care. The ideal candidate will possess strong clinical acumen, excellent organizational, project management, and communication skills, experience with medical copy editing, and an ability to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, ensuring the rapid production and dissemination of impactful ACC policy statements.

This position is based in Washington, DC where we have a hybrid work environment (two days per week in the office).

Major Duties & Responsibilities:
Scientific Statement Development

• Coordinate the creation, review, and publication of ACC Scientific Statements in alignment with the organization's clinical policy objectives.
• Collaborate with cardiovascular experts, researchers, and ACC leadership to identify gaps in clinical knowledge and prioritize statement topics.
• Develop and maintain an agile framework for drafting, reviewing, and approving scientific statements to ensure timely response to evolving clinical needs.

Content Oversight and Quality Assurance

• Ensure statements adhere to ACC standards for scientific rigor, evidence-based methodology, and clinical relevance.
• Guide multidisciplinary writing committees, ensuring consistent structure, tone, and clarity across documents.
• Regularly review and update existing policy statements to reflect advancements in cardiology practice and research.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as the primary liaison between internal teams, writing committees, and external stakeholders involved in the development process.
• Work alongside each statements' chair to lead the group through the development to publication.
• Build relationships with subject matter experts, facilitating their participation in the development and review of statements.
• Represent ACC Scientific Statements at professional meetings, conferences, and other relevant venues.

Agile Process Management

• Create and maintain statement development timeline for each document and ensure writing committee members understand and adhere to the timeline.
• Develop and implement streamlined processes for statement production, reducing time to publication while maintaining quality and accuracy.
• Manage the process to identify writing committee nominees, balancing expertise, workforce diversity, and relationships with industry.
• Lead production pf the statements, working with the publisher and the authors to review typeset proofs.
• Foster innovation in document delivery, such as interactive digital formats or modular statements tailored to diverse healthcare audiences.
• Track and assess the impact of scientific statements to inform future improvements.
  

Education and Dissemination

• Collaborate with ACC's dissemination and communication teams to ensure wide dissemination of scientific statements to the cardiology community.
• Support the development of supplemental educational materials (e.g., webinars, infographics, clinical tools) to enhance utilization of scientific statements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years of experience in clinical cardiology, health research, or other healthcare-related project work
• Experience developing or managing clinical guidelines, scientific statements, or similar medical document development.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and organizational skills, with experience producing complex documents for diverse audiences.
• Strong leadership and project management abilities, with a proven ability to meet tight deadlines in a collaborative environment.
• Familiarity with evidence-based medicine and guidance document frameworks.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage and motivate stakeholders effectively.
• Proficiency with collaboration platforms (e. g. Sharepoint).
• Familiarity with literature databases (e.g., PubMed) and reference management software (e.g. EndNote).
  

Desired Qualifications:

• Previous work with professional health associations
• Prior experience with scientific publications or medical journals
• Understanding of cardiology clinical practice
• Experience with project management tools (e. g. Monday.com)
  

About Us:
At the American College of Cardiology, we bring our hearts to work.
We are a 500-person organization dedicated and committed to our mission to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health for all for more than 75 years. When you join our team, you become part of a culture that envisions a world where science, innovation and knowledge optimize cardiovascular care and outcomes.
Every day, we are committed to supporting our more than 56,000 members and their patients around the globe and in doing so, ensure our staff have a positive environment of teamwork, collaboration, professionalism and excellence. To learn more about why ACC has been recognized as a great place to work, please visit our site at:www.acc.org/jobs.

What We Offer:
ACC values all members of our College family, including ACC staff. As the foundation of the organization, ACC staff enjoy world-class benefits and a culture of work-life balance. Our benefit offerings include insurance (medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability, and supplemental options), generous paid time off (pre-loaded vacation and sick, 12 holidays and an organizational shut-down during the last week of the year, parental leave, 2 community service days, and half-day summer Fridays), tuition assistance and a very competitive 10% retirement contribution after a year of service, and much more! You can visit our careers site for an overview of our full offerings: https://www.acc.org/about-acc/jobs-at-the-acc. Please note that these offerings may change at any time.

ACC believes in fair and equitable pay. Multiple factors are taken into consideration when we determine what salary to offer a selected candidate. These factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate's work experience, education and training, as well as internal equity, market, and business considerations. Our salary ranges differ based on the cost of labor in the local market where the job will be performed. For this role in Washington, DC (and other high-cost of labor markets if applicable, including California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Washington) the target base salary range is: $70,000 - 80,000. The salary ranges for other locations in the US will vary based on the local labor market; ACC's Recruitment Team will be able to provide more information to candidates during initial discussions.

COVID Considerations:
As an employer in the public health space, and an organization that serves members who are essential medical personnel, ACC requires all staff, temporary employees, and contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before working onsite at ACC or attending ACC events. Proof of vaccination will be required. Individuals can request an exemption from this requirement due to a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief, and those requests for reasonable accommodations will be evaluated individually.

ACC is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all candidates and employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. Equal Opportunity Employer, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.
ACC is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact Crystal Nott, Sr. Director, People Resources & Engagement at cnott@acc.org or (202)375-6423.