Ruth Vila Pont
Barcelona,B
Summary
Adept at deconstructing and planning stories in order to promote improvements to product design and implementation. Excellent relationship-building, organizational and project management skills with a focus on overcoming technical challenges and implementing successful resolutions. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Scientist and information professional. Passionate of scientific content curation, with attention to details and high-quality standards. Customer delight oriented. Close collaboration with international teams (India, U.K. and USA). Strong leadership and communication skills. Expertise in content operations, Six Sigma process improvements, data management, and life sciences.
Specialties: team management, principal content specialist, pharmacology, mechanism of action of therapeutic drugs, SixSigma, databases, synergies, information retrieval, content operations, data management.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Manager, Preclinical-Content Editing
Clarivate
01.2023 - Current
- Led employee relations through effective communication, coaching, training, and development.
- Cultivated positive, productive team environments, resolving conflicts quickly.
- Delivered regular team meetings for aligned work towards common goals.
- Coordinated team collaboration to share ideas and build best practices.
- Facilitated meetings to communicate team performance goals and results.
- Collaborated with cross-functional departments to drive cohesive efforts towards common goals and objectives.
- Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained team members, increasing quality of work and employee motivation.
- Administered monthly and annual reviews to direct reports and set clear and measurable goals, action plans, and follow-up procedures.
- Recruited and trained high-performing team members, maintaining optimized customer service.
- Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
Product Owner
Clarivate
02.2023 - Current
- Managed backlog prioritization, ensuring alignment with business goals and stakeholder expectations.
- Collaborated with engineering teams on technical feasibility assessments, resulting in realistic scope definition for projects.
- Developed comprehensive roadmaps outlining the product vision, goals, and milestones for successful execution.
- Proactively identified risks associated with project timelines or deliverables, implementing mitigation strategies when necessary.
Content Specialist, Experimental Pharmacology
Clarivate
05.2013 - 11.2022
- Edited and proofread materials to maintain high standards of accuracy, clarity, and readability.
- Developed strong relationships with subject matter experts to enhance the credibility of published materials.
- Streamlined content workflow by implementing efficient project management tools and strategies.
- Managed competing deadlines with efficiency.
- Worked with Integrity/Cortellis Development team’s software engineers to improve the databases contents and services;
- Wrote specifications and provide support for IT-team
- Curated, QC and QA of bio-medical information for the Integrity/CDDI database from the available sources
- QC/QA of the annotated information from internal & contract annotators located abroad
- Proficient use of scientific databases such as NCBI, MeSH, Uniprot, IUPHAR, KEGG;
- Provided help, support and trainings to other annotators, organizing webinars and seminars
- Curated Mechanisms of action of the therapeutic drugs related to CDDI
Content Specialist, Experimental Models
Clarivate
07.2012 - 05.2013
- Edited and proofread materials to maintain high standards of accuracy, clarity, and readability.
- Developed strong relationships with subject matter experts to enhance the credibility of published materials.
- Provided scientific assistance in the development of the new editorial area working closely with IT team, designers, business analyst and editorial director
- Trained new analysts team in India.
- Annotated initial content before module launch to customers
- Responsible for Quality Control/Quality assessment of the scientific content annotated, assuring timeliness, completeness and content comprehensiveness
Content Analyst
Clarivate
11.2009 - 06.2012
- Content analyst for Experimental Pharmacology data in the editorial department (Integrity).
- Assistance to the content manager to QC/QA the editorial content of experimental pharmacology maintaining the highest quality standards, timeliness and completeness.
- Established strong relationships with subject matter experts to ensure accurate representation of technical concepts within written materials.
Postdoctoral Researcher
CIBER OBN
11.2003 - 11.2009
- Mentored junior researchers, enhancing their skills and supporting their career development.
- Overcame technical challenges by troubleshooting equipment issues or refining experimental procedures as necessary.
- Conducted thorough literature reviews to inform experimental design and maintain awareness of current trends in the field.
- Contributed to high-impact publications by collaborating with fellow researchers and providing critical input.
- Maintained accurate records of research findings and provided statistical analysis of data results.
- Leveraged interpersonal and communication skills to mentor PhD, graduate and undergraduate students.
- Collaborated and drafted 24 manuscripts (6 as first author) and presented findings at 13 international conferences and 9 at national conferences.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Istituto Mario Negri
11.2000 - 11.2003
- Overcame technical challenges by troubleshooting equipment issues or refining experimental procedures as necessary.
- Conducted thorough literature reviews to inform experimental design and maintain awareness of current trends in the field.
- Contributed to high-impact publications by collaborating with fellow researchers and providing critical input.
- Collaborated to draft one manuscript (JBC, 2004, 279(10):8668-83.
PhD Graduate Assistant
University Of Barcelona
07.1995 - 11.2000
Education
Ph.D. - Biochemistry
University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain11.2000
Skills
- Release planning
- Business Analysis
- Product Backlog Management
- Roadmap development
- User Acceptance Testing
- Technical expertise
- Story planning
- Training and Onboarding
- Staff Management
- Microsoft Office
- Product Development
- Content Curation
- Content Development
Languages
Catalan
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Italian
Advanced (C1)
French
Beginner (A1)
German
Advanced (C1)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Product Owner
Clarivate
02.2023 - Current
Team Manager, Preclinical-Content Editing
Clarivate
01.2023 - Current
Content Specialist, Experimental Pharmacology
Clarivate
05.2013 - 11.2022
Content Specialist, Experimental Models
Clarivate
07.2012 - 05.2013
Content Analyst
Clarivate
11.2009 - 06.2012
Postdoctoral Researcher
CIBER OBN
11.2003 - 11.2009
Postdoctoral Researcher
Istituto Mario Negri
11.2000 - 11.2003
PhD Graduate Assistant
University Of Barcelona
07.1995 - 11.2000
Ph.D. - Biochemistry
University of Barcelona
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