Senior Medical Writer, Strategic Publication Planning

Senior Medical Writer - Publications

Remote work allowed

OPEN Health brings together deep scientific knowledge, global understanding, and broad specialist expertise to support our clients in improving health outcomes and patient wellbeing.

We are united as one flexible organization, harnessing the power of the collective to solve complex challenges. Being built from cohesive partnerships across a range of specialist sectors gives us the ability to approach opportunities from fresh perspectives, creating solutions and innovations for market access and medical communications that are informed by the experience and knowledge of the many.

Our global team of experts — many with PhD and PharmD degrees — work strategically alongside our client partners in Medical Affairs, Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Market Access, and Commercial teams across a wide range of therapy areas.

You will love this role if you:

• Have a strong scientific background and enjoy communicating complex scientific ideas in a clear, accurate, and innovative way
• Take pride in producing high-quality medical publications with support from a strong team
• Are seeking a dynamic role involving mentally stimulating assignments and direct interaction with clients and scientific experts
• Want to share your expertise and help develop the skills of new writers
• Are looking for a company that supports your ongoing growth and development and that offers opportunities for continued training and advancement as either a writer or medical director

You will be a success if you:

• Have prior experience preparing scientific research for presentation at medical congresses and for publication in peer-reviewed journals
• Have strong basic writing skills
• Can communicate complex scientific ideas and statistical analyses in a simple, concise, and accurate manner
• Work well independently and as part of a team
• Can deliver high-quality work while adhering to a deadline
• Demonstrate the ability to interact professionally with key experts and clients
• Can accept constructive feedback from the medical director, authors, and clients and implement it across your projects

As part of the writing team, you’ll be responsible for the following activities:

Our Senior Medical Writers work as part of a multidisciplinary team (including medical director, editor, graphic designers, and account personnel) to produce abstracts, posters, outlines, primary and review articles, monographs, slide presentations, meeting summaries, and other materials. Level of experience and ability to effectively partner with medical directors to create efficiencies justifies the senior role.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing high-quality written materials that are scientifically accurate, fully referenced, appropriate to the target audience, and that meet the authors’ communication objectives and client specifications
• Interacting with key experts to solicit their input, facilitate alignment, resolve queries, and make constructive suggestions about content
• Researching medical and scientific topics using relevant information sources; annotating those sources while writing
• Developing and maintaining in-depth knowledge in relevant therapy areas including disease state, treatment guidelines, drug mechanisms of action, product efficacy and safety profile, and competitive landscape
• Working independently to incorporate necessary rounds of revisions and address reviewer questions/comments
• Working closely with medical, editorial, and account management personnel in coordinating work to accomplish project goals
• Participating as an active team member in providing strategic recommendations and contributing to continuous quality improvement
• Attending meetings as required, including internal kick-off meetings, status meetings, and client/author calls
• Providing mentoring/training to more junior-level writers
• Representing the company at selected congresses and society and client meetings as needed
• Assisting in the development of project proposals and other new business development initiatives as needed (eg, background, lit searches, faculty recommendations, biography updates, etc.)
• Being cognizant of team/company expectations in terms of budgeted hours, deadlines, and other goals and communicating with team regarding these as needed
• Following standard operating procedures (SOPs), including updating of project files, following sign-off procedures, and version-control conventions

What you’ll bring:

• MD, PharmD, or PhD strongly preferred
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