Senior Medical Writer, Scientific Communications

Senior Medical Writer, Scientific Communications

What You’ll Do

The Senior Medical Writer, Scientific Communications is responsible for developing high-quality content for an array of projects, including abstracts, presentations, manuscripts, advisory boards, scientific platforms, gap analyses, literature summaries, slide sets, and training materials. You will play a role in managing client satisfaction and relationships. In addition, you are responsible for supporting business improvement by meeting personal and departmental goals and objectives effectively and on time.

A Day in the Life

Deliverables

• Develop high-quality content for an array of projects, including publications
  (eg, abstracts, presentations, and manuscripts), advisory boards, scientific platforms, gap analyses, literature summaries, slide sets, and training materials
• Develop materials that are grammatically accurate and audience appropriate

Client Responsibility

• Identify challenges and implement solutions to meet productivity, quality, and client goals while maintaining compliance standards
• Assess project needs and challenges and identify and implement solutions to meet productivity, quality, and client goals while maintaining compliance standards

Internal Responsibility

• Lead projects through all stages of planning and development
• Demonstrate an understanding of the treatment landscape and strategic positioning of client products to produce strategically aligned materials
• Work with client services teams to plan, prioritize, and manage timelines
• Work with internal team to identify opportunities for organic growth and/or new business

Business Development

• Assist with development of project strategy with internal team and client team
• Build strong partnerships with internal and client teams

Other duties may be assigned to help drive deliverables within this role.

What You Must Have

Education and Experience

• PhD in life sciences, MD, or PharmD
• More that 2 years of experience in a medical writing role in a medical communications or medical marketing agency or a related communications role in the pharmaceutical industry
• Proficient in PubMed or other scientific/medical search websites
• Working knowledge of digital marketing

Skills and Competencies

• Commitment to ethical and transparent data dissemination standards
• Highly proficient with the following: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Adobe, Google or similar calendar system, familiarity with EndNote, and Zoom (or other similar systems) preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic team environment
• Excellent interpersonal, organization, verbal, and written communication skills

• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills and ability to synthesize complex or diverse information
• Excellent problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze information skillfully, develop alternative solutions, and work well in group problem-solving solutions

• Strong attention to detail and listening skills

• Ability to meet tight deadlines and have excellent time management skills

What You Might Have, but Isn’t Required

• At least 1 year of experience as an oncology (solid tumors and/or hematologic malignancies) medical writer
• Familiarity with other reference management software and publication databases (ie, DataVision)

Travel Requirements

• Travel within the US and internationally as necessary, based on project, sponsor, and organizational