Senior Medical Writer (Med Affairs)

Working at Real Chemistry and in the healthcare industry isn’t just a job for us. We got into this field for different reasons, but we all stay for the same reason – to uncover insights, make meaningful connections, infuse creativity, and improve the patient experience by transforming healthcare through AI and ideas.

Real Chemistry creates the world around modern therapies with over 2,000 talented professionals, and for the last 20+ years has, carved out its space at the intersection between healthcare, marketing and communications, data & AI, and the people at the heart of it all. We work with the top 30 pharma and biotech companies and are built for uncommon collaboration—we believe we are best together, bring together experts from a wide range of disciplines collaborate without barriers under a single, unified mission: to transform what healthcare is to what it should be. This one-of-a-kind model allows us to work in a way that better reflects how people experience healthcare—all with the intent to transform healthcare from what it is to what it should be. But we can’t do it alone – you in?

Real Chemistry is looking for a Senior Medical Writer (Med Affairs) to join our growing team!  

As a Senior Medical Writer at Real Chemistry, you will be working across several therapy areas to create a range of material, ensuring the language and content is appropriate for the target audience. Naturally your work will be of the highest quality, scientifically accurate and aligned to the relevant brand.

This is a hybrid role, based in any of our US offices—including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Carmel, or San Francisco—or remotely within the US, depending on team and business needs.

What you’ll do: 

• Able to step confidently into therapeutic areas outside those already assigned

• Confident in leading discussions on therapy area, drivers influencing treatment decision-making and patient pathways with clients and external experts

• Undertakes content delivery for more complex projects with minimal supervision from senior team and delegating to AMW/MWs as needed to ensure timely execution to a high standard

• Clear, persuasive writing style, able to develop a compelling narrative from complex information. Able to:

• Structure and write novel projects that may not have been executed previously

• Take responsibility for overall quality of deliverables with minimal oversight

• Apply critical thinking skills towards applying a project brief to achieve deliverables in a timely and efficient manner, challenging and evolving client briefs as appropriate to ensure a high-quality result aligned with a client’s goals

• Understands how to balance telling a coherent and compelling story within the regulatory framework

• Able to review junior writers’ work for adherence to brief, client objectives and quality of writing, providing constructive feedback to support professional development

• Able to challenge client / account teams on the most effective approach in addressing client / brand needs

• Has a point of view on client strategy and ensures messaging is meeting the strategic intent

• Leads scientific discussion with clients and external experts as appropriate to capture briefs, resolve queries, and progress scientific content development in timely and efficient manner

• Can ‘sell’ (i.e., present) work to clients and has the ability to articulate the story

• Provides input and recommendations to enhance service offering and support organic growth of designated accounts

• Can articulate the scientific story to non-scientific colleagues in a clear and concise manner

• Able to flex to changing pressures from client timelines and needs while protecting QC steps to maintain output even if this means ‘pushing back’

• Proactively identifies new business opportunities with new and existing clients

• Supports the development of scientific strategy for other therapeutic areas for new business and can present this as part of a pitch presentation

• Trains/mentors and manages junior writers on writing and company processes

• Provides scientific and editorial feedback regarding material development to peers in support of client goals

• Drives pr