Senior Medical Writer I

Responsibilities

• Support innovative and creative scientific narrative development for client medical communication needs, including slides, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, or other digital and print content forms
• Interpret complex scientific and medical data for different audiences, including trial protocols, data presentations, regulatory documentation, and statistical analysis methods
• Synthesize, prioritize, and visualize data effectively when developing medical communication assets
• Utilize critical analysis with strong attention to detail
• Work with external clients, other team members, and stakeholders to develop communication points
• Collaborate with creative studio, production, editorial, and account management internal teams for project delivery
• Audit and incorporate all author and stakeholder feedback accurately and appropriately
• Ensure accuracy and rigor, including provision of a full reference pack and annotations
• Prepare materials for legal and regulatory review as necessary
• Perform fact check quality control processes, including editing and adding of annotations when needed
• Understand and champion scientific and communication strategies for 1 or more clients
• Serve as subject matter expert in 1 to 2 disease states
• Extract data in support of projects where needed, including landscape analysis, key opinion leader mapping, gap analysis, and literature reviews
• Actively participate in internal and external meetings representing our work to clients, authors, and other external stakeholders
• Proactively manage timelines to ensure on-time project completion
• Raise issues appropriately and propose solutions
• Deliver the high-volume and fast turn-around projects like KOL bios/KOL ID projects

Qualifications

• PhD, MD, PharmD, M. Pharm, MBBS, M. Science or other advanced professional degree in the health sciences
• 2 to 3 years of professional medical communications experience
• Knowledge of good publication practice guidelines; ISMPP CMPP certification a plus but not required
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Software (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), medical literature databases (PubMed and/or EMBASE), referencing and scientific visualization software
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with account teams, other writers, editors, physicians, and clients
• Efficiently prioritize multiple tasks and provide effective direction to others; quickly evaluate the resources necessary to accomplish a goal and put those into action
• Strong written and verbal fluency in English