About the job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Join our global Scientific Writing team as a Senior Scientific Writer and you’ll create complex and specialized content; manage end-to-end publication/medical education content development process including documentation and approvals; develop and maintain therapeutic area expertise; coach and review content created by junior scientific writers; work in close collaboration with peers to develop best practices; and collaborate effectively with stakeholders. 

Main responsibilities:

People:
Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) within the allocated Global Business Unit and product – with an end objective to develop education and communication content as per requirement.
Interact effectively with health care professionals on publication content.
Constantly assist junior writers in developing knowledge and sharing expertise. 

Performance:
Provide publication/medical education material (slide deck, abstract, poster, manuscript etc.) as per agreed timelines and quality.
Provide strategic support with individuals and institutions, which may serve as resources for publications purpose.

Process:
Develop complex publication/medical education material.
Support medical communication and develop subject matter expertise for the assigned therapeutic area(s).
Assist the assigned scientific communication team in conducting comprehensive publication-need analysis.
Implement the publication plan and associated activities for the year identified for the region.
Work with selected vendors within the region to deliver the required deliverables as per defined process.
Leverage advanced training delivery tools and techniques thereby enhancing the effectiveness of training delivery.
Design an overall plan of action based on end-user feedback and improve course content and delivery 

Stakeholder:
Work closely with scientific communication teams in regions/areas to identify publication need and assist in developing assigned deliverables.
Liaise with medical department to prepare relevant and customized deliverables.

About you

Experience:
Experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, or academia.

Soft Skills:
Stakeholder management.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to work independently and within a team environment.

Technical skills: 
As applicable (including but not limited to therapeutic area/domain knowledge exposure; knowledge of Good Publication Practices; publication submission; and/or project management)

Education: 
Advanced degree in life sciences/pharmacy/similar discipline or medical degree 

Language(s):
Strong English skills (verbal and written), ability to exchange fluently in a global environment