Senior Medical Writer - Promotional Medical Writing

Overview

Senior Medical Writer responsible for developing and writing content for assigned pharmaceutical and life sciences accounts, working with internal teams to ensure client vision is achieved and content is accurate. Develops value proposition slide decks, advisory boards, and internal training resources.

What you'll do

• Serve as content point person on assigned accounts
• Under limited supervision, develop high quality, medically accurate content in print or digital format for a wide range of medical communication resources
• Deliver requested projects per established timelines
• Conduct literature reviews and develop annotations to support promotional claims in a variety of promotional medical education and marketing resources
• Ensure professional, proactive, and collaborative communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure a constant high quality of work in line with science, good publication practice, and company rules and policies
• Work closely with account teams to refine content in keeping with strategic imperatives
• Communicate medical content with internal team and pharmaceutical clients, as necessary
• Attend medical, legal, regulatory review meetings and participate, as necessary
• Participate in all internal team meetings, including project kick-off meetings, weekly status meetings, client meetings, and internal brainstorm/review meetings
• Contribute ideas for new business proposals and tactical planning within assigned accounts
• Mentor junior level staff

What you'll need

• BA/BS in life sciences, or BA/BS in English combined with experience in a pharmaceutical agency, medical communications company or healthcare advertising
• Minimum 3 years of experience in the medical communication, pharmaceutical and/or healthcare industry
• Command of American Medical Association (AMA) style
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat
• Familiarity with scientific search engines including PubMed and Google Scholar
• Strong written and verbal communication
• High analytical ability
• Ability to prioritize deadline-sensitive projects and juggle competing client priorities
• Team- and detail-oriented

Nice to have

• Expertise in gathering, evaluating, and summarizing healthcare business and scientific literature and insights data for a variety of managed care audiences
• Working knowledge of managed markets, healthcare, and the healthcare delivery system; health reform legislation; and/or managed care experience (HMO, MCO, PBM, etc.)
• Ability to develop engaging promotional content

Details

• Remote, United States
• Occasional travel for client meetings
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without employer sponsorship