Medical Writer

OverviewMedical Writer - Senior Scientific Communications Specialist (French).
The Senior Scientific Communications Specialist is a professional with scientific, clinical, and therapeutic area expertise, responsible for oversight of staff and client services.
The position provides scientifically accurate and balanced information to internal stakeholders, external healthcare professionals, and consumers in a way that supports business needs; is aligned with regulatory and compliance practices; and is consistent with Medical Affairs and brand team objectives.ResponsibilitiesDevelop and review content for scientific documents including standard and custom responses, slide decks, dossiers, manuscripts, slide decks, and other deliverables requested by the client.Demonstrate ongoing scientific expertise relevant to therapeutic areas, including products, disease state management, and emerging therapies.Integrate scientific expertise with knowledge of regulatory and compliance guidelines to ensure comprehensive review of materials submitted into approval process.Create and/or review medical affairs materials and promotional materials.Apply approved standards of style to created and maintained materials.Demonstrate proficiency in the use of content management systems as applicable.Update Standard Response format and content for integration into a global content management system.Respond to Medical Information Requests (via calls/web/emails/letters) and conduct appropriate scientific information exchanges with the requestors.Participate in scientific training as appropriate to support assigned brands.Comply with all guidelines, policies, legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements.Meet or exceed service levels and targets for internal and external customers.Participate in training & mentoring of new hires or staff changing support areas.Additional ResponsibilitiesServe as a team lead for 1 or more Clients, therapeutic areas, workstreams, or brands.Coordinate with Client to schedule meetings and training sessions, and ensure that all team members meet all training requirements.Manage and distribute overall workload for a brand or therapeutic area.Coordinate, lead, and participate in workstreams, special projects, pilots, or other activities requested by the client.Serve as key contact for communications between the Client and Med Communications team.Maintain active role in Quality Assurance processes, including monitoring of performance indicators.Provide medical information support via multiple venues including virtual presentations and medical meeting booth coverage.QualificationsAbove average attention to detail, teamwork and initiative.Ability to interact with other departments within the company and be proficient in written and verbal communication.Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word, and quickly able to learn new software.Demonstrated proficiency in drug information communication and management.Ability to apply regulatory and compliance guidelines to content development.Skills and AbilitiesEducation: Advanced degree in pharmacy (PharmD preferred), advanced health care degree, or relevant, equivalent clinical experience.Languages: English and French - C1 or C2, Fluent or Professional LevelExperience: Two to four years of related experience in scientific content creation within the pharmaceutical industry, medical education, and/or academia.
Demonstrated expertise in drug information communication and management preferred.
Drug Information or Clinical Residency preferred.Computer Skills: Proficiency with Embase, Ovid, and content management systems preferred.Other Requirements: Preference for pharmaceutical industry writing experience including understanding of FDA, legal, regulatory and compliance requirements related to medical affairs.Work EnvironmentRemote - Med Communications International Lisbon, PortugalEqual OpportunityWe are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status.
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