Senior Medical Writer, Medical Information Writing
Syneos Health
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Gurugram • India
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Job Level
About the role
- Mentor and lead less experienced medical writers
- Manage and coordinate medical information activities across departments
- Respond to escalated queries from internal and external teams
- Create or update scientific response documents based on provided templates
- Conduct literature searches and validate relevant inclusions
- Develop various documents such as clinical journal manuscripts and abstracts
- Identify solutions to writing process issues
- Interact with various department staff to produce deliverables
- Serve as a peer reviewer on internal review teams
- Adhere to regulatory standards and procedures
Requirements
- Mentors and leads less experienced medical writers on complex projects
- Acts as lead for assigned med info writing projects
- Manages and coordinates medical information activities within and across departments with minimal supervision
- Responds to escalated queries from client internal and external teams (HCPs, patients, caregivers)
- Create or update an existent global standard scientific response communications (gSSRCs)/FAQs/global response documents/global guidance documents/local response documents based on client provided template or as per style guide
- Conducts literature search on PubMed, and/or other client-subscribed databases; and validate relevant inclusions
- Experience in developing or supporting a variety of documents that include, but not limited to: Clinical journal manuscripts, clinical journal abstracts, posters, and oral presentations
- Identifies and proposes solutions to resolve issues and questions arising during the writing process, including resolution or escalation as appropriate
- Interacts with department head and staff members in data management, biostatistics, regulatory affairs, and medical affairs as necessary to produce writing deliverables
- Serves as peer reviewer on internal review team providing review comments on draft and final documents
- Adheres to established regulatory standards, including but not limited to Journal/congress specific guidelines, as well as Company Standard Operating Procedures, client standards, and Company and/or client approved templates when completing medical writing projects, on-time and on-budget
- Familiarity with figure-creation and data visualization software, including tools such as GraphPad Prism and Adobe Illustrator, for developing high-quality scientific figures and graphics
- Familiarity with publication planning software e.g. Datavision and PubConnect (VeevaVault Promomats)
- Reviews deliverables for scientific accuracy, data and referencing quality, appropriate style, and correct branding of scientific/medical assets
- Maintains familiarity with current industry practices and regulatory requirements and guidelines that affect medical writing
- Maintains awareness of budget specifications for assigned projects, working within the budgeted hours and communicating changes to medical writing leadership
- Completes required administrated tasks within the specified timeframes
- Performs other work-related duties as assigned
Benefits
- Career development and progression
- Supportive and engaged line management
- Technical and therapeutic area training
- Peer recognition and total rewards program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
medical writingscientific response documentsliterature searchclinical journal manuscriptsclinical journal abstractsdata visualizationfigure creationpeer reviewregulatory standardsbudget management
Soft Skills
mentoringleadershipcoordinationproblem-solvingcommunicationinterpersonal skillsattention to detailtime managementcollaborationadaptability