Senior Medical Writer – Medical Information Writing

Syneos Health

Senior Medical Writer leading medical information writing projects for Syneos Health. Mentoring less experienced writers and managing medical information activities across departments.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Mentors and leads less experienced medical writers on complex projects, as necessary.
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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Mentors and leads less experienced medical writers on complex projects, as necessary.
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

Comp & perks

We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression;
supportive and engaged line management;
technical and therapeutic area training;
peer recognition and total rewards program.
We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself.

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Hard Skills & Tools

medical writingliterature searchclinical journal manuscriptsclinical journal abstractsdata visualizationfigure creationscientific response communicationspeer reviewregulatory standards adherenceproblem-solving

Soft Skills

mentoringleadershipcoordinationcommunicationinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillsattention to detailtime managementcollaborationadaptability