Commercial Publications Medical Writer

*Part time hours*

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides medical writing, editorial and peer-review support for publications, abstracts, posters, white papers and other promotional material.

• Responsible for ensuring that assigned documents undergo a quality check before approval, and that documents are routed correctly in the document QC process.

• Attends meetings about document(s) in development and provides management, team and reviewers with document status reports as needed.

• Supports communication strategy development.

• Collaborates with other writers to ensure continuous improvements in writing style, harmonization of terminology, and team initiatives.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in life sciences or related field, with 10+ years medical writing experience in the pharmaceutical industry

• PREFERRED - Masters or Doctorate (PhD) in a life sciences related field and 6+ years of medical writing experience in the pharmaceutical (drug) industry

• Project management experience.

• Fluency in English and local language, if different, required.

• Strong computer skills, project management skills, problem solving skills and a high attention to detail.

• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.

• Comfortable working in a regulated industry that demands tracking changes to regulatory requirements.

• Exceptional organizational skills.

Technical Competencies

• Knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Word, Excel and other medical writing tools.

• Expertise in conducting focused literature searches on PubMed, MedLine or other similar medical literature databases.