•Written communication skills: Able to oversee accuracy and quality of scientific information intended for a variety of audiences; constantly adapts to changes in client strategic direction and regulations and requirements
•Attention to detail: Manages the production of accurate work, even when under pressure; verifies accuracy of information before using it or passing it on to others
•Priority setting: Able to efficiently prioritize multiple tasks and provide effective direction to the medical writing and copywriting/editorial teams; can quickly evaluate the resources necessary to accomplish a goal and put those resources into action
•Organizational skills: Extremely organized and efficient; can respond to rapidly shifting priorities and maintain accuracy across multiple tasks
•Management skills: Able to manage internal and external medical writers, copywriters, and editors, providing clear direction and expectations; demonstrated competency in managing people, in particular medical writers and copywriting/editorial staff. Able to train staff and develop publications planning and writing expertise within the team
•Presentation skills: Able to present to diverse audiences (e.g., marketing and medical personnel, internal and external clients); demonstrated competency on new business pitches and ability to assist with development and review of RFPs/proposals for new business opportunities
•Excellent interpersonal skills: Ability to interact with account and creative teams, medical writers, copywriters, editors, key opinion leaders, and outside vendors
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Contributes to data interpretation, scientific platform development and communications planning across brands
• Manages scientific advisors, medical writers, freelancers, and editors as necessary
• Provides medical services and writing/editing oversight to appropriate company's accounts and projects and is able to manage and provide guidance to these resources
• Manages medical/scientific personnel to ensure that the scientific information that is provided to internal account/creative teams, as well as to external clients, is strategically sound and editorially accurate and of the highest quality
• Develops strategic and editorially sound content as appropriate or necessary including slide sets, primary/secondary manuscripts, promotional medical education materials and other content pieces for allocated accounts and as necessary
• Travels to scientific meetings to gather data for planned or potential publications
• Oversees editorial accuracy for all healthcare-related communication vehicles
• Works within a team environment to develop strategic insight into the medical content for new business opportunities and product launches
• Working with account teams, collaborates with healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders, key investigators, clients, and other marketing/agency professionals to establish a strategic association between scientific content and the appropriate positioning/marketing of a brand or service
• Works closely with and supports the publications group from a scientific/editorial viewpoint
•MD, PhD, PharmD or equivalent.
•Proven experience in pharmaceutical medical writing, including primary manuscript writing, copywriting, editing, and publication planning, preferably on the medical communications or commercialization side
•Experience of providing editorial expertise across a broad range of medical education projects and therapeutic categories
•Ability to communicate medical/technical information to a wide variety of audiences
•Proven medical writing and/or editorial experience
•Reference Manager , reference database experience preferred
•Ability to work within a fast-paced, deadline-driven, team-oriented environment
