Medical Writer - Scientific Communications Specialist

Med Communications International; Paris; À distance; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A global healthcare communications agency is seeking a Medical Writer / Senior Scientific Communications Specialist. This remote role is for candidates with an advanced degree in pharmacy and 2-4 years of experience in scientific content creation within the pharmaceutical industry. Ideal applicants will be fluent in English and French, demonstrating strong communication and teamwork skills. Responsibilities include developing scientific documents, responding to inquiries, and managing client communications.

Prestations

Health insurance

Remote work flexibility

Qualifications

• Two to four years of related experience in scientific content creation.
• Fluent in English and French at C1 or C2 level.
• Pharmaceutical industry writing experience preferred.

Responsabilités

• Develop and review content for scientific documents.
• Respond to Medical Information Requests.
• Coordinate with clients to schedule meetings and training sessions.

Connaissances

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Initiative

Written and verbal communication

Time Management

Formation

Advanced degree in pharmacy (PharmD preferred)

Outils

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Embase

Ovid

Description du poste

JOB DESCRIPTION

Medical Writer / Senior Scientific Communications Specialist

Essentials

Degree: Advanced degree in pharmacy (PharmD preferred), advanced health care degree, or relevant, equivalent clinical experience.

Experience: Two to four years of related experience in scientific content creation within the pharmaceutical industry, medical education, and/or academia.

Fluent: C1 or C2 - English and French Speaker

POSITION SUMMARY

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 also 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.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Develop 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 and mentoring of new hires or staff changing support areas.

Additional responsibilities

• Serve 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.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• Above 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.

Competency Statements

• Attendance - Always on time for work, including meetings and conferences. Has a strong attendance record and is punctual with deliverables required.
• Innovation and Creativity - Ability to think in new ways and perspectives and create new ideas. Practical implementation and development of ideas or methods that result in improvements, solutions, or new processes.
• Leadership - Ability to lead, influence or guide others. Can set goals and motivate others to work towards achieving a common goal. Supports others and delegates effectively.
• Communication Skills - Active listening, clear and concise communication, quick response times, constructive feedback, participation in meetings.
• Collaboration and Teamwork - Works with others to achieve goals, brainstorms ideas, and analyzes problems to find solutions.
• Customer Service - Professional, patient, knowledgeable, adaptable, responsive, proactive, and helpful.
• Time Management - Prioritizes tasks and delivers results on time.
• Work Ethic - Motivated, produces high-quality work, professional, inclusive, and reliable.
• Behavior and Attitude - Maintains respect and positive working relationships.
• Self-Motivated - Driven to perform tasks with initiative.
• Organized - Systematic in approach to tasks.
• Accuracy - Performs work accurately and thoroughly.
• Technical Aptitude - Ability to comprehend complex technical topics.
• Applied Learning - Engages in learning activities effectively.

Education / Languages / Experience / Skills

• Education: 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 Level
• Experience: Two to four years of related experience in scientific content creation within the pharmaceutical industry, medical education, and/or academia. Experience with 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: Pharmaceutical industry writing experience with understanding of FDA, legal, regulatory and compliance requirements related to medical affairs.

Work Environment

Remote - Med Communications International Lisbon, Portugal

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