Editorial team lead - medical affairs

AMICULUM; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote and hybrid working options

Continual learning and professional development

Two annual bonus schemes

25 days’ annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Private health insurance

Life and income protection insurance

Job summary

An innovative agency is seeking an ambitious Editorial Team Lead to drive scientific communications in a fast-paced medical affairs environment. This role offers the chance to lead projects, mentor team members, and shape impactful messaging for a vaccine account. If you're passionate about medical affairs and ready to influence strategy while working collaboratively, this position is an exciting opportunity to showcase your talents and grow your leadership skills in a supportive and dynamic workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience leading medical affairs accounts in an agency setting.
• Strong academic background in life sciences and excellent storytelling abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific leadership and editorial expertise across medical affairs projects.
• Build relationships with clients and internal teams to ensure strategic alignment.

Skills

Medical Affairs Leadership

Storytelling

Team Leadership

Organizational Skills

Editorial Review

Education

Life Sciences Degree

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We are looking for an ambitious editorial team lead, with a passion for medical affairs, to provide scientific and strategic direction for a fast-paced vaccine account.

The role

You’ll have the exciting opportunity to make a valuable impact by providing editorial leadership and scientific expertise across a variety of medical affairs projects. From crafting compelling medical messaging to developing engaging internal training content, your expertise will help shape critical communications that drive scientific understanding and impact. This position is ideal for existing editorial team leads who are looking to apply their skills in a new setting on a varied account, or for experienced medical writers ready to take the next step in their career and transition to account leadership.

If you’re looking to take on more responsibility, influence strategy and lead projects within a fast-paced, collaborative environment, this role is the perfect platform with which to showcase your talents and grow as a leader.

Key responsibilities

• Scientific leadership of a medical affairs and internal training account with opportunity for growth
• Providing clients with a high level of scientific, strategic and creative expertise across a range of projects that cover medical messaging and strategy, alongside support for internal training and capabilities
• Establishing and building positive long-term relationships with client teams and medical experts
• Building collaborative partnerships with commercial counterparts and all other internal teams
• Maintaining a comprehensive understanding of client products and strategy, as well as the wider therapy area
• Leadership and mentoring of editorial team members
• Review of content developed by other team members to ensure alignment with strategy, a cohesive narrative and scientific accuracy
• Managing editorial capacity planning for the account, anticipating peaks in workload to ensure adequate resourcing
• Working with the commercial lead to understand brand strategy and client needs, contributing to account planning and the commercial success of the account
• Supporting business development activities through relationship building and the organic growth of accounts

What you’ll need

• Previous agency experience leading or supporting a medical affairs account
• A strong academic background in a life sciences subject
• Excellent storytelling abilities – a creative thinker who enjoys finding new ways to communicate client data and scientific concepts
• Confidence leading meetings and presentations, both internally and externally
• A desire to contribute to discussions with clients on their plans and offer fresh approaches
• Confidence to steer the client on the basis of our expertise
• Strong team leadership and mentoring skills
• Calm under pressure, with excellent organizational and time management skills
• Excellent editorial review skills, with the ability to provide constructive and encouraging feedback to team members on their work

Why AMICULUM?

We’re proud to be a flexible and inclusive employer that provides a supportive working environment. We value creativity and encourage colleagues to offer ideas that further the success of our business.

In return, we offer:

• Remote and hybrid working options as standard
• Continual learning and professional development opportunities
• Two annual bonus schemes
• 25 days’ annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Generous pension scheme and private health insurance
• Life and income protection insurance

What’s next?

To apply for this role, you must be based in the UK or Ireland and have the right to work in one of those locations.

We ask that all applicants supply a CV and cover letter in support of their application, detailing their experience and interest in working at AMICULUM.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are dedicated to making reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment and selection process to accommodate all applicants. If you require any adjustments or have specific needs, please contact Becka or Steven from our careers team, who will be more than happy to help.

AMICULUM is an independent agency that delivers communications and consultancy services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and health technology companies across the world. For more information about the AMICULUM story, please visit our website or contact a member of our careers team.

Job code: CPT205

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services

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