Science Team Lead, Collaborative

TN United Kingdom; Royal Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Science Team Lead to oversee a talented group of medical writers. This role involves ensuring the highest standards of medical writing, managing client relationships, and collaborating with various teams to deliver compliant and engaging content. You will have the opportunity to innovate and expand the scope of a trusted healthcare platform, making a significant impact on healthcare professionals. If you are passionate about scientific communication and leadership, this is the perfect opportunity to advance your career in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in medical writing and managing teams.
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Oversee medical writers and ensure content compliance with ABPI standards.
• Manage client relationships and contribute to proposal development.

Skills

Medical Writing

Client Management

Team Leadership

Scientific Communication

Project Management

Problem Solving

Education

BSc in Biomedical Science

Relevant Industry Experience

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Science Team Lead, Collaborative, Royal Tunbridge Wells

Company overview

An IQVIA business, publishes Medthority (), which provides a trusted and compliant decision support tool for healthcare professionals, offering curated content from prescription medicines insights to clinical trial highlights and treatment guidelines. The platform features disease-specific Learning Zones, supporting healthcare education sponsored by pharmaceutical partners.

Role overview:

Are you an experienced medical writer and reviewer with a proven track record in managing people and client interactions? Can you:

• Review and edit content to ensure discoverability, ABPI compliance, and ease of understanding for busy healthcare professionals?
• Support content that encourages engagement and behavior change?
• Manage challenging client relationships to achieve optimal outcomes for clients, teams, and HCP users?
• Plan resources, including freelancers, to deliver content on time and within budget, maintaining work–life balance?
• Oversee a team of in-house and freelance writers, providing mentoring and feedback?

Responsibilities:

• Oversee medical writers and collaborate with the editorial team and other departments to understand business opportunities, support proposal development, and ensure content compliance, including ABPI standards.
• Review work to ensure medical accuracy, engagement, compliance, and suitability for an HCP audience, providing developmental feedback.
• Participate in client meetings to understand priorities, contribute ideas, and demonstrate scientific credibility.
• Support ongoing client discussions to address challenges and solutions.
• Manage your workload and that of your team across multiple proposals, coordinating with commercial and sales teams, and allocating resources as needed.
• Innovate to expand the scope and value of Medthority content.
• Contribute to improving workflows, processes, standards, and mentor medical writers.

Qualifications and skills:

• UK citizen or resident with right to work in the UK.
• BSc or higher in biomedical science; relevant industry experience may substitute for degree.
• Experience in medical communications, journalism, strategy, consulting, or medical affairs within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Line management experience overseeing medical writers, in-house or remote.
• Client-facing experience with the ability to manage challenging relationships.
• Experience with grants and proposals is a plus.
• Strong scientific communication skills, with the ability to edit and adapt content across styles.
• Ability to learn new therapy areas quickly and handle multiple projects.
• Understanding of drug development and relevant regulations for communicating with healthcare professionals and the public.
• Ability to incorporate feedback and maintain high standards.
• Creative problem-solving skills.
• Strong project and time management skills.
• Flexible, proactive, able to multi-task, adapt quickly, and work under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of working independently and in dispersed teams.