Medical Writer

Accenture PLC; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Song in Dublin, Ireland is seeking a Senior Medical Writer at career level 10 to join our healthcare communications team. You will translate complex clinical data into engaging content for diverse audiences while ensuring scientific accuracy and regulatory compliance.

This role offers collaboration across strategists, creatives, digital specialists and clients. You will build therapeutic-area expertise, manage multiple projects, and leverage AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency

Qualifications

• Medical communications, scientific writing, healthcare content development.
• Strong ability to understand and interpret clinical data and scientific literature.
• Excellent written communication with strong attention to detail.
• Experience developing content for healthcare professionals, patients or scientific audiences.
• Adapting writing style to meet different objectives and audiences.
• Experience working in regulated healthcare or pharmaceutical environments.
• Managing multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
• Curiosity about AI in content development and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality scientific content across therapeutic areas and channels.
• Translate scientific data and complex concepts into clear medical communications.
• Support content for healthcare professionals, patients and stakeholders.
• Contribute to scientific storytelling and content approaches for client solutions.
• Collaborate with account, strategy, creative, and digital teams to deliver integrated healthcare solutions.
• Ensure content meets scientific accuracy and editorial standards.
• Apply critical thinking to review evidence and interpret information.
• Support content reviews and editorial processes.
• Manage multiple projects with attention to detail.
• Explore AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency while maintaining scientific oversight.

Skills

Medical communications

Scientific writing

Healthcare content

Clinical data interpretation

Editorial accuracy

Regulated environments

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

AI in content

Continuous learning

Job description

Job title: Medical Communications Medical Writer
Practice: Accenture SongService
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Career Level: 10 - Senior Analyst

Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. Our capabilities span ideation to execution: growth, product and experience design; technology and experience platforms; creative, media and marketing strategy; and campaign, content and channel orchestration. With strong client relationships and deep industry expertise, we help our clients operate at the speed of light through the unlimited potential of imagination, technology and intelligence.

As a team:

We are a community of scientists, strategists, creatives, technologists and problem-solvers united by a shared ambition: to improve healthcare through better communication, engagement and experiences.

What makes Song unique is the opportunity to work across the entire healthcare ecosystem. We don’t operate in silos. Our medical experts collaborate with creatives, experience designers, AI specialists, digital practitioners and marketing strategists to solve complex client challenges in ways that would not be possible within a traditional agency model.

We are naturally curious, relentlessly collaborative and always learning. We challenge each other to think bigger, innovate faster and bring fresh perspectives to every brief. Together, we create work that not only informs and educates but also changes behaviours, strengthens relationships and ultimately improves outcomes for patients.

Joining Song means joining a team that values expertise, embraces innovation and believes the best ideas emerge when different disciplines work as one. Here, you’ll have the freedom to grow your career, explore new areas of healthcare and contribute to work that makes a genuine difference.

In our team you will learn:

• How to transform complex scientific information into compelling content and experiences for a variety of healthcare audiences.

• How scientific strategy, medical affairs objectives and audience insight combine to create impactful communications.

• How to work across multidisciplinary teams alongside strategists, account leads, creatives, experience designers, digital specialists and technologists.

• How to develop therapeutic area expertise and build confidence as a scientific communicator.

• How AI and emerging technologies are changing scientific content development, evidence synthesis and content workflows.

• How to balance scientific rigour, creativity and audience engagement.

• How to build the foundations of a successful career in medical communications and scientific consultancy.

As a Medical Writer you will:

• Develop high-quality scientific and medical content across a range of therapeutic areas, channels and audiences.

• Translate scientific data, clinical evidence and complex medical concepts into clear, accurate and engaging communications.

• Support the development of content for healthcare professionals, patients and other healthcare stakeholders.

• Contribute to scientific storytelling and content approaches that help clients communicate their evidence effectively.

• Build a strong understanding of client objectives, scientific priorities and audience needs.

• Collaborate closely with account, strategy, creative, digital and client teams to deliver integrated healthcare solutions.

• Ensure all content meets the highest standards of scientific accuracy, editorial quality and compliance.

• Apply critical thinking when reviewing evidence and interpreting scientific information.

• Support content reviews, quality control processes and implementation of editorial best practices.

• Manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively, maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.

• Explore opportunities to use technology and AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency, insight generation and content development while maintaining appropriate scientific oversight.

• Contribute ideas that help strengthen existing programmes, create new opportunities and improve how we work.

• Continue developing your scientific expertise, communication skills and understanding of the healthcare landscape.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Medical communications, scientific writing, healthcare content development.

• Strong scientific background with an ability to understand and interpret clinical data and scientific literature.

• Excellent written communication skills with strong attention to detail.

• Developing content for healthcare professional, patient or scientific audiences.

• Adapting writing style to meet different communication objectives and audience needs.

• Working within regulated healthcare or pharmaceutical environments.

• Managing multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.

• Collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

• Applying scientific and critical thinking to solve problems and strengthen content quality.

• Understanding the importance of editorial processes, compliance and quality standards.

• Curiosity about emerging technologies and how AI can support content development and optimisation.

• A willingness to learn, develop and continuously expand scientific and therapeutic area knowledge.

Set yourself apart:

• You are passionate about science and motivated by the opportunity to improve healthcare through effective communication.

• You are naturally curious and enjoy learning about new therapy areas, scientific advances and emerging trends.

• You combine scientific accuracy with creativity, always looking for the clearest and most engaging way to tell a story.

• You are proactive, adaptable and comfortable working across multiple projects and therapeutic areas.

• You embrace new ways of working and are interested in how technology and AI can help improve content quality and efficiency.

• You are collaborative and enjoy learning from colleagues with different backgrounds and expertise.

• You take ownership of your development and actively seek opportunities to strengthen your scientific, strategic and communication skills.

• You have high standards for the quality of your work and take pride in delivering accurate, impactful and audience-focused content.

• You thrive in environments where continuous learning, innovation and teamwork are valued.

• You are excited by the opportunity to contribute to meaningful work that ultimately helps improve outcomes for patients and healthcare professionals.