Senior Scientific Writer

Sanofi India Ltd; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi India Ltd. is seeking a Senior Scientific Writer to develop complex publication and medical education content with minimal supervision.

You will coach junior writers and work closely with stakeholders to ensure high-quality material across publications, abstracts, posters and manuscripts. The role requires an advanced life sciences or medical degree and strong English language skills, with 4+ years in pharma/healthcare content creation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, or academia.
• Excellent knowledge of English language (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Create complex publication/medical education material end-to-end.
• Coach and review content created by junior scientific writers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop best practices in medical communications.
• Manage end-to-end publication/content development processes in PromoMats/iEnvision.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Independent & team work

Education

Advanced degree in life sciences/pharmacy/medical field

Job description

Senior Scientific Writer

About the job

Sanofi Business Operations (BO) is an internal Sanofi resource organization setup to centralize processes and activities to support Specialty Care, Vaccines, General Medicines, CMO, and R&D, Data & Digital functions. BO strives to be a strategic and functional partner for tactical deliveries to Medical, HEVA, and Commercial organizations in Sanofi, Globally.

Main responsibilities: The overall purpose and main responsibilities are listed below: To create complex and specialized content without supervision; manage end-to-end publication/medical education content development process including documentation and approval in PromoMats/iEnvision (previously-Datavision/MATRIX); develop and maintain therapeutic area expertise; coach and review content created by junior scientific writers; work in close collaboration with peers/team to develop best practices; and collaborate effectively with stakeholders

People

(1) Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) within the allocated Global Business Unit and product – with an end objective to develop education and communication content as per requirement; (2) Interact effectively with health care professionals on publication content; and (3) Constantly assist junior writers in developing knowledge and sharing expertise

Performance

(1) Provide publication/medical education material (slide deck, abstract, poster, manuscript etc.) as per agreed timelines and quality and (2) Provide strategic support with individuals and institutions, which may serve as resources for publications purpose

Process

(1) Develop complex publication/medical education material; (2) Support medical communication and develop subject matter expertise for the assigned therapeutic area(s); (3) Assist the assigned scientific communication team in conducting comprehensive publication-need analysis; (4) Implement the publication plan and associated activities for the year identified for the region; (5) Work with selected vendors within the region to deliver the required deliverables as per defined process; (6) Leverage advanced training delivery tools and techniques thereby enhancing the effectiveness of training delivery; and (7) Design an overall plan of action based on end-user feedback and improve course content and delivery

Stakeholder

(1) Work closely with scientific communication teams in regions/areas to identify publication need and assist in developing assigned deliverables and (2) Liaise with medical department to prepare relevant and customized deliverables

About you

Experience

4+ years of experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, or academia

Soft skills

Stakeholder management; communication skills; and ability to work independently and within a team environment

Technical skills

As applicable (including but not limited to therapeutic area/domain knowledge exposure; publication submission; and/or project management)

Education

Advanced degree in life sciences/pharmacy/similar discipline or medical degree

Languages

Excellent knowledge of English language (spoken and written)

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people. At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity. Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com ! Pursue progress , discover extraordinary Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people. At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity. Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com !

Experience Level Senior Level