Sr Medical Editor

Eversana1; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

EVERSANA is seeking a Senior Medical Editor to oversee medical editing, copyediting, proofreading, and fact checking of digital and print pharmaceutical advertising materials, presentations, and corporate communications. You will ensure language clarity, brand accuracy, and compliance with AMA style while supporting AI-assisted reviews.

The role requires 5+ years in healthcare/pharma editing, strong regulatory knowledge, and the ability to manage shifting deadlines with independence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education plus professional experience required.
• 5+ years of editing experience within a healthcare or pharmaceutical advertising agency environment.
• Thorough knowledge of current AMA style; experience with medical/regulatory/legal reviews and familiarity with FDA requirements for drug promotion.
• Demonstrated comfort and confidence with medical/pharma and industry terminology.
• Extremely detail oriented, thorough and accurate.
• Proven experience in managing rapidly shifting priorities and deadlines in high-pressure situations.
• Ability to be accountable and work independently.
• Digitally savvy with excellent verbal, written, organizational, time-management and problem solving skills.
• Experienced in Adobe Acrobat Professional, Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Edit for language clarity and consistency, brand and messaging accuracy, appropriate tone, overall cohesiveness, flow, organization, client and AMA style, grammar, spelling, typographical errors and formatting; support reviews with AI tools.
• Participate in the content review process throughout all stages of a project, including fact checking with accurate referencing.
• Collaborate with other teammates including Editorial, Creative, and Project Management to assist in project prioritization and increase ease of project completion while maintaining quality.
• Support coverage of agency team and launch tasks.

Skills

AMA style knowledge

Medical terminology

FDA regulatory understanding

Attention to detail

Deadline management

Independent work

Digital literacy

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent education

Tools

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

The Senior Medical Editor is responsible for a range of Editorial services, including medical editing, copyediting, proofreading and fact checking of digital and print pharmaceutical advertising materials, internal and external presentations and corporate communications. The Senior Medical Editor supports the outlook, needs and requirements of the Editorial competency to maintain quality, and is accountable for assigned projects.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by:

• Edit for language clarity and consistency, brand and messaging accuracy, appropriate tone, overall cohesiveness, flow, organization, client and AMA style, grammar, spelling, typographical errors and formatting; support reviews with AI tools
• Participate in the content review process throughout all stages of a project, including fact checking with accurate referencing
• Collaborate with other teammates including Editorial, Creative, and Project Management to assist in project prioritization and increase ease of project completion while maintaining quality
• Support coverage of agency team and launch tasks

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, education, knowledge, skill and/or abilities required.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education plus professional experience required
• 5+ years of editing experience within a healthcare or pharmaceutical advertising agency environment
• Thorough knowledge of current AMA style; experience with medical/regulatory/legal reviews and familiarity with FDA requirements for drug promotion
• Demonstrated comfort and confidence with medical/pharma and industry terminology
• Extremely detail oriented, thorough and accurate
• Proven experience in managing rapidly shifting priorities and deadlines in high-pressure situations
• Ability to be accountable and work independently
• Digitally savvy with excellent verbal, written, organizational, time-management and problem solving skills
• Experienced in Adobe Acrobat Professional, Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint

OUR CULTURAL BELIEFS

• Patient Minded I act with the patient's best interest in mind.
• Client Delight I own every client experience and its impact on results.
• Take Action I am empowered and empower others to act now.
• Grow Talent I own my development and invest in the development of others.
• Win Together I passionately connect with anyone, anywhere, anytime to achieve results.
• Communication Matters I speak up to create transparent, thoughtful and timely dialogue.
• Embrace Diversity I create an environment of awareness and respect.
• Always Innovate I am bold and creative in everything I do.

From EVERSANA's inception, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds who share a passion for improving the lives of patients and leading innovation within the healthcare industry. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion, and many other parts of one's identity. All of our employees' points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.