Team Lead – Scientific Writing

Sanofi; Hyderabad; Presencial; INR 3 000 000 - 5 400 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Sanofi Business Operations in Hyderabad seeks a senior leader to head the medical writing group, shaping publication plans and educational content across TA domains. You will coach writers, align with medical science stakeholders, and drive high-quality deliverables on time.

You will develop tools, streamline processes, and ensure compliance while advancing publication strategy, digital education materials, and strategic medical communications for global initiatives.

Qualificações

• 9+ years of experience in content creation for pharmaceutical/healthcare industry or academia.
• 6+ years in leadership roles with ability to influence and negotiate.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and develop the medical writing team and senior writers; coach and build expertise.
• Provide input to publication planning and ensure timely, high-quality outputs.
• Develop tools, technology and processes to improve quality and productivity in medical communications.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and maintain strong relationships with scientific stakeholders.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

Content creation

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Team coaching

Formação académica

Master's degree in life sciences/pharmacy/medical

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Our Team

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

Main Responsibilities

The overall purpose and main responsibilities are listed below:

• People: (1) Lead team of writers or similar roles (in content creation); (2) Coach and develop expertise within the team (on content/methods/processes); (3) Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) within the allocated TA/GBU and product – with an end objective to develop education and communication content as per requirement; and (4) Ensure new technologies are leveraged
• Performance: (1) Act as strategic thought partner to assigned TA(s) within an assigned GBU; (2) Develop and maintain expertise in assigned TA and on key trends/developments in the industry; (3) Provide inputs for publication and communication plan/publication and medical education materials/other strategic deliverables, and ensure delivery as per plan (agreed timelines and quality); and (4) Lead and support development of tools, technology, and processes to constantly improve quality and productivity
• Process: (1) Support delivery of projects in terms of resourcing, quality, timeliness, efficiency, and high technical standards for deliveries made by the medical writing group, including scientific documents and clinical/medical reports; (2) Contribute to overall quality enhancement by ensuring high scientific standards for the output produced by the scientific writing group; (3) Secure adherence to compliance procedures and internal/operational risk controls in accordance with any and all applicable regulatory standards; (4) Ensure all publication and medical education materials are delivered as per agreed timelines and quality; (5) Ensure creating and developing tools, technology, and process to constantly improve quality and productivity; and (6) Leverage advanced training delivery tools and techniques thereby enhancing the effectiveness of training delivery
• Stakeholder: (1) Work closely with scientific communication teams in regions/areas to identify publication need and assist in developing assigned deliverables and (2) Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) with an end objective to develop education and communication content as per requirement

Our Team

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

Main Responsibilities

The overall purpose and main responsibilities are listed below:

To create synergies and provide functional and operational direction to assigned therapeutic area(s) (TA[s]) and processes; act as strategic thought partner to the TA Scientific communication lead; lead team of expert and senior writers, and coach and develop expert and senior writers; provide input to publication and communication plans and ensure delivery as per plan; develop and maintain expertise in TA and on key trends/developments in the industry; and collaborate effectively with stakeholders

• People: (1) Lead team of writers or similar roles (in content creation); (2) Coach and develop expertise within the team (on content/methods/processes); (3) Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) within the allocated TA/GBU and product – with an end objective to develop education and communication content as per requirement; and (4) Ensure new technologies are leveraged
• Performance: (1) Act as strategic thought partner to assigned TA(s) within an assigned GBU; (2) Develop and maintain expertise in assigned TA and on key trends/developments in the industry; (3) Provide inputs for publication and communication plan/publication and medical education materials/other strategic deliverables, and ensure delivery as per plan (agreed timelines and quality); and (4) Lead and support development of tools, technology, and processes to constantly improve quality and productivity
• Process: (1) Support delivery of projects in terms of resourcing, quality, timeliness, efficiency, and high technical standards for deliveries made by the medical writing group, including scientific documents and clinical/medical reports; (2) Contribute to overall quality enhancement by ensuring high scientific standards for the output produced by the scientific writing group; (3) Secure adherence to compliance procedures and internal/operational risk controls in accordance with any and all applicable regulatory standards; (4) Ensure all publication and medical education materials are delivered as per agreed timelines and quality; (5) Ensure creating and developing tools, technology, and process to constantly improve quality and productivity; and (6) Leverage advanced training delivery tools and techniques thereby enhancing the effectiveness of training delivery
• Stakeholder: (1) Work closely with scientific communication teams in regions/areas to identify publication need and assist in developing assigned deliverables and (2) Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) with an end objective to develop education and communication content as per requirement

About You

• Experience: 9+ years of experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, or academia; >6 years of experience in leadership role; and ability to influence and negotiate
• Soft skills: Stakeholder management; communication skills; people management; and ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Technical skills: As applicable (including but not limited to therapeutic area/domain knowledge exposure – Proficient in multiple TAs/domains under one GBU; scientific communications/writing; medical communications/writing; publication planning; 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!