Scientific Writer

Sanofi US; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare company is seeking a qualified candidate for a role focused on content creation and medical publication management. The successful candidate will develop complex educational materials and collaborate with healthcare professionals and internal teams. A strong English proficiency and an advanced degree in a relevant field are required. This position offers opportunities for growth and collaboration in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Opportunities for career growth

Dynamic and supportive work environment

Focus on continuous learning and development

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry or academia.
• Excellent written and spoken English language skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage end-to-end medical publication content.
• Provide high-quality publication and medical education material.
• Collaborate with scientific communication teams to identify publication needs.

Skills

Content creation experience

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Advanced degree in life sciences, pharmacy, or similar

Job description

About the Job

We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Sanofi Business Operations (BO) is an internal Sanofi resource organization set up 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.

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

Main Responsibilities

People

• 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
• Interact effectively with health care professionals on publication content
• Constantly assist other writers in developing knowledge and sharing expertise

Performance

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

Process Management

• Develop complex publication/medical education material
• Support medical communication and develop subject matter expertise for the assigned therapeutic area
• Assist the assigned scientific communication team in conducting comprehensive publication-need analysis
• Implement relevant elements of publication plan and associated activities for the year identified for the region
• Work with selected vendors within the region to deliver the required deliverables as per defined process
• Design an overall plan of action based on end-user feedback and improve course content and delivery

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with scientific communication teams in regions/areas to identify publication needs and assist in developing assigned deliverables
• Liaise with Product Managers, MSLs, medical department to prepare relevant and customized deliverables

About You

• 2+ years of experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, or academia
• Stakeholder management; communication skills; and ability to work independently and within a team environment
• As applicable (including but not limited to therapeutic area/domain knowledge exposure; publication submission; and/or project management)
• Advanced degree in life sciences/pharmacy/similar discipline or medical degree
• Excellent knowledge of English language (spoken and written)

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Collaborate in a dynamic, fast-paced environment focused on continuous learning and professional development.
• Drive process improvement and innovation in partnership with a motivated and supportive team.

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.

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