Senior Scientific Writer

Sanofi; Selangor; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare company in Malaysia seeks a skilled content creator to develop complex publication and medical education material. The ideal candidate should have over four years of experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare sector, along with an advanced life sciences degree. Responsibilities include managing relationships with stakeholders, producing timely educational content, and collaborating closely with scientific communication teams. Join a dynamic team committed to making a real impact in healthcare.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Focus on continuous learning

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Develop complex publication/medical education material.
• Maintain effective relationships with end stakeholders.
• Provide publication/medical education material as per agreed timelines and quality.

Skills

Content creation

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Ability to work independently

Education

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

Job description

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

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 healthcare professionals on publication content
• Constantly assist junior 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(s)
• Assist the assigned scientific communication team in conducting comprehensive publication-need analysis
• Implement the 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
• Leverage advanced training delivery tools and techniques thereby enhancing the effectiveness of training delivery
• 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 medical department to prepare relevant and customized deliverables

About You

• 4+ 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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