Biomedical Writer

Cadent, powered by Syneos Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadent, powered by Syneos Health, is seeking a medical writer to develop innovative scientific narratives for medical communications across multiple disease areas. You will synthesize data, conduct literature reviews, and collaborate with internal teams to produce slides, brochures, and digital content for clients.

Some travel may be required. Education includes PhD/MD/PharmD with 0–1 years of pharma or medical communications experience.

Qualifications

• PhD/MD/PharmD education required or preferred.
• 0–1 year pharma or medical communications agency experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative scientific narratives for medical communication needs tailored to client products and contexts.
• Synthesize, prioritize and visualize data for assets.
• Conduct literature searches to understand new therapeutic areas.
• Interpret complex scientific data for diverse audiences.
• Collaborate with medical team to create slides, text and videos/scripts for education programs.
• Participate in client meetings to review content and gather feedback.
• Ensure scientific accuracy with references and perform quality control.
• Update content based on feedback and track project deadlines with account/medical teams.
• Travel up to 10% for advisory boards or conferences as needed.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Analytical thinking

Scientific communication

Prioritization

Effective communicator

Education

PhD

MD

PharmD

Tools

Microsoft Office

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

PubMed

EMBASE

Scientific visualization software

Job description

Description

Meticulous doesn't begin to describe your dedication to accuracy. You express all your ideas effortlessly and have the skills to distill other people's ideas into their best possible form. Your messaging is not only clear and concise, but your medical expertise allows you to convey high-level scientific knowledge in meaningful and comprehensible communications. You will support content development across multiple clients and disease areas. You Will:

• Develop innovative and creative scientific narratives for medical communication needs that are customized for client product and situational landscapes. This includes educational slide sets, educational content including slide decks, messaging documents, brochures, summaries, and other digital and print content formats
• Synthesize, prioritize, and visualize data effectively when developing medical communication assets
• Conduct literature searches and other desktop research to build understanding of new therapeutic areas as needed
• Interpret complex scientific and medical data for different audiences
• Collaborate with internal medical team to develop content for medical educational programs in the form of slides, text, and videos/scripts
• Participate in client meeting to review content and collect feedback
• Ensure content is scientifically accurate and supported by original references
• Fack-checking and quality control (ensuring content developed by other writers is supported by scientific evidence)
• Update content based on internal and client team feedback
• Collaborate with account and medical counterparts to track project deadlines
• Develop knowledge in multiple disease areas
• Experience in oncology, pulmonary, or diabetes therapeutic areas is a plus but not required
• Build understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and clinical development cycle
• Ability to prioritize/organize workload and manage multiple workstreams
• Build understanding of client dynamics and expectations
• Participate in client-facing meetings
• Travel (e.g. advisory board, conferences) or on-site client visits maybe be required around 10% of time, as needed
• Education: PhD, MD, PharmD
• 0-1 years of pharma or medical communication agency experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with account teams, other writers, editors, physicians, and clients
• Work as team player in a large team
• Analyze and synthesize complex information from multiple sources
• Communicate medical/technical information to a wide variety of audiences
• Work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, team-oriented environment
• Efficiently prioritize multiple tasks and communication effectively with others; can quickly evaluate the resources and potential challenges and communicate with the team in an actionable manner
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Powerpoint, Excel), medical literature databases (PubMed and/or EMBASE), referencing and scientific visualization software

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $80,000 to $93,000. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. In addition, some positions may include eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and / or individual performance.

At Cadent, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.

Cadent is a US Medical Communications company with employees located across the US. The home office is in New York City. Cadent specializes in high science, high touch peer to peer medical communications. The company excels in translating complex science into compelling messages that deliver value and action. Cadent builds relationships and collaboration between the biopharmaceutical industry and healthcare professionals.

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At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position will include a competitive compensation package, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos Health complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.