Remote Medical Editor for FDA Regulatory Docs

Kaiva Tech, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiva Tech, LLC, in the DC Metro Area, seeks a Medical Editor to support FDA document development such as briefs, reports, and slides. The role emphasizes consistency, logical organization, readability, and grammar/style conformity to customer standards.

The Medical Editor will format and proofread documents written by FDA scientists, format data tables, and create new tables from regulatory submissions to the FDA.

Qualifications

• Strong grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Ability to read and understand a data table.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Word including track changes.
• Attention to detail in data tables.

Responsibilities

• Formatting and proofreading documents written by FDA scientists.
• Becoming familiar with a style guide and applying formatting and language standards consistently.
• Identifying errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation; correct tone, flow, verb tense, and style.
• Correcting inconsistent use of scientific terms in text or data tables.
• Using Word styles and field-coded captions to ensure TOC and lists of tables/figures.
• Managing citations, references, and abbreviations usage.
• Formatting data tables and creating data tables from regulatory submissions.
• Creating and maintaining consistent document templates.
• Communicating with FDA scientists regarding requirements and timelines.
• Performing routine quality checks on work by copyeditors.
• Supporting onboarding and training of new copyeditors.
• Creating and maintaining internal style guides, process docs, and training materials.

Skills

Strong English grammar

Data table literacy

MS Word with track changes

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Science/Health field preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Word styles

Cross-referencing

Visual Basic

SharePoint

EndNote

Adobe Acrobat

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Kaiva Tech, LLC, in the DC Metro Area, seeks a Medical Editor to support FDA document development such as briefs, reports, and slides. The role emphasizes consistency, logical organization, readability, and grammar/style conformity to customer standards.

The Medical Editor will format and proofread documents written by FDA scientists, format data tables, and create new tables from regulatory submissions to the FDA.