Medical Writer, Scientific Communications

What You’ll Do

The Medical Writer, Scientific Communications is responsible for writing strategically aligned and accurate materials that meet the high-quality standards of Vaniam Group. You will play a supporting role in managing client satisfaction and relationships. In addition, you are responsible for supporting business improvement by meeting personal and departmental goals and objectives effectively and on time.

A Day in the Life

Deliverables

• Develop high-quality content for an array of projects, including publications
  (eg, abstracts, presentations, and manuscripts), advisory boards, scientific platforms, gap analyses, literature summaries, slide sets, and training materials
• Develop materials that are grammatically accurate and audience appropriate

Client Responsibility

• Gain an understanding of the treatment landscape and strategic positioning of client products to help produce strategically aligned materials
• Assess project needs and challenges; identify and implement solutions to meet productivity, quality, and client goals while maintaining compliance standards
• Participate in client meetings and answer questions about projects when necessary

Internal Responsibility

• Build strong partnerships with and understand the importance of meeting the needs of internal teams
• Demonstrated ability to effectively utilize time to manage duties, communicating proactively when unable to meet timelines

• Work on multiple projects concurrently, prioritizing appropriately
• Collaborate with team to execute project and meet deadlines

• Emerging ability to assess areas for opportunity and improvement

Business Development

• Ensures that work is of the highest quality and instills confidence for clients
• Begin to think strategically about work and develop an awareness of the work’s impact on business strategy

Other duties may be assigned to help drive deliverables within this role.

What You Must Have

Education and Experience

• PhD in life sciences, MD, or PharmD

• At least 1 year of work experience in an agency, the pharmaceutical industry, or a related scientific or medical writing position. Preference will be given for experience in hematologic or solid tumor oncology
• Working knowledge of digital marketing

Skills and Competencies

• Commitment to ethical and transparent data dissemination standards
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic team environment
• Excellent interpersonal, organization, verbal, and written communication skills
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills and ability to synthesize complex or diverse information
• Excellent problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze information skillfully, develop alternative solutions, and work well in group problem-solving solutions
• Strong attention to detail and listening skills
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and have excellent time management skills
• Highly proficient with the following: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Adobe, Google or similar calendar system, familiarity with EndNote, and Zoom (or other similar systems) preferred

What You Might Have, but Isn’t Required

• At least 1 year of experience as an oncology (solid tumors and/or hematologic malignancies) medical writer
• Familiarity with EndNote or other reference management software and publication database (ie, DataVision)
• Proficient in PubMed or other scientific/medical search websites

Travel Requirements

• Travel within the US and internationally as necessary, based on project, sponsor, and organizational needs (<20% travel expected)

The Team You’ll Work Closest With

You will work closely with the Scientific Communications team and partner with the Client Services, Editorial, and Creative departments depending on the project need.