Experienced Scientific Writing Author

Responsibilities

Taking ownership and responsibility for development (write, review, proofread, and data-check) of high-quality, client-ready scientific, medical, and educational materials like slides, abstracts, posters, manuscripts, MSL / training slide decks, infographics, congress and meetings materials, literature searches and reviews, standard response letters / medical information letters, and HCP engagement content according to client and audience needs with excellent attention to detail.

Actively involved in reviewing materials developed by scientific writers to ensure strategic alignment and scientific accuracy as needed and providing clear constructive feedback, support, and supervision to writers. Mentor and train scientific writers by sharing best practices and client preferences, thereby contributing to skill development within the team.

Having excellent knowledge of product / account to enable meaningful interactions with clients and authors, including consultancy where necessary. Liaising and building and maintaining strong and long-standing professional relationships with international pharmaceutical clients, healthcare professionals, internal and external stakeholders including authors, reviewers and key opinion leaders across therapeutic areas learning to anticipate their needs. This includes educating and advising clients on how to best implement their strategic and tactical plans and proactively provide recommendations to clients on how to improve scientific content and propose new document types / ways to disseminate client date more effectively.

Effectively and proactively communicate with team members, authors / faculty, clients and vendors.

Attend workshops / seminars / trainings to hone your skills and contribute to organizational objectives.

Attending client and other external meetings and supporting senior team members as needed

Apply your scientific and creative knowledge and work closely with client directors in developing ideas and executing effective medical communications initiatives in the digital space, including publication extenders, creation of infographics, interactive assets, website content, patient narratives, and medical information engagement plans. Also, Supporting with the development of visual content and materials using effective data visualization techniques and approaches. Contributing to innovative “out of the box” solutions for medical writing projects.

You will be responsible for ensuring all materials follow / comply with client requirements / SOPs, style guides, client templates, client preferences (as applicable), and FengKai internal SOPs. Any updates to either of these items should be made consistently and documents should remain up to date.

Perform as a document specialist, provide intellectual input across document types, and contribute to making cutting-edge research accessible to specific audiences as appropriate, by maintaining current awareness of developments across therapeutic areas or disciplines.

Supporting with pitches, both during the preparation phase and the actual pitch.

Qualifications and Prerequisites

Minimum of 3 years of experience in relevant fields of scientific writing.

Possess a Ph.D. in Pharmacology, M.D., Ph.D. in Life Sciences, Pharm.D., or Ed.D.

Clear, concise, scientific style of writing, with a high level of attention to detail and excellent language skills.

Ability to adapt writing style to different materials and target audiences.

Basic knowledge of biostatistics.

Literature reviewing and evaluation capabilities.

Very good working knowledge of MS Office.