Medical Content Development Specialist

Role Overview

• Plays an essential role supporting Manager, Medical Content Development on content development-related engagements for integrated and complete commercialization deals as well as for clients who require medical information or medical affairs consulting services outside of EVERSANA’s complete commercialization partnerships.
• Writes and creates medical and scientific content related to Medical Affairs, Medical Information and Medical Communications including, but not limited to, Scientific Response Documents (SRD), Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) documents, Slide Sets, Abstracts, Posters, Education and Training materials, and others for potential clients.
• Drives the client document development process from gathering materials and developing scientifically rigorous content to facilitating document review and discussions at medical, legal, regulatory (MLR) review meetings.
• Works with EVERSANA and/or client-provided document management technology platforms (i.e., Veeva PromoMats / MedComms, etc.) as content owner when appropriate, uploading documents, providing reference anchoring and annotations as required.
• May be called up to perform scientific data fact checking for documents in support of medical reviewers participating in MLR teams.
• Collaborates with Manager, Medical Content Development and contributes to discussions on strategy, tactical execution and communication approaches for assigned projects.
• Participates in key client meetings as assigned.
• Supports preparation of thought leadership articles, newsletter, publications, congress presentations, slides, and blogs related to the medical content services and practices.
• Supports creating/updating the SOPs, checklists, templates, style guides, and guidance documents as necessary.
• Mentoring and coaching team members. Support hiring and onboarding as necessary.
• Stays knowledgeable of industry best practices and supports leadership team in evaluating and implementing new technologies and procedures to improve operational efficiency and quality of materials developed.
• Works collaboratively with other medical writers and creative teams across EVERSANA.

Requirements

• Doctorate or Master of Science (MSc) degree in Life Sciences or healthcare or equivalent.
• A minimum of 2-year(s) experience in pharmaceutical industry or Medical Information / Medical Communications service provider.
• Experience developing global medical information materials, e.g., scientific response documents (SRDs), frequently asked questions (FAQs), custom response documents (CRDs), etc.
• Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills including the ability to independently interpret and summarize complex results.
• Ability to establish credibility with a variety of audiences; especially with clients.
• Ability to effectively interface with all levels of management and staff and to succeed in a matrix team setting while meeting or exceeding timelines.
• Proficient editing skills along with expertise in Microsoft Office, Acrobat and other applications.
• Experience conducting literature searches and working with tools such as PubMed, Ovid, Embase, etc.
• Experience working with reference management and citation software (e.g., EndNote, Mendeley, Citavi, etc.).
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and best practices in relationship to Medical Information, Medical Affairs and promotional and non-promotional materials review.
• Excellent project management skills and proven track record of being results driven.
• Ability to conceptualize, design and deliver best in class solutions.
• Highly fluent in English, both written and verbal, plus one or more other European language to the Common European Framework level B2, C1 or C2.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Professional development opportunities