Expert Scientific Writer

Job title:Expert Scientific Writer 

Location: Hyderabad

About the job

At Sanofi Consumer Healthcare, our Science Hub mission is to empower our consumers to take Health in their Hands! With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to build our Sciences activities and develop breakthrough innovations for consumers worldwide. Your job, as Expert Scientific Writer within our Scientific Writing Team, will be to create complex and specialized content without supervision; manage end-to-end publication/medical education content development process including documentation and approval in PromoMats/Datavision/MATRIX; develop and maintain therapeutic area expertise; coach and review content created by junior scientific writers; work in close collaboration with peers/team to develop best practices; and collaborate effectively with stakeholders.

Our Hubs are a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and providing a springboard for the amazing work we do. Build a career and you can be part of transforming our business while helping to change millions of lives. Ready? As Senior Scientific Writer within our Hyderabad Hub, you’ll be responsible for finding, attracting and hiring the exceptional people we need. It’s a chance for you to make an impact across the entire recruitment process, from sourcing to selection, from hiring strategies to EVP branding.

Main responsibilities:

The overall purpose and main responsibilities are listed below:

To create complex and specialized content without supervision; manage end-to-end publication/medical education content development process including documentation and approval in PromoMats/Datavision/MATRIX; develop and maintain therapeutic area expertise; coach and review content created by junior scientific writers; work in close collaboration with peers/team to develop best practices; and collaborate effectively with stakeholders.

• People:
  • Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) within the allocated Global Business Unit and product – with an end objective to develop education and communication content as per requirement.
  • Interact effectively with health care professionals on publication content; and
  • Constantly assist writers (Senior or Junior) in developing knowledge and sharing expertise.

• Performance:
  • Provide publication/medical education material (slide deck, abstract, poster, manuscript etc.) as per agreed timelines and quality and
  • Provide strategic support with individuals and institutions, which may serve as resources or publications purpose.

• Process:
  • Develop complex publication/medical education material.
  • Act as an expert in the field of medical communication for the assigned therapeutic area(s)
  • Assist the assigned scientific communication team in conducting comprehensive publication-need analysis.
  • Implement the publication plan and associated activities for the year identified for the region.
  • Work with selected vendors within the region to deliver the required deliverables as per defined process.
  • Leverage advanced training delivery tools and techniques thereby enhancing the effectiveness of training delivery; and
  • Design an overall plan of action based on end-user feedback and improve course content and delivery.

• Stakeholder:
  • Work closely with scientific communication teams in regions/areas to identify publication need and assist in developing assigned deliverables and
  • Liaise with medical department to prepare relevant and customized deliverables.

About you 

• Experience:8 years of experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, or academia; >4 years of experience in leadership role.
• Soft and technical skills:  Stakeholder management; communication skills; and ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• Technical skills: As applicable (including but not limited to therapeutic area/domain knowledge exposure; publication submission; and/or project management)
• Education: Advanced degree in life sciences/pharmacy/similar discipline or medical degree
• Languages: Excellent knowledge of English language (spoken and written)

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Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together. 

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