Medical Editor

EVERSANA•Overland Park, KS

36d•Remote

About The Position

Medical Affairs is a key customer-facing function that supports the safe and effective use of healthcare products by providing timely, evidence-based, and non-promotional information to healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers, and payers. This role ensures high-quality medical content development with a focus on scientific accuracy, editorial excellence, regulatory compliance, and data integrity. Key responsibilities include developing and reviewing medical response documents, performing source-to-output verification, validating references, and ensuring consistency across deliverables. The role also supports MLR readiness through quality checks aligned with FDA guidance, AMA style, and ICMJE standards. Strong experience in medical information and content development, along with excellent communication, proofreading, and cross-functional collaboration skills, is required. The role is home office–based (full-time position), and eligible candidates must hold a valid work permit in the United States of America.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or pharmaceutical stream, along with strong medical editing and scientific writing skills.
Minimum of 2 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Medical Information, or Medical Communications, with exposure to medical content development, editorial review, and quality control processes
Demonstrated experience in editorial quality checks, proofreading, and final QC review, including source-to-output verification, reference validation, and data integrity checks.
Familiarity with MLR review processes, including conducting pre-submission quality and compliance checks to support MLR readiness.
Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to interpret, edit, and summarize complex scientific data accurately for diverse audiences.
Strong ability to establish credibility with stakeholders, including MLR teams and clients.
Proficiency in scientific editing aligned with AMA style, ICMJE guidelines, and regulatory/brand standards.
Advanced analytical and attention-to-detail skills, including the ability to identify data discrepancies, inconsistencies, and errors across documents

Nice To Haves

Advanced scientific degree (PharmD, PharmM, or PhD)
Formal training or certification in English or scientific/medical writing
Relevant professional experience
AMWA certification
Ability to develop and articulate ideas and information that generate understanding and create a climate that motivates and encourages others to participate.
Ability to analyze, digest, and interpret complex scientific information and data
Ability to develop project plans and execute on the project plan, both works individually and working with client(s), other medical content development team members, and medical information contact center team and leadership team.
Proven track record of executing and delivering results.
Transforms creative ideas into original solutions that positively impact client delight and company’s performance.
Professional of unquestionable integrity, credibility and character who demonstrates high moral and ethical behavior.
Ability to manage, coordinate, and oversee relationships and projects with assigned client(s).

Responsibilities

Support Medical, Legal, and Regulatory (MLR) reviewers by ensuring MLR readiness through pre-submission quality and compliance checks, reducing rework cycles and review timelines.
Write and create medical and scientific content related to Medical Affairs, Medical Information, and Medical Communications, including, but not limited to, Scientific Response Documents (SRD), Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents, Slide Sets, Abstracts, Posters, Education and Training materials, and others for potential clients.
Conduct editorial, language, and scientific accuracy reviews of promotional and non-promotional materials.
Ensure alignment with FDA guidance, brand guidelines, and regulatory standards while maintaining scientific accuracy, clarity, consistency, and audience appropriateness across formats.
Demonstrate strong familiarity with Veeva Vault for content review and workflow management.
Partner with writers, MLR coordinators, and MLR reviewers to deliver high-quality outputs in deadline-driven environments.
Manage multiple concurrent projects effectively while maintaining high editorial and scientific standards.
Proofread and perform final quality checks before submission.
Perform comprehensive editorial reviews aligned with AMA style, ICMJE guidelines, and internal editorial standards.
Identify and flag data mismatches, transcription errors, citation inconsistencies, and cross-document discrepancies before submission.
Serve as the final quality control checkpoint, ensuring alignment across text, tables, figures, and references.
Execute rigorous source-to-output verification of numerical data, statistical values, tables, figures, and citations.
Train and mentor junior editors on editorial workflows, tools, and quality standards.
Lead initiatives to enhance asset quality, improve editorial processes, and standardize workflows.
Provide feedback to improve tools, systems, and cross-functional collaboration.
Contribute to continuous process improvement and quality enhancement initiatives.
Participate in key client meetings as required.
Support the creation and maintenance of SOPs, checklists, templates, style guides, and guidance documents.
Stay current with industry’s best practices and support leadership in evaluating and implementing new technologies and processes to improve operational efficiency and content quality.
Collaborate effectively with medical writers and creative teams across EVERSANA to ensure high-quality deliverables
Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
All other duties as assigned