Senior Medical Editor

Omnicom Health•New York, NY

17h

About The Position

Omnicom Health is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

Requirements

Senior Medical writer
Consistently high-level content production
Ability to incorporate strategic concepts into projects
Ability to lead and develop content with minimal review/direction
Data understanding and ability to communicate complex projects
Scientific expertise in allocated therapy areas
Ability to lead client review meetings
Ability to present work and handle interrogation
Experience developing project proposals and input on budgets
Experience attending pitches
Ability to build relationships with external suppliers, key opinion leaders, and medical experts
Excellent working relationships within and across departments
Ability to lead written and verbal client communications
Understanding of business offerings and identifying opportunities for account growth and cross-selling
Ability to proactively address and manage conflicts
Experience overseeing and directing junior colleagues
Ability to delegate responsibilities and tasks
Experience reviewing copy and providing constructive feedback
Ability to assist junior team members with interpreting external feedback
Ability to guide junior team members in strategic development
Ability to assist junior team members in prioritizing tasks
Effective line management skills
Ability to supervise and support teams
Proactive in seeking and implementing feedback
Ownership of personal development
Willingness to undertake tasks outside of the job description

Responsibilities

Understand the purpose and role of communications in the wider therapy area and commercial landscape
Demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly to different audiences through a variety of media (print and digital)
Identify and communicate important therapy area updates and any medical/regulatory milestones to the team and clients where appropriate. Link this with any potential new business opportunities where applicable
Provide regular feedback to junior teams across accounts and projects
Ensure regular status updates to senior team members on accounts and projects, including being able to clearly escalate anticipated challenges/needs in a timely manner
Able to work across multiple projects and accounts simultaneously, whilst monitoring team output
Demonstrate a thorough understanding of timelines, budgetary constraints and scopes of work
Adhere to the quality control process and ensure all work produced by the team has gone through the correct internal review process, setting the example for junior team members to follow
Demonstrate a good understanding of project management and resource planning
Maintain a working knowledge of pharmaceutical industry standards and compliance
Enter time and submit expenses by the deadlines set, using appropriate job codes
Independently produce consistently high-level content
Independently and accurately incorporate strategic concepts into projects
Lead and develop content with minimal review/direction, including data understanding and ability to communicate to a wide range of complex projects
Become a scientific expert in your allocated therapy areas, sharing your knowledge within the agency and with clients where appropriate
Lead and take responsibility for client review meetings, and demonstrate the ability to present and be comfortable with the interrogation of your work
Work with relevant project teams to help develop project proposals and input on budgets
Attend pitches as required
Build effective relationships with external suppliers, key opinion leaders and medical experts to help develop high-quality content
Establish and maintain excellent working relationships within and across departments, attending and proactively contributing to briefing/internal discussions
Independently lead written and verbal client communications
Demonstrate a thorough understanding of business offerings, identifying opportunities for account growth and cross-selling
Proactively address and manage any conflicts that arise
Oversee the work of and provide clear direction to junior scientific services colleagues, delegating responsibilities and tasks where appropriate to provide experience, growth and knowledge transfer
Review copy and provide helpful and clear constructive feedback to junior team members
Assist junior team members with interpreting external feedback and applying learnings
Help guide junior team members in their own strategic development by clearly explaining how to incorporate strategic concepts into projects
Assist junior team members in identifying tasks and responsibilities that need to be prioritised and explaining the rationale
Provide effective line management, and supervise and support your team to help them achieve their objectives
Ask team members (across all levels) for feedback, and proactively implement learnings
Own responsibility for your personal development, regularly looking for other ways to learn and grow professionally by maximising exposure to new opportunities, making the most of training and requesting training as required
Undertake tasks outside of the specifics of the job description where business reasons require it