Senior Medical Writer

Adelphi Group•New York, NY

48d•$93,000 - $122,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Omnicom Health Medical Communications is seeking a Senior Medical Writer to lead and coordinate medical content production across various therapy areas. This role involves translating scientific literature into high-quality deliverables, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and strategic alignment. The Senior Medical Writer will act as a subject matter expert, manage project briefs, review materials from other writers, and contribute creative ideas. The position also requires effective workload management, collaboration with account teams, and coaching junior writers. Client service involves building relationships, identifying issues, and recommending solutions. Financial responsibilities include budget mindfulness and input into scopes of work. Business development involves identifying growth opportunities and supporting proposal development.

Requirements

Senior Medical Writer experience
Ability to lead and coordinate medical content production
Proficiency in evaluating scientific literature/data and translating into communications deliverables
Strong scientific insight and critical thinking skills
Ability to produce clear, accurate, scientifically sound, grammatically correct, and creative materials
Expertise regarding client products, therapy areas, data sets, and processes
Ability to develop and appraise briefs
Skill in briefing account team members and Studio
Competence in reviewing materials from other writers
Knowledge of relevant style guides/guidelines and industry standards
Ability to contribute creative ideas and concepts
Effective workload management and prioritization skills
Ability to work collaboratively with account team members
Experience in coaching and mentoring junior writers
Ability to build positive relationships with clients and external experts
Experience leading/facilitating internal, client, and external expert calls/virtual meetings
Mindfulness of project budgets and scopes of work
Ability to input into the development of scopes of work/cost estimates
Ability to complete timesheets on time and meet productivity targets
Ability to identify opportunities for organic growth on accounts
Experience supporting the development of medical content for proposals and pitch presentations

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate medical content to produce a range of high-quality deliverables across therapy areas, within budget and schedule, with minimal input from medical team leads.
Objectively evaluate scientific literature/data and translate into communications deliverables; demonstrate scientific insight and critical thinking.
Consistently produce clear, accurate, scientifically sound, grammatically correct, and creative materials appropriate to the project brief, meet client needs, and reflect the direction of external experts.
Act as a source of expertise regarding client products, therapy areas, data set and processes; project-specific strategy; and industry standards, supporting others as needed; keep on top of updates to medical literature and the competitive landscape within relevant therapy area(s) and share knowledge.
Develop and critically appraise briefs to inform project plans; be alert to potential internal or external pitfalls or knowledge gaps and take action to address these.
Effectively brief other account team members and Studio as appropriate and provide further direction and support as needed.
Competently review materials from other Writers (including freelancers) for scientific accuracy, written quality, style, suitability for the audience, and strategic alignment, ensuring clear, complete, and valid comments.
Ensure all materials conform to relevant style guides/guidelines and industry standards; provide advice and guidance to address oversights.
Contribute creative ideas, concepts, or suggestions to provide added value across live projects and business development activities.
Manage workload effectively, including during delivery peaks, and prioritize/reprioritize effectively to meet deadlines for fast-paced and multiple parallel projects.
Lead the delivery of medical content and work collaboratively with account team members to meet overall account objectives.
Actively participate in account team meetings; lead project team meetings in line with specific delivery responsibilities.
Coach and mentor less experienced Medical Writers and support their ongoing development.
Build positive relationships with clients and external experts by providing a knowledgeable point of contact; contribute to discussions to identify issues and recommend solutions.
Confidently lead/facilitate internal, client, and external expert calls/virtual meetings and attend on-site meetings.
Demonstrate mindfulness of project budgets and scopes of work; work with Client Services team members to identify issues and support good recoverability.
Input into the development of scopes of work/cost estimates.
Complete timesheets on time and meet productivity targets.
Identify opportunities for organic growth on accounts and communicate to the senior account teams.
Support the development of discrete medical content for proposals and pitch presentations.