Sr Mgr, Medical Content SME
Takeda•Lexington, MA
•Onsite
About The Position
Provide enterprise-level medical subject matter expertise to safeguard scientific rigor, non-promotional standards, and regulatory alignment across medical content produced within the vendor ecosystem.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 5–8+ years' experience in medical affairs, medical communications, or scientific strategy in the pharma or healthcare sector
- Experience supporting congresses, MSL materials, and scientific exchange
- Strong scientific rigor and integrity
- Detail-oriented and compliance-focused mindset
- Collaborative and enterprise-minded, comfortable influencing without direct authority
- Skilled at navigating Medical and Commercial priorities
- Excellent communication skills, capable of ensuring clarity and understanding of complex medical topics
- Science-backed perspective, incl. ability to validate scientific data, conduct medical content review, and advise on compliance
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Deep understanding of FDA/EMA medical communication guidelines and compliance frameworks
- Understanding of procurement processes and vendor management operations
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree (MBA, MS, PharmD, or related)
Responsibilities
- Oversee the end-to-end medical content development process for all channels, ensuring alignment with strategic input from Medical Affairs
- Manage and collaborate with medical content agency partners across creation, adaptation, and derivative asset production, ensuring adherence to quality standards, compliance requirements, and process efficiency
- Ensure clear review pathways, predictable timelines, and accountability for the approval and dissemination of medical content
- Project manage sprint planning and execution; resolve blockers to ensure timely delivery of medical content within pod-based teams
- Establish expectations and maintain oversight for medical content tagging, content management, performance measurement / tracking readiness, ensuring medical content is organized and accessible for future use
- Participate in Medical Affairs strategy sessions and leadership team discussions to align medical content priorities, plans, and performance with broader organizational objectives
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision insurance
- a 401(k) plan and company match
- short-term and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- a tuition reimbursement program
- paid volunteer time off
- company holidays
- well-being benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
