Decera Clinical
Senior Medical Writer - Publications
The Senior Medical Writer proactively executes medical communication and healthcare consultancy projects, ensuring alignment to client objectives and overall brand/medical strategy. The role serves as a key scientific contact for internal teams and clients, with a primary focus on generating content, supporting project-level mentorship, and contributing to business development.
Key Responsibilities
- • Independently drive content development for dedicated accounts.
- • Slide decks
- • Primary and secondary manuscripts
- • Review articles
- • Abstracts
- • Posters
- • Oral presentations
- • Congress materials
- • Publication extenders and derivative content
- • Delivers well-written materials that are scientifically and technically accurate for review
- • Creates project content is of the highest quality, technically accurate, and aligned with the goals and objectives of the project brief
- • Has expert knowledge of client review and approval systems (eg, Veeva and DataVision)
- • Support execution of a wide range of projects across teams and therapeutic areas
- • Communicate regularly and clearly with internal cross-functional stakeholders
- • Provide project-level mentorship as appropriate to less experienced team members
- • Other tasks as assigned
Required
- • Advanced scientific degree (PhD, PharmD, MD) required
- • Minimum of 2 years of experience in the medical communications industry
- • Strong experience developing publications and congress-related materials for pharmaceutical or biotech clients
- • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications, specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook
Decera Clinical helps life sciences companies accelerate HCP adoption of breakthrough therapies through three divisions: Accredited Medical Education, HCP Insights, and Medical Communications. As the Scientific Activation™ company, Decera Clinical supports pharmaceutical and biotech partners in engaging HCPs with clear, credible information that strengthens clinical understanding and decision-making. With more than twenty years of experience across major therapeutic areas, Decera Clinical delivers trusted scientific engagement that helps HCPs move from evidence to action. To learn more, visit deceraclinical.com.
The role of the Senior Medical Writer is to proactively execute medical communication and healthcare consultancy projects, ensuring alignment to client objectives and overall brand/medical strategy. The Senior Medical Writer serves as a key scientific contact for internal teams and clients. This role serves as a therapy area and capability expert with a primary focus on generating content. At the more experienced levels, the Senior Medical Writer can serve as a project-level mentor across a range of projects. The Senior Medical Writer also contributes to business development from both organic and new client perspectives with a focus on primary research supporting the broader team.
What You’ll Own
The role of the Senior Medical Writer is to proactively execute medical communication and healthcare consultancy projects, ensuring alignment to client objectives and overall brand/medical strategy. The Senior Medical Writer serves as a key scientific contact for internal teams and clients. This role serves as a therapy area and capability expert with a primary focus on generating content. At the more experienced levels, the Senior Medical Writer can serve as a project-level mentor across a range of projects. The Senior Medical Writer also contributes to business development from both organic and new client perspectives with a focus on primary research supporting the broader team.
What You’ll Own
- Independently drive content development for dedicated accounts. Materials include:
- Slide decks
- Primary and secondary manuscripts
- Review articles
- Abstracts
- Posters
- Oral presentations
- Congress materials
- Publication extenders and derivative content
- Delivers well-written materials that are scientifically and technically accurate for review
- Creates project content is of the highest quality, technically accurate, and aligned with the goals and objectives of the project brief
- Has expert knowledge of client review and approval systems (eg, Veeva and DataVision)
- Support execution of a wide range of projects across teams and therapeutic areas
- Communicate regularly and clearly with internal cross-functional stakeholders
- Provide project-level mentorship as appropriate to less experienced team members
- Other tasks as assigned
- Advanced scientific degree (PhD, PharmD, MD) required
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in the medical communications industry
- Strong experience developing publications and congress-related materials for pharmaceutical or biotech clients
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications, specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook
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