Team Lead - Scientific Writing

Team Lead - Scientific Writing

Sanofi

Barcelona, Spain

As a Team Lead - Scientific Writing you will create synergies and provide functional and operational direction to assigned therapeutic area(s) and processes; act as strategic thought partner to the TA Scientific communication lead; lead team of writers, coach and develop expert and senior writers; provide input to publication and communication plans and ensure delivery as per plan; develop and maintain expertise in TA and on key trends/developments in the industry; and collaborate effectively with stakeholders.

People:

• Lead team of writers or similar roles (in content creation);
• Coach and develop expertise within the team (on content/methods/processes);
• Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) within the allocated TA/GBU and product – with an end objective to develop education and communication content as per requirement; and
• Ensure new technologies are leveraged.

Performance:

• Act as strategic thought partner to assigned TA(s) within an assigned GBU; (2) Develop and maintain expertise in assigned TA and on key trends/developments in the industry;
• Provide inputs for publication and communication plan/publication and medical education materials/other strategic deliverables, and ensure delivery as per plan (agreed timelines and quality);
• Lead and support development of tools, technology, and processes to constantly improve quality and productivity.

Process:

• Support delivery of projects in terms of resourcing, quality, timeliness, efficiency, and high technical standards for deliveries made by the medical writing group, including scientific documents and clinical/medical reports;
• Contribute to overall quality enhancement by ensuring high scientific standards for the output produced by the scientific writing group;
• Secure adherence to compliance procedures and internal/operational risk controls in accordance with any and all applicable regulatory standards;
• Ensure all publication and medical education materials are delivered as per agreed timelines and quality;
• Ensure creating and developing tools, technology, and process to constantly improve quality and productivity;
• Leverage advanced training delivery tools and techniques thereby enhancing the effectiveness of training delivery.

Stakeholder:

• Work closely with scientific communication teams in regions/areas to identify publication need and assist in developing assigned deliverables;
• Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) with an end objective to develop education and communication content as per requirements.

About you

• Experience: 9+ years of experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, or academia; >6 years of experience in leadership role; and ability to influence and negotiate;
• Soft skills: Stakeholder management; communication skills; people management; and ability to work independently and within a team environment;
• Technical skills: As applicable (including but not limited to therapeutic area/domain knowledge exposure – Proficient in multiple TAs/domains under one GBU; scientific communications/writing; medical communications/writing; publication planning; and/or project management);
• Education: Advanced degree in life sciences/pharmacy/similar discipline or medical degree;
• Languages: Excellent knowledge of English language (spoken and written).