[Hiring] Medical Editor @EVERSANA

Role Description

Medical Affairs is a key customer-facing function that supports the safe and effective use of healthcare products by providing timely, evidence-based, and non-promotional information to healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers, and payers. This role ensures high-quality medical content development with a focus on scientific accuracy, editorial excellence, regulatory compliance, and data integrity.

• Support Medical, Legal, and Regulatory (MLR) reviewers by ensuring MLR readiness through pre-submission quality and compliance checks, reducing rework cycles and review timelines.
• Write and create medical and scientific content related to Medical Affairs, Medical Information, and Medical Communications, including:
  • Scientific Response Documents (SRD)
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents
  • Slide Sets
  • Abstracts
  • Posters
  • Education and Training materials
• Conduct editorial, language, and scientific accuracy reviews of promotional and non-promotional materials.
• Ensure alignment with FDA guidance, brand guidelines, and regulatory standards while maintaining scientific accuracy, clarity, consistency, and audience appropriateness across formats.
• Demonstrate strong familiarity with Veeva Vault for content review and workflow management.
• Partner with writers, MLR coordinators, and MLR reviewers to deliver high-quality outputs in deadline-driven environments.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects effectively while maintaining high editorial and scientific standards.
• Proofread and perform final quality checks before submission.
• Perform comprehensive editorial reviews aligned with AMA style, ICMJE guidelines, and internal editorial standards.
• Identify and flag data mismatches, transcription errors, citation inconsistencies, and cross-document discrepancies before submission.
• Serve as the final quality control checkpoint, ensuring alignment across text, tables, figures, and references.
• Execute rigorous source-to-output verification of numerical data, statistical values, tables, figures, and citations.
• Train and mentor junior editors on editorial workflows, tools, and quality standards.
• Lead initiatives to enhance asset quality, improve editorial processes, and standardize workflows.
• Provide feedback to improve tools, systems, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Contribute to continuous process improvement and quality enhancement initiatives.
• Participate in key client meetings as required.
• Support the creation and maintenance of SOPs, checklists, templates, style guides, and guidance documents.
• Stay current with industry’s best practices and support leadership in evaluating and implementing new technologies and processes to improve operational efficiency and content quality.
• Collaborate effectively with medical writers and creative teams across EVERSANA to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or pharmaceutical stream, along with strong medical editing and scientific writing skills.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Medical Information, or Medical Communications, with exposure to medical content development, editorial review, and quality control processes.
• Demonstrated experience in editorial quality checks, proofreading, and final QC review, including source-to-output verification, reference validation, and data integrity checks.
• Familiarity with MLR review processes, including conducting pre-submission quality and compliance checks to support MLR readiness.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to interpret, edit, and summarize complex scientific data accurately for diverse audiences.
• Strong ability to establish credibility with stakeholders, including MLR teams and clients.
• Proficiency in scientific editing aligned with AMA style, ICMJE guidelines, and regulatory/brand standards.
• Advanced analytical and attention-to-detail skills, including the ability to identify data discrepancies, inconsistencies, and errors across documents.

Requirements

• Preferred qualifications include an advanced scientific degree (PharmD, PharmM, or PhD) complemented by formal training or certification in English or scientific/medical writing, relevant professional experience, and AMWA certification.
• Ability to analyze, digest, and interpret complex scientific information and data.
• Ability to develop project plans and execute on the project plan, both working individually and with clients, other medical content development team members, and medical information contact center team and leadership team.
• Proven track record of executing and delivering results.
• Transforms creative ideas into original solutions that positively impact client delight and company’s performance.
• Ability to manage, coordinate, and oversee relationships and projects with assigned clients.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and benefits for all employees.
• Compensation determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location.
• Eligible for hire in select U.S. locations based on business and operational considerations.