Career opportunity for Senior Scientific Writer @ Novartis

A global healthcare leader, Novartis has one of the most exciting product pipelines in the industry today. A pipeline of innovative medicines brought to life by diverse, talented and performance driven people. All of which makes them one of the most rewarding employers in their field.

Post: Senior Scientific Writer 1

Job Description:
1. Prepares manuscripts, abstracts, posters, slide sets, and monographs, flash cards, pub alerts literature reviews and other scientific resources working from various data sources including data tables and graphics, FIR reports, clinical study reports, patient profiles, protocols etc.
2. Performs quality control (QC) checking / proof reading of the above mentioned deliverables to meet customer expectations.
3. Manages multiple projects of up to two brands at any given time.
4. Complies with and support oncology scientific writing (OSW) group’s project management tool, standards, policies and initiatives.
5. Follows Novartis specifications for documentation, specifically Novstyle, templates etc.
6. Follows and tracks clinical trial milestones for assigned projects.
7. Maintains records for all assigned projects including Datavision and other databases
8. Maintains audit, SOP and training compliance.
9. Contribute to development of processes within OSW group
10. Support development of OSW group through participating in OSW group initiatives and other related activities.
11. Builds working relationships and actively collaborates with key internal and external stakeholders to optimize feed-back and input towards high quality documents.
12. Performs additional tasks as assigned.
13. Participate in international congresses and conferences; development of pre and post congress scientific communication deliverables.

Candidate Profile:
Minimum: University life science degree or equivalent is required.
Advanced degree or equivalent education/degree in life sciences/healthcare is desirable: Masters with 3-5 years of experience. PhD or degree in medicine (MBBS/ MD or equivalent) with 1-3 years of experience.

Excellent written and oral English
• Scientific/ Clinical Knowledge of Safety aspects, TA, Disease, Brand.
• Experience and/or knowledge of Oncology preferred.
• Experience of writing publications, abstracts, slidesets, posters, manuscripts and/or other educational re-sources.
• Good understanding clinical research and drug development process.
• Experience of working in cross-functional teams in the drug development industry.

Additional Information:
Location: Hyderabad
Industry Type: Pharma/ Biotech/Clinical Research
Functional Area: Scientific Writing
Division: Pharma
Job Type: Full Time
Employment Type: Permanent
Job ID: 160770BR
End Date: 15^th April, 2015