Principal Scientific Writer

Job Description Summary

To write, support, manage and provide consultancy to senior and expert scientific writers to prepare all high quality medical and scientific communications including literature review, abstracts, posters, slide decks, Manuscripts (complex) for publication/ presentation.

 

Job Description

Principal Scientific Writer

Location – Hyderabad #LI Hybrid  

Major Responsibilities:

• Prepares / supports the preparation of highly complex scientific documents to meet highest quality standards. Initiates, implements and champions process improvement techniques.
• Manages multiple projects across multiple brands and therapeutic areas. Defines and implements stakeholder management strategies and tactics.
• Develops a Center of Excellence (CoE) for identified TA/disease area/deliverable.
• Provides strategic inputs to development and brand plans and assists in policy decision making as TA/disease/deliverable champion.
• Ideates and implements tactics to influence internal and external development environment.
• Complies with and support group’s project management tool, standards, policies and initiatives. Follows Novartis specifications for documentation, templates etc.
• Maintains records for all assigned projects including archiving. Maintains audit, SOP and training compliance.
• Trains new joiners, fellow colleagues as and when required. Performs additional tasks as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

Minimum science degree or equivalent, B.Sc./equivalent with 12 years Clinical Research (CR) experience, M.Sc./M. Pharm +10 years of clinical research (CR) experience.

Desired: Doctoral Degree or Qualification in Medical Sciences (MBBS/MD/equivalent)

PhD > 8 year of CR experience, MBBS/equivalent >8 year of CR experience, MD >6 years of CR exp

Key Performance Indicators

• Preparation of the above referenced documents meeting set quality standards and on time for submission to Health Authorities/ Clinical teams / Journals as appropriate. (i.e. complying with standards e.g. CONSORT regarding publication of trial results, complying with journal formatting requirements etc).

• Drive maximum efficiency from the teams working on projects assigned.
• Publications are acceptable to internal and external authors (no issues with authorship).
• Completion of an adequate number of medical and scientific documents (taking into account complexity) per year.
• Active contribution to knowledge creation, use and dissemination activities.
• Adheres to Novartis values and behaviors.

Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture 
 
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Skills Desired

Agility, Agility, Clinical Practices, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Drug Development, Employee Development, Healthcare Sector Understanding, Health Sciences, Influencing Skills, Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, Integrated Evidence Generation, Medical Affairs, Medical Communication, Medical Education, Patient Care, People Management, Pharmaceutics, Priority Disease Areas Expertise, Product Launches, Product Strategy, Real World Evidence (RWE), Regulatory Compliance, Research Methodologies {+ 3 more}