Senior Medical Editor

About the role

A Senior Medical Editor is sought to lead editorial quality and regulatory compliance on pharmaceutical promotional materials, reporting to the Manager, Editorial. The role is open to remote candidates in the United States or Canada, with a preference for those in the Eastern time zone.

Key responsibilities

• Review and edit promotional content for grammar, punctuation, spelling, sense, AMA style and consistency, across branded/unbranded, HCP/patient and digital/print materials
• Fact-check, cross-check and proofread existing content for consistency and adaptation to new channels and audiences
• Ensure changes are correctly incorporated between versions of materials
• Retain medical, legal and regulatory guidance to stay consistent with FDA guidelines, internal style guidelines, client feedback and brand standards
• Support the preparation of materials for MLR submission
• Partner with project managers, account managers, designers, copywriters and other editors, manage your own brand assignment and help others as needed
• Attend project kick-off, hot sheet/status and team meetings for assigned brands, and handle multiple projects at once

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in communications, English, journalism or life sciences
• 5+ years of experience editing pharmaceutical promotional materials in an agency environment
• Experience across a range of therapeutic areas and product launches is a plus

Required skills

• Basic proficiency with editorial software and/or AI tools
• Experience anchoring/linking in Veeva is a plus