Senior Medical Writer (Publications)
About the role
Senior Medical Writer (Publications)
Real Chemistry is hiring a Senior Medical Writer to join the Publications team within our medical communications group.
In this role, you'll lead the development of high-quality scientific publications across a range of therapy areas, partnering with clients, authors, and cross-functional teams to translate complex data into clear, accurate, and strategically aligned outputs. You'll play a central role in shaping publication content, mentoring junior writers, and helping evolve how we deliver scientific communication in an AI-enabled environment.
This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced publications writer who wants to deepen their therapy area expertise, take ownership of high-profile programs, and grow within a fast-paced, collaborative agency that's redefining medical communications.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end development of scientific publications, including manuscripts, abstracts, posters, plain language summaries, and congress materials
- Translate publication plans into executable content; identify scientific storylines and recommend approaches to clients and authors
- Ensure compliance with ICMJE, GPP 2022, and journal-specific requirements; serve as a guidelines resource for the wider team
- Translate complex clinical and scientific data into clear, concise, and accurate content for expert audiences — and for lay audiences where required
- Conduct literature reviews and contribute to data interpretation that informs both content and strategy
- Maintain consistency in messaging, tone, and scientific accuracy across deliverables and across an account
- Own author and steering committee engagement, including kickoff meetings, content reviews, and consensus-building across multi-author teams
- Partner with account, strategy, and scientific leads to shape content direction; contribute to scope development and new business work as needed
- Mentor junior writers through structured review, coaching, and onboarding; act as a quality checkpoint on team deliverables
- Build and maintain therapy area expertise; act as a scientific point of contact for an assigned franchise or account
- Apply AI-enabled writing, literature review, and analytics tools thoughtfully and in line with Real Chemistry's responsible-use standards
- Deliver projects on time and to a high standard, proactively managing workload, surfacing risks early, and adapting to changing priorities without compromising quality