Publications and Scientific Communications Writer (Principal/Sr Principal) - Remote - US Only

Publications and Scientific Communications Writer (Principal/Sr Principal) - Remote - US Only

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.


Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape.


Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.


Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:


Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

Job Responsibilities

Job Description:

• Lead the development and implementation of portfolio asset / product publication strategy and plan
• Produce high-quality publications.
• Contribute to the strategy and development of disease or product scientific platform / statements
• Interact and lead discussions with external authors and collaborators within the Medical Affairs, Drug Development, and Drug Discovery organizations to develop publication content.
• Manage external agencies and freelancers involved in the writing, editing, formatting and submission of articles to peer-reviewed scientific journals and scientific/medical conferences
• Manage the review of publications with authors/reviewers and external authors
• Track and report the progress of publication development. Utilize appropriate software to catalogue project status, drafts, author comments, and reviews/approvals
• Write, edit, and format publications as needed. These include primary manuscripts, congress abstracts, slide presentations, and posters
• Responsible for budget planning and milestones
• Follow published guidelines for authorship and good publication practices
• Ensure that medical/scientific publication activities are within company policies, procedures and good publications practices
• Contribute as needed to the maintenance and roll-out of departmental policies

Additional Qualifications:

· Advanced degree in a scientific discipline (e.g., PhD, PharmD)

· Minimum 5 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry, a medical communication company, or a consulting organization, as a publication manager or senior level content reviewer. Writing experience is essential.

· Exceptional project management skills

· Demonstrated leadership in running a publication strategy and plan, and developing scientific platforms

· Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize, and execute multiple projects; ability to multitask and work both independently and within multi-disciplinary teams

· Understand the clinical development process, especially clinical study data and outcomes measures

· Ability to critically appraise and apply knowledge gained from the medical/scientific literature.

• High attention to details and scientific rigor

· Strong interpersonal skills for effective professional communications, aiming to cultivate strong working relationships with both internal and external groups

· Demonstrated leadership and cross-functional stakeholder management skills to drive business priorities

· Ability to effectively communicate complex medical/scientific information and contribute to medical strategy

• Ability to respond to urgent timelines

· Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook) is required, as well as familiarity and working knowledge of key software applications relevant to publication planning and implementation (e.g., iEnvision, literature search indices, journal databases, etc.)

· Experience in oncology and/or dermatology is a plus

• Travel is estimated to be less than 10% of time. Most of the travel activity will be in the U.S. and Europe for scientific conferences.

At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

Salary Range:

$95,000.00 - $175,700.00

The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.