Senior Scientific Writer

Department: Scientific Innovation (SI)

Reports to: Scientific Innovation (SI) Director

The Senior Writer, SI is responsible for creating scientifically sound, clinically relevant, and strategically positioned content for healthcare professionals by using various communication channels. They have a passion for science and the ability to distill complex information into impactful learning. This individual must have exceptional interpersonal skills to collaborate with clients, healthcare professionals, and the FORCE internal cross-functional team.


Essential Functions

  • With minimal guidance from SI Director, build scientific deliverables (eg, presentations, client reports, manuscripts, posters, and abstracts)
  • Support SI Director in strategic evaluations and recommendations through mastery of disease state, clinical landscape, and product data
  • Be accountable for medical, legal, and regulatory project aspects  
  • Develop and maintain client relationships
  • Develop relationships with faculty advisors by collaborating on deliverables, advisory board meetings, and speaker training initiatives
  • Support internal partners through good communication, advanced teaming, and peer mentorship 
  • Support client work by traveling to live events and meetings (up to 20%)
  • Review literature, perform fact checking, and develop reference packs 
  • Perform other duties as assigned to support project work


Personal Characteristics

To be successful, an individual must demonstrate expertise in all essential job functions. The following are essential to success: 

  • Exemplification of FORCE attributes: This is the essence of FORCE. Every member of the team embodies these characteristics. These attributes include passion for success, accountability, sound judgment, adaptability, professionalism, creativity and innovation, ethical work with integrity, quality, and caring
  • Excellent/intermediate communication skills: The ability to communicate effectively is vital to success. These skills include speaking and writing clearly and effectively balancing both listening and speaking in conversations and meetings, presenting effectively to the needs of the intended audience, and giving and receiving feedback for continuous improvement
  • Proficient/advanced relationship management skills: Relationship management centers on an individual’s ability to manage interactions to provide service and support the organization. These skills include being attentive to the customer’s needs, collaborating with teammates, demonstrating leadership, having the ability to influence, identifying and solving problems, and working through conflict by encouraging open communication


Education and/or Experience

  • An advanced science or clinical degree (eg, MD, PhD, PharmD, or RN) is preferred; greater experience and capabilities may compensate for a lack of an advanced degree 
  • At least 2 years of experience in medical communications is required
  • Familiarity with FDA and other regulatory guidelines is required
  • Direct client experience is a plus
  • Experience in oncology is a plus
  • Experience in Medical Affairs, promotional, and publications arenas is beneficial
  • Advanced skills in MS Word and PowerPoint are required

Client interaction and customer service are integral parts of this role. Periodic travel (local, national, or international) to client sites or events may be required.


Qualified candidates must be legally authorized for employment in the US, as our organization does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status for this position. We participate in E-Verify.

FORCE Communications is a full-service medical marketing, communications, and education organization founded in 2001 that specializes in creating unique scientific/Medical Affairs, medical 
communications/education, commercial, and payer solutions. Our organization specializes in collaborating with pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and healthcare providers and industry partners in developing innovative programs that integrate scientific information with industry/healthcare market insight and adult learning principles.



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