Senior Medical Writer

HYDERABAD (IN)REMOTEPOSTED: 7/24/2026
PHARMAFull-time
HIRING ORGANIZATIONSYNEOS HEALTHBiopharmaceutical / Healthcare Services
Syneos Health

ROLE DEFINITION & RESPONSIBILITIES

Role Overview

The Senior Medical Writer is responsible for developing high-quality medical and scientific training deliverables for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. The role supports training programs for sales representatives, Medical Science Liaisons and other healthcare professionals, and involves contributing to projects from inception through delivery. The Senior Medical Writer collaborates with Solution Implementation Managers, Learning Strategists, Learning Advisors, other medical writers, subject matter experts and clients to develop training roadmaps, timelines and deliverables.

Core Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with medical writers, internal team members and clients to develop training for pharmaceutical and biotechnology professionals.
Create training materials for sales representatives, Medical Science Liaisons and other professionals in the pharmaceutical and/or biotech industry.
Research relevant scientific and medical material and incorporate guidance from clients and subject matter experts.
Write and organize training materials for pharmaceutical companies of different sizes.
Prepare transcripts for conversion into e-modules and other training formats.
Create medical-writing deliverables across multiple therapeutic areas with minimal supervision.
Develop outlines and transcripts for e-learning programs.
Prepare needs assessments, clinical-study protocol overviews and patient narratives.
Support training projects from initial development through final delivery.
Participate in internal and external project-status meetings.

Quality, Compliance & Publishing

Follow established regulatory and compliance standards when developing medical-writing projects.
Fully reference and annotate sources supporting information included in deliverables.
Review documents for grammar, spelling, style, readability and accuracy.
Identify and prevent the perpetuation of writing or content errors.
Format documents according to project requirements.
Perform pre-publishing and post-publishing quality checks.
Render and electronically publish documents together with required references.

Client & Project Management

Provide regular updates to the client's writing team.
Resolve project issues and problems to support timely delivery of high-quality documents.
Work autonomously while maintaining alignment with project requirements and client expectations.
Contribute to training roadmaps and project timelines from project inception.
Support RFP responses and participate in pitch meetings when required.
Assist with updating existing catalog courses.

Key Competencies

The position requires flexibility, strong organizational skills, effective time management, clear communication, autonomy, scientific research ability, medical writing expertise and the ability to manage multiple deliverables while maintaining quality and compliance standards.

Preferred Qualification & Experience

BS plus 8 years of experience; or
MS/PharmD plus 4 years of experience; or
PhD plus 1 year of experience.

Company & Career Environment

Syneos Health describes itself as a global healthcare organization partnering with industry experts to address commercialization challenges for leading healthcare companies. Its broad partnerships and global operations create multiple career paths across Commercial Operations and Leadership teams. The organization emphasizes creating better, smarter and faster approaches to helping biopharmaceutical therapies reach patients.

REQUIRED VERIFIED SKILLS

Medical Writing
Medical Communications
Scientific Research
Training Content Development
Pharmaceutical Training
Biotechnology Training
E-learning Content
Medical Transcripts
Needs Assessments
Clinical Study Protocol Overviews
Patient Narratives
Regulatory Compliance
Reference Management
Annotation
Quality Control
Editing
Document Formatting
Publishing

COMPENSATION & REWARDS

Salary: Competitive / Disclosed upon candidate shortlisting

ORGANIZATION CONTEXT & CULTURE

Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization. They provide end-to-end clinical and commercial solutions designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of new therapies worldwide. The company combines clinical development, medical affairs, and commercialization expertise to help clients bring innovative treatments to patients faster.

TEAM SIZE: 25,000+ employees
INDUSTRY: Biopharmaceutical / Healthcare Services

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