Scientific Writer Job at Merck, Bangalore
Looking to build your career in Medical Communications with a global healthcare leader? Merck is hiring an Expert Scientific Writer for its Global Scientific Communications Content Hub in Bengaluru, Karnataka. This Scientific Writer Job in Bangalore is ideal for experienced professionals with a background in medical communications, medical affairs, or clinical research. The selected candidate will develop high-quality scientific and medical communication content while collaborating with global healthcare teams at Merck Careers. If you have expertise in scientific writing and are passionate about advancing healthcare innovation, this role could be an excellent career opportunity.
About the Company:
Merck is a global science and technology company committed to enriching lives through innovations in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Its Healthcare division focuses on developing medicines, intelligent devices, and innovative technologies across therapeutic areas including Oncology, Neurology, Fertility, Rare Tumours, Cardio-metabolic Diseases, and Endocrinology. With teams working across six continents, Merck promotes a collaborative, inclusive, and innovation-driven work environment while advancing patient care worldwide.
Job Details:
- Job Title: Expert Scientific Writer (Medical Communications)
- Job ID: 299489
- Job Type: Full-time
- Job Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Department: Global Scientific Communications Content Hub
- Industry: Healthcare / Pharmaceutical / Medical Communications
- Work Setting: Global collaborative environment with cross-functional teams
Key Responsibilities:
- Working both independently and alongside other team members to develop medical content for a range of project types, audiences and writing styles including, but not limited to, medical communication content (including publications and congress materials) and medical education content
- Actively contribute to improvement initiatives across the Global Scientific Communications Content Hub in the Scientific Writer Job in Bangalore.
- Lead development of medium to high complexity content (and review the same produced by others)
- Review (QA) the output of less senior writers (including scientific accuracy, tone and alignment with agreed strategic
messaging) at Merck Careers. - Lead concept and content development meetings with authors and other stakeholders.
- Lead representative/SMEs for the assets/functional areas they are assigned on; develop programs to increase the depth of understanding of more junior writers
- Maintain good relationship with stakeholders (e.g. within MUs)
- Ensures personal efficiency and productivity targets are met
- Manages and prioritizes workload to meet internal deadlines
- Ensures status reporting of projects is clear
Essential Qualifications for the Scientific Writer Job:
- 5+ years professional experience in medical communications/medical affairs/clinical research in an international Pharma/Biotech/agency setting.
- A proven track record of successful scientific writing and leading projects; are comfortable with developing a range of content types, sometimes concurrently, and able to prioritize tasks to meet timelines/deadlines
- An advanced university degree in medicine or another related subject
- Therapeutic expertise/experience in one or more of Organization’s key therapy areas (Oncology, Rare Tumours, Neurology and Immunology, Fertility, Cardio-metabolic and Endocrinology)
- Demonstrable stakeholder management expertise
- Strong awareness of the pharmaceutical business and trends in the industry
- Experience in managing projects cross-functionally and in an international setting
- Strong analytical skills and ability to understand complex processes, project management and project leadership skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English language)
