Senior Medical Writer

Company: Havas Life Mumbai Designation: Manager Medical Writer Role: The Medical Writer develops pharmaceutical and healthcare marketing content, including promotional materials, video scripts, slide decks, MOA visualisations, patient profiles, and other communication assets. The role involves conducting literature reviews, analysing clinical data, and translating complex scientific information into clear, audience-appropriate messaging. The Medical Writer is expected to build strong expertise in assigned products and collaborate closely with medical, creative, strategy, and account teams to deliver content aligned with brand objectives. The role may also mentor junior writers and contract resources. Strong attention to editorial accuracy, referencing, and the ability to manage multiple timelines are essential for success. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Participate in planning and project meetings with internal and client teams as needed. Plans, develops, and writes materials as assigned, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives Understands that timelines are often very compressed Learns product and disease state information necessary for the successful fulfilment of each task, including key strategic issues Partners with creative services to develop highly visual and engaging materials that maintain a high level of scientific accuracy and achieve our client’s strategic objectives References and annotates all content at the initial stages of development, updating as appropriate throughout the project life to ensure accurate and clear delivery of materials for internal and client teams Secures references as needed through the appropriate channels to provide full support of all claims within a deliverable, and provides clean delivery of reference packets for internal and client teams Collaborates with internal team members to ensure smooth routing and adherence to timelines Collaborates with the editorial to resolve grammatical, stylistic errors, or data interpretation concerns Properly tracks and retains electronic versions of documentation from draft through final submission to clients. Maintains a current knowledge of industry trends and standards, key medical topics and terminology to serve as a credible resource to internal and client teams. Takes a proactive, solutions-oriented approach to all tasks EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED SKILLS Advanced medical or scientific degree (MBBS, M.D., PhD, Pharm.D.) preferred. Post-graduate degrees in related disciplines with the applicable combination of education and experience may be considered. 2 to 5 years of medical writing experience, preferably in a healthcare marketing or communications agency setting. Expert writing and editorial skills with a thorough knowledge of AMA style and medical terminology expertise. Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Proven organisational and timeline prioritisation skills; scheduling flexibility to accommodate work volumes and the ability to manage multiple assignments. Must be a self-starter with the ability to work independently or as part of a team, whenever appropriate. Must be willing to work from 1:30 pm to 10:30 pm IST (remote working) About Havas Life Mumbai Havas Life Sorento is India’s leading Health & Wellness marketing, communications, digital & health tech company. It’s a part of Havas Health & You, the world’s largest global health & wellness network & part of Havas India, which unites 18 companies and diversified services across Creative, Media, and Health verticals. Centred around Human Purpose, agency believes that brands rightly have a role to play in culture and make a positive impact on the wider world, thus creating meaningful brand platforms that don’t just grow, they grow well. It has deep strategic, creative, and technology expertise for modern health-brand marketing. For more information, visit and follow Havas Life Sorento on social media. About Havas India Havas India gathers the expertise of 20 agencies and specialised divisions across 3 verticals: Havas Media Network – Havas Media, PivotRoots (integrated digital), Arena Media, Havas Media Tribes (out-of-home), Havas Market (e-commerce), Havas Play (sports, entertainment & content), Havas Programmatic Hub (programmatic trading desk), Havas Analytics (data & analytics), Socialyse (pure play social media), and Havas Play Gameplan (sports marketing) Havas Creative Network – Havas Worldwide India (creative), Havas People India (talent communications & employer branding), Havas CX India (customer experience), Think Design (UX/UI), Shobiz (experiential marketing), Shobiz Exhibits (exhibitions) Conran Design Group Mumbai (branding & design), PR Pundit Havas Red (PR), and Prose on Pixels (content-at-scale) Havas Health & You – Havas Life Sorento (health & wellness communications). With its unique Village model, it is an integrated network present across 3 Villages in Mumbai, Gurgaon, and Bengaluru, and regional offices in Kolkata, New Delhi, Hyderabad, and Chennai, with over 2000+ professionals and associates. As one of India’s fastest growing and agile networks, Havas India has bagged multiple new clients across verticals and won several prestigious awards over the last 2 years including the group being Great Place To Work® Certified™ twice in a row (Nov 2022 - Nov 2023 & Dec 2023 – Dec 2024), consistently being featured in the top 3 at R3 New Business League rankings, and winning at Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year awards, e4m Indian Marketing Awards 2023, ABBY One Show 2023, Campaign Women Leading Change awards, and more. Our CSR programs, DE&I initiatives, and active involvement in industry associations keep us invested as a network with a clear mission to make a meaningful difference for brands, businesses, and people. 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