Senior Scientific Writer– Publications Delivery, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, AstraZeneca GBS Grade: C3
Shift: 2 pm to 11 pm IST
Location: Manyata Tech Park, Bengaluru, India
Introduction to the Role
As a Senior Medical Writer in Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, AstraZeneca GBS Publication and scientific communications Delivery team, you will lead the development and delivery of complex, high-impact scientific publications that communicate clinical and real-world evidence accurately, clearly, and responsibly. You will independently manage priority manuscripts and congress deliverables from planning through submission, guide author teams, and provide expert advice on publication strategy and execution. Working in accordance with Good Publication Practice, ICMJE recommendations, AstraZeneca policies, and product strategy, you will mentor colleagues, conduct quality reviews, and strengthen publication standards, capabilities, and processes across programmes.
Key Responsibilities
Publication leadership: Lead complex, high-impact publication deliverables and independently manage the end-to-end development, submission, and resubmission of priority manuscripts and congress materials, and timeline management. Provide coaching and quality oversight to peers and junior writers.
Scientific writing, editing, and review: Write and critically review manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and presentations covering complex clinical trials, pooled analyses, health economics and outcomes research, and integrated evidence. Ensure scientific accuracy, clarity, logical flow, and compliance with target journal and congress requirements. Resolve competing feedback, build consensus, and maintain delivery against agreed timelines. Advise teams on publication scope, outlet selection, and narrative positioning.
Complex publications management: Lead disclosures involving integrated datasets, post-hoc analyses, network meta-analyses, conventional meta-analyses, and HEOR or epidemiology components. Define the document strategy, outlines, figure and table shells, and evidence flow. Manage publication systems, document versions, comment resolution and integration, dependencies, and collaborator alignment across programmes.
Data interpretation: Partner with biostatistics, clinical, safety, and medical teams to evaluate datasets, clarify analytical methods, and communicate findings appropriately. Reconcile inconsistencies across outputs and source documents, ensuring alignment with protocols, clinical study reports, product information, and public disclosures.
Literature review and evidence synthesis: Oversee systematic literature searches, evidence synthesis, and gap analyses that support publication planning and future disclosures. Maintain methodological rigour, transparent documentation, reference libraries, and citation integrity across programmes.
Journal and congress submissions: Own complex submission packages, cover letters, and responses to reviewers. Coordinate authorship confirmations, disclosures, and compliance checks, and work with editorial offices and congress secretariats to resolve queries and support successful outcomes.
Figures and data visualisation: Define appropriate visualisation approaches and guide design partners in developing complex figures and layouts. Ensure the accuracy, readability, accessibility, and brand consistency of visualisations, including forest plots, Kaplan–Meier curves, and heat maps.
Compliance and publication ethics: Champion adherence to Good Publication Practice, ICMJE recommendations, AstraZeneca policies, and therapeutic area guidance. Ensure appropriate authorship, acknowledgements, disclosures, transparency, and data integrity and privacy, proactively identifying and addressing potential ethical or compliance risks.
Project delivery and documentation: Plan schedules, resources, and documentation for multiple concurrent deliverables. Maintain complete, audit-ready records in publication management systems…