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The Medical Writer, Global Medical Affairs, reports to the Director of Medical Writing and is a key member of the scientific team. This role is responsible for developing clear, accurate, and scientifically sound documents that effectively communicate complex clinical, medical, and scientific data to healthcare professionals, internal stakeholders, and external audiences. By ensuring that evidence is robust, relevant, and strategically presented, the Medical Writer supports informed decision making and upholds the scientific credibility of the organization. The Medical Writer interfaces with external groups to ensure accurate and timely completion/delivery of information and review of assigned writing projects, and acts as the scientific writing expert for the department.

Primary Duties

• Create, review, and manage scientific content, including manuscripts, abstracts, white papers and posters and translate complex clinical data into clear, impactful materials tailored to the audience's level of expertise
• Support or lead publication planning, including development and maintenance of publication plans and timelines across the program lifecycle. Track abstracts, manuscripts, and congress materials to ensure strategic sequencing, avoidance of duplication, and alignment with data availability and medical strategy
• Ensure all scientific materials comply with ICMJE authorship criteria, GPP guidelines, and applicable regulatory and company policies Review author disclosures, acknowledgments, and contribution statements to ensure transparency and ethical publication practices
• Partner with Biostatistics and Evidence Generation teams to interpret study results, ensure accurate data representation, and develop clear scientific narratives. Contribute to the framing of key scientific messages while maintaining data integrity and balance
• Critically review scientific content developed by external vendors or partners for scientific accuracy, consistency, style, and compliance prior to submission or dissemination
• Support end to end development of congress materials, including abstracts, posters, oral presentations, slide decks, and Q&A documents. Coordinate scientific review cycles and milestone timelines related to congress submissions
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of medical writing processes, templates, and best practices. Support knowledge sharing and consistency across documents and therapeutic areas
• Monitor and evaluate impact by tracking the effectiveness and reach of evidence dissemination activities using metrics such as publication citations, conference attendance, or engagement analytics and gathering feedback from stakeholders to refine strategies and improve the quality of materials
• Perform all work in compliance with company quality procedures and standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Experience

• Bachelor's degree in microbiology is a minimum requirement
• Master's degree in microbiology or molecular biologyhighly preferred
• PhD preferred
• 2+ years of professional related experience in roles such as medical writing, or scientific communications with several publications to their credit (ideally as the first author) required
• Background in medical affairs, clinical research, or evidence generation is highly preferred
• Background in infectious disease diagnostics is highly preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Consistently upholds and reflects the core ethical principles and values that bioMerieux promotes.
• Written Communications - including the ability to communicate technical data in written form
• Ability to work cross-functionally allowing for better collaboration and communication when working across teams to achieve shared objectives
• Detail orientation to complete tasks without errors and produce high-quality work.
• Skilled in MS Office tools to include but not limited to Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel
  • Intermediate: applies skills independently in most situations; handles moderately complex tasks with occasional guidance
• Ability to interpret clinical, real world, and diagnostic performance data in collaboration with biostatistics and evidence generation teams, ensuring accurate, balanced, and scientifically sound representation of results
• Knowledge of publication planning processes, lifecycle management of scientific data, and coordination of abstracts, manuscripts, and congress materials to support overall medical strategy
• Proficiency with common medical writing and publication tools (e.g., reference management software, collaborative authoring platforms, document management systems)
• Ability to collaborate with and oversee external vendors, authors, and contributors, ensuring scientific accuracy, adherence to timelines, and consistency with internal standards