Sanofi

Sanofi

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Group Lead - Scientific Writing

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Posted Sep 30, 2026

Role at a glance

Job function
Media & Entertainment Content Strategy & Editorial
Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
Hyderabad
Employment
Full-time
Experience
10+ years of experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, or academia
Education
Advanced degree in life sciences/pharmacy/similar discipline or medical degree

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Role Summary

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The role provides strategic and operational direction for medical writing and related support teams across therapeutic areas within an assigned business unit. It oversees people, project delivery, quality, compliance, and stakeholder relationships for scientific communications, publications, and medical education materials.

What You'll Do

  • Lead and develop writers, content-support staff, project specialists, and related teams.
  • Advise assigned therapeutic areas and contribute to publication and communication plans and related deliverables.
  • Oversee project resourcing, quality, timelines, efficiency, and technical standards for scientific documents and clinical or medical...
  • Manage end-to-end processes through PromoMats, iEnvision, and Matrix, and support compliance with regulatory standards and internal...
  • Maintain relationships with the medical scientific community and develop education and communication content to meet stakeholder needs.

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Qualifications

Requires 10+ years of content-creation experience in the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry or academia; ability to manage a multi-layered team of 10 or more and to influence and negotiate; stakeholder management, communication, and people-management skills; ability to work independently and in a team; applicable therapeutic-area/domain knowledge, scientific or medical communications/writing, publication planning, and/or project management; and excellent spoken and written English.

Original job description

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Our Team:

Sanofi Business Operations (BO) is an internal Sanofi resource organization setup to centralize processes and activities to support Specialty Care, Vaccines, General Medicines, CMO, and R&D, Data & Digital functions. BO strives to be a strategic and functional partner for tactical deliveries to Medical, HEVA, and Commercial organizations in Sanofi, Globally.

 

 

Main responsibilities:

The overall purpose and main responsibilities are listed below:

To create synergies and provide functional and operational direction to one GBU operations across various therapeutic areas and processes so that cost savings up to 10 mil euros are achieved with deliveries optimized through multi-layered teams

 

·       People: (1) Lead teams of writers (junior to Team Lead) in content creation/corresponding support team (content enhancement/copyediting)/operations team, including but not limited to project specialists (junior to Project Manager) or similar roles; (2) Coach and develop Team Lead, expert and senior writers or similar roles (on content/methods/processes); (3) Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) within the allocated TA(s)/GBU(s) and product – with an end objective to develop; and (4) Ensure new technologies are leveraged

 

·       Performance: (1) Act as strategic thought partner to ≥1 therapeutic areas (TAs) within an assigned GBU; (2) Develop and maintain expertise in ≥1 TA and on key trends/developments in the industry; (3) Provide inputs for publication and communication plan/publication and medical education materials/other strategic deliverables, and ensure delivery as per plan (agreed timelines and quality); and (4) Lead and support development of tools, technology, and processes in order to constantly improve quality and productivity

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·       Process: (1) Support delivery of projects in terms of resourcing, quality, timeliness, efficiency, and high technical standards for deliveries made by the medical writing group, including scientific documents and clinical/medical reports; (2) Contribute to overall quality enhancement by ensuring high scientific standards for the output produced by the scientific writing group; (3) Secure adherence to compliance procedures and internal/operational risk controls in accordance with any and all applicable regulatory standards; (4) Manage end-to-end process through PromoMats, iEnvision (previously-Datavision, and Matrix); (5) Ensure all publication and medical education materials are delivered as per agreed timelines and quality; and (6) Ensure creating and developing tools, technology, and process to constantly improve quality and productivity

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·       Stakeholder: Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) with an end objective to develop education and communication content as per requirement

 

 

About you

 

·       Experience: 10+ years of experience in content creation for the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry, or academia; strong ability in managing a multi-layered team of ≥10 members; and ability to influence and negotiate

·       Soft skills: Stakeholder management; communication skills; people management; and ability to work independently and within a team environment

·       Technical skills: As applicable (including but not limited to therapeutic area/domain knowledge exposure – Proficient in multiple TAs/domains under one GBU; scientific communications/writing; medical communications/writing; publication planning; and/or project management)

  • Education: Advanced degree in life sciences/pharmacy/similar discipline or medical degree

·       Languages: Excellent knowledge of English language (spoken and written)

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Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

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About the company

Sanofi

Large Enterprise

Sanofi is a global healthcare leader committed to promoting health and well-being through the development of innovative medicines, vaccines, and therapeutic solutions. With a diverse portfolio that spans multiple therapeutic areas, including diabetes, oncology, and immunology, Sanofi is dedicated to addressing pressing health challenges and improving patient outcomes worldwide. Headquartered in France, the company employs over 100,000 individuals across more than 100 countries, fostering a culture of collaboration and scientific excellence to drive advancements in healthcare.