Associate Scientific Director, Oncology Medical Writing

Associate Scientific Director, Oncology Medical Writing

Red Nucleus is seeking an Associate Scientific Director of Oncology Medical Writing to join our Learning & Development team in the Oncology Center of Excellence. In this role, you will research, write, and develop scientifically accurate training materials and curriculums designed to primarily educate pharmaceutical sales representatives (~85% of the time), but also train medical science liaisons (~10%) and healthcare providers (~5%) about the clinical value of oncology products. You will transform complex scientific data and incorporate the client’s strategic messaging into clear, engaging content that supports product knowledge, disease state education, and compliance, while integrating instructional design principles to optimize adult learning. Collaboration with cross-functional teams including instructional designers, graphic artists, and medical reviewers—is essential to ensure accuracy, clarity, and impact. Experience ushering training materials through a Medical Legal Review (MLR) process is a priority.

Responsibilities

• Be or become a subject matter expert in breast cancer, prostate cancer, and potentially other types of cancer as needed
• Research and distill complex scientific information into clear, engaging training materials for e-learning, print, and live or virtual workshops
• Collaborate with other members of our team to design curriculums and workshop experiences that meet client needs, including estimating the extent of writer effort for proposals and statements of work (SOWs)
• Help clients shape their content design and strategic messaging, aligning with the requests of their brand, medical, and leadership teams and occasionally outside experts
• Follow Red Nucleus and client editorial standards
• Ensure compliance with client processes, such as medical, legal, and regulatory standards
• Attend client status calls and review meetings with cross-functional teams
• Support the design of solutions and contribute to sales presentations when needed
• Mentor junior writers when the opportunity arises
• Incorporate instructional design and adult learning principles

Requirements:

Education

• BS/BA in the life sciences (Advanced degree preferred ~MA, MS, PhD, PharmD, MD)

Experience

• 3+ years of experience writing sales training materials for pharmaceutical, medical device, and/or biotechnology companies
• Oncology experience, preferably breast and prostate cancer
• Familiarity with clinical research principles
• Experience with documents requiring Medical Legal Review (MLR)
• Working knowledge of AMA style guide is a plus
• Instructional design experience and/or education preferred

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to research and interpret complex scientific information and communicate clearly to a variety of audiences, especially pharmaceutical sales audiences
• Navigate multiple projects, tasks, and deadlines at the same time
• Work independently and collaboratively
• Accept and implement constructive feedback
• Meet deadlines that are frequently tight, occasionally requiring extra hours/weekends
• Professional attitude and image
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat

What You Will Enjoy at Red Nucleus

• Competitive pay, incentives, retirement, and income security programs
• Comprehensive benefits and wellness programs focused on healthy lifestyles
• Generous paid time off, employee assistance programs and flexible work arrangements
• Performance driven environment including professional development and transfer opportunities
• People first culture fostering self-expression, diversity, and a growth mindset
• Celebrations! We love to celebrate service anniversaries, holidays, diversity and inclusion events, project milestones and anything else that is meaningful to our employees
• Support of the community organizations you are passionate about
• Ongoing programs and events designed to bring our global team together

Diversity, equity and inclusion are valued at Red Nucleus and we believe we have a shared responsibility to provide equal opportunity and foster an inclusive spirit. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, caste, sexual orientation, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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