Medical Content Development Manager / Team Lead (Medical Writing)

Location: Home office based; candidates must hold a valid work permit in the European Union or the UK. The position is listed in Milan, Italy.

Salary: Not specified

Company

hirify.global provides commercialization services, products, and solutions for the life sciences industry, supporting pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and digital therapeutic clients.

What you will do

• Support global medical information and medical content development engagements for clients.
• Write and create scientific response documents, FAQs, custom response documents, slide sets, abstracts, posters, and education and training materials.
• Lead document development from material collection and scientific writing through medical, legal, and regulatory review meetings.
• Manage content in platforms such as Veeva PromoMats and MedComms, including reference anchoring and annotations.
• Provide direction to medical writers and collaborate with medical, creative, and client teams.
• Contribute to SOPs, templates, style guides, quality improvements, and new operational technologies.

Requirements

• Doctorate or Master of Science degree in life sciences or healthcare, or equivalent.
• At least 2 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or as a medical information or medical communications service provider.
• Experience developing global medical information materials such as SRDs, FAQs, and CRDs.
• Strong scientific writing, editing, presentation, communication, analytical, and project management skills.
• Experience with literature searches using PubMed, Ovid, or Embase and with reference management software such as EndNote, Mendeley, or Citavi.
• Fluent written and verbal English and a valid work permit in the European Union or the UK are required.

Nice to have

• Pharm.D., Pharm.M., medicine degree, PhD, or relevant bachelor's degree in life sciences.
• Experience in medical information, medical communications, medical writing, or medical affairs.
• Experience supporting new product launches and managing materials across multiple therapeutic areas.
• One or more additional European languages at CEFR level B2, C1, or C2.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time home-office position with flexibility in scheduling based on client and management needs.
• Business travel may be required, approximately 10–15%.
• Emphasis on patient-minded work, client accountability, ethical conduct, inclusion, talent development, collaboration, and innovation.
• Work in a global organization serving pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and digital therapeutic clients.