Senior Copy Editor – Scientific writing

About the job

Our Team:

Sanofi Business Operations (SBO) is an internal Sanofi resource organization setup to centralize processes and activities to support Specialty Care, Vaccines, General Medicines, CHC, CMO, and R&D, Data & Digital functions. SBO 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 support scientific writing team members in various deliverables to maintain clarity, coherence, correctness, and consistency while making corrections/edits in grammar, usage, punctuation, and syntax

·People: (1) Serve as a subject matter expert in copyediting scientific medical documents, including abstracts, posters, manuscripts, and related materials; (2) Oversee and ensure the highest level of editorial quality and adherence to industry standards and guidelines; (3) Mentor a team of junior copyeditors, providing guidance, training, and feedback on their work; (4) Maintain and plan the overall demand of copy editing requirements and vendor management for overflowing requirements for seamless execution and prioritization; (5) Develop and implement editing strategies and guidelines to enhance the overall quality and clarity of scientific content;
(6) Collaborate with stakeholders to refine complex scientific concepts and ensure accuracy in content; (7) Conduct thorough fact-checking and cross-referencing of data, citations, references, and sources; (8) Stay updated with the latest advancements in scientific research, publishing trends, and evolving editing techniques; (9) Serve as a resource for resolving complex language, formatting, and scientific content-related issues; (10) Maintain effective relationships with the Writers (medical scientific community) within the allocated TA(s)/GBU(s) and product; (11) Ensure new technologies are leveraged

·Performance: (1) Act as strategic copyediting 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) Support the development of tools, technology, and processes in order to constantly improve quality of documents from the copyediting perspective

·Process: (1) Contribute to overall quality enhancement by ensuring high copyediting standards and adhering to the timelines, and technical standards (Journal/congress guidelines) for the output produced by the scientific writing group; (2) Support end-to-end process through PromoMats and iEnvision, as and when required

·Stakeholder: (1) Maintain effective relationship with the end stakeholders (medical scientific community) with an end objective to develop quality content as per requirement

About you

·Experience: >5 years in copyediting scientific medical documents, preferably in a professional or academic setting

·Soft skills: (1) Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to identify and resolve complex editing challenges; (2) Excellent attention to detail and ability to maintain consistency and accuracy across documents; (3) Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with authors, researchers, and team members; (4) Ability to work independently, manage multiple projects, and meet demanding deadlines

• Technical skills: (1) Therapeutic area/domain knowledge exposure – Proficient in multiple therapy areas/domains under one GBU (including but not limited to): Diabetes, Dyslipidemia/
  Familial hypercholesterolemia, Cardiovascular diseases, Thrombosis/atherothrombosis, Transplant, Central nervous system, Multiple sclerosis, Immunology, Oncology, Emerging markets, Generics, Vaccines, Vitamins and supplements, Digestive, Allergies, Parkinson’s disease, Rare diseases, Rare blood diseases; (2) Highly proficient in the following areas: Scientific communications/writing/copyediting, Medical communications/writing/copyediting, Stakeholder management, Project management, People Management; (3) Preferred an in-depth knowledge of scientific and medical terminology, as well as industry standards and guidelines; (2) Proficiency in using relevant editing software and tools.

• Education: Any Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (preferably in Life Sciences)

·Languages: Exceptional command of the English language, including grammar, syntax, and punctuation

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