Scientific Content Editor and Compliance Expert

Scientific Content Editor and Compliance Expert

Are you an experienced journal editor ready to shape impactful content strategies in healthcare and pharma?

Can you bring expertise in editorial workflows and compliance to deliver excellence for a global audience?

About the Role

We are seeking a Scientific Content Editor with a strong background in journal editing to develop and oversee content strategies that provide value to pharmaceutical clients, healthcare practitioners, and Elsevier. This role requires an editor with a deep understanding of publishing workflows, compliance principles, and the ability to lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, compliant content solutions.

General Responsibilities

• Supporting the development and execution of a content strategy that delivers value to pharmaceutical clients, healthcare practitioners, and Elsevier;
• Analyzing and understanding the needs of healthcare practitioners, market dynamics, and competitive landscape to inform content development;
• Establishing and upholding compliance principles and workflows for assigned products, ensuring adherence to company standards;
• Designing and delivering training programs for sales and publishing teams on product-specific editorial and compliance practices;
• Partnering with commercial colleagues to align content strategies with business objectives and customer needs;
• Motivating commercial and agency teams to implement and maintain best-in-class editorial and compliance practices.

Product Portfolio Responsibilities

• Overseeing a diverse range of products, including: Local Editions, Sponsored Supplements and Special Issues, Roundtables, Webinars, Clinical Solutions (e.g., patient education materials, custom chapter/section/full book reprints), Clinics offerings, and Lancet Clinics;
• Maintaining up-to-date editorial guidelines and controls;
• Developing, documenting, and implementing compliant workflows for all products;
• Ensuring team training and adherence to compliant editorial processes;
• Monitoring and managing daily content publication, adjusting as needed;
• Assessing and aligning content types, schedules, and mediums with market strategies and user engagement goals;
• Overseeing payment processes and resolving operational issues efficiently.

Functional and Technical Competencies

• In-depth knowledge of publishing industry processes, products, and key stakeholders;
• Strong understanding of print and online editorial workflows, procedures, and best practices;
• Expertise in online educational content and medical education offerings;
• Familiarity with the global medical community across specialties to strengthen advisory connections to support products;
• Strong interest in growing business acumen and developing skills in strategy and content solutions;
• Motivation to build and maintain strong partnerships.

Requirements

• A degree in a medical related area is mandatory;
• Experience in publishing industry as an editor or publisher (or related);
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage relationships with Key Opinion Leaders;
• Ability to lead and manage external vendors effectively;
• Strong skills in running productive meetings, gaining buy-in, and ensuring team participation across levels;
• Ability to work diplomatically with teams holding different objectives;
• Excellent presentation, written, and video communication abilities at all organizational levels;
• Strong focus on collaboration, both internally and externally.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

· Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career, as this role is global, benefits may vary according to your location. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

· Health care plans and benefits

· Modern Family Benefits, including maternity, paternity, adoption and surrogacy · Life assurance and accident policies

· Comprehensive pension and retirement plans

· Access to learning and development resources

About the business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals' advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

About Us

Elsevier is a global information analytics business that helps institutions and professionals advance healthcare, open science and improve performance for the benefit of humanity. We help researchers make new discoveries, collaborate with their colleagues, and give them the knowledge they need to find funding. We help governments and universities evaluate and improve their research strategies. We help doctors save lives, providing insight for physicians to find the right clinical answers, and we support nurses and other healthcare professionals throughout their careers. Elsevier provides digital solutions and tools in the areas of strategic research management, R&D performance, clinical decision support, and professional education; including ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, ClinicalKey and Sherpath. Elsevier publishes over 2,500 digitized journals, including The Lancet and Cell, 38,000 e-book titles and many iconic reference works, including Gray’s Anatomy. Elsevier is part of RELX Group. With a wide range of technology jobs, commercial and business jobs, and graduate jobs, there is a part for everyone to play. We need talented people to help us inspire ground-breaking research.

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