Medical Writer (Japanese/English) | メディカルライター（日本語・英語）
Envision Pharma Group
Summary
Leveraging your expertise as part of our Envision Medical Communications team, you will create impactful, high-quality scientific content in a supportive and innovative team environment.
Job description
This is a bilingual Japanese/English Medical Writer opportunity, working across a variety of client accounts spanning different therapeutic areas. You'll develop high-quality scientific content including primary publications, publication enhancements, and patient-focused materials. Success in this role requires the ability to communicate confidently at a professional business level in both languages, alongside excellent scientific writing skills and the ability to accurately translate complex scientific concepts for different audiences.
Role responsibilities
- Demonstrate and maintain knowledge of assigned therapeutic areas, client and competitor products, and industry regulations.
- Create high-quality, scientifically accurate, and compliant content to meet client briefs across a variety of project types.
- Participate in client meetings and onsite programs, assisting in preparation of materials, as needed.
- Effectively manage and prioritise workload, following processes aligned with internal and client SOPs to deliver to agreed timelines and budgets.
- Contribute to the scientific content for new business opportunities/proposals, and when appropriate, participate in pitch presentations.
- Review and data check work against source materials.
- Contribute to project tracking and reporting using relevant tools (e.g. DataVision, Zinc, Clear), as appropriate.
Skills & expertise
- An advanced degree in a life sciences or clinical discipline.
- Demonstrable experience in a medcomms agency is essential, with expertise working on a range of medical affairs and publications deliverables.
- Professional business-level proficiency in both Japanese and English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills in both languages.
- Proven ability to write, edit and review high-quality scientific content in both Japanese and English, ensuring scientific accuracy, clarity and appropriate localisation for the intended audience.
- Ability to effectively interpret, evaluate and communicate complex scientific data in a variety of styles and formats.
- Strong interpersonal skills, and an ability to interact effectively with colleagues, clients, and external experts.
- Expertise in use of online and other data sources for literature reviews and information retrieval.
- Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite, and experience with graphing/referencing software (e.g. EndNote and GraphPad Prism).
Requirements
- An advanced degree in a life sciences or clinical discipline.
- Demonstrable experience in a medcomms agency is essential, with expertise working on a range of medical affairs and publications deliverables.
- Professional business-level proficiency in both Japanese and English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills in both languages.
- Proven ability to write, edit and review high-quality scientific content in both Japanese and English, ensuring scientific accuracy, clarity and appropriate localisation for the intended audience.
- Ability to effectively interpret, evaluate and communicate complex scientific data in a variety of styles and formats.
- Strong interpersonal skills, and an ability to interact effectively with colleagues, clients, and external experts.
- Expertise in use of online and other data sources for literature reviews and information retrieval.
- Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite, and experience with graphing/referencing software (e.g. EndNote and GraphPad Prism).
Company overview
Envision Pharma Group is a leading global technology-enabled strategic solutions partner for the life sciences industry, founded in 2001. The company specializes in providing integrated services that combine scientific expertise, strategic insight, and AI-powered technology to help pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical technology companies accelerate patient access to life-changing treatments. With over 20 years of experience, Envision has established trusted partnerships with more than 400 biopharma companies, including all of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies globally. The organization operates through five specialist business units covering strategic consulting, medical communications, commercialization, revenue management and market access, and technology services. Envision's comprehensive suite of solutions includes medical strategy, publication planning, patient engagement, HEOR/market access, data analytics, and omnichannel solutions, supported by purpose-built software platforms like iEnvision and EnvisionOne. The company maintains 14 offices worldwide across four continents and employs between 1,001-5,000 professionals dedicated to advancing how scientific innovation translates into improved patient outcomes.