Senior Medical Editor. FSP Spain. Must have previous clinical editing exp.
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Updated:
April 23, 2026
Location:
Madrid, Spain
Job ID: 25107632
Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. This Senior Medical Editor role focuses on quality control (QC) review and submission-ready publishing of nonclinical documents, supporting author teams from multiple therapeutic areas. The position requires strong editing, publishing, and internal consistency skills, with minimal supervision.
Job Responsibilities
Perform QC review of documents (e.g., clinical study protocols and amendments, clinical study reports [CSRs], Investigator's Brochures, and Module 2 clinical summary documents) to ensure compliance with the client Style Guide and submission standards.
Verify data in documents against the source tables, figures, and listings and format tables according to client standards.
Copyedit/proofread clinical documents for grammar, style, and formatting according to AMA and the client style guides.
Ensure internal consistency and confirm that data are reported correctly, statements accurately reflect source documents or data (e.g., SAS tables and listings).
Check reference list in documents, including verifying citation information vs PubMed, ordering copies of references and adding to the electronic document management system (EDMS), and ensuring each reference is cross‑referenced in the document.
Proofread documents against the standard templates to ensure compliance with required sections and text.
Perform publishing of nonclinical and clinical documents and the compilation of required CSR appendices, as needed.
Lead and actively participate in process improvement initiatives and assist Medical Writing staff with other tasks, as appropriate.
May oversee the workload for the editors, establishing schedules and interacting with cross‑functional authors.
Assist with training of more junior editors or contract staff.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in English, Basic Science, Business, or other analytical field with 4 years related experience in the pharmaceutical industry OR 8+ years of experience in a discipline directly related to document production (e.g., medical writing, QC, editing, publishing).
Strong working knowledge of the editorial and publishing activities within Clinical Development.
Proficient in Microsoft Word, including the ability to format tables, insert cross‑references, apply styles, and use templates. Experience with PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Adobe.
Strong working knowledge of Adobe PDF bookmarking and internal/external hyperlinking to meet submission‑ready standards.
Experience in the use of an EDMS (e.g., Veeva Vault or SharePoint).
Ability to effectively communicate with vendors and manage outsourced editorial work.
Keen attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple activities, prioritize effectively, and work in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
Strong organizational and time‑management skills.
Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
Additional Information
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. xpzdshu Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.
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