US Medical Technical Writer ID-1286
Full Job Description
Acolad is the global leader in content and language solutions. Its mission is to support companies in every industry to scale across markets and enable growth through cutting-edge technology and localization expertise. Established in 1995, the group is present in 22 countries across Europe, North America and Asia, with over 1.600 employees supported by a network of +10.000 linguists around the world.
At Acolad, every position is key to our global growth: we know that we will only succeed if our people succeed.
Joining Acolad means a unique opportunity for professional development through a collaborative global environment that promotes talent and creativity. We are continuously looking for new talent (like you!) to support our mission to drive growth and innovation across some of the world’s leading brands.
Seeking a Sr. Technical Writer to join our Life Science US Team. This role will be responsible for creating medical device, digital, and print content and implementing the back-end content strategy.
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Main Purpose
Help drive innovative solutions in the healthcare industry by planning and implementing various digital and print medical device deliverables.
Main Responsibilities
- Collaborate with technical writer and content strategist to implement complex content strategies to ensure consistent, harmonized, and compliant quality of content, considering version control and complex implementation strategies.
- Write clear and concise instructions for use of medical devices and apps, adhering to content guidelines, and collaborating with clinical teams to ensure user understanding.
- Support the development and implementation of content strategies and best practices to optimize consistency, content re-use, single-sourcing, and topic-based authoring.
- Maintain and apply style guides, taxonomies, and glossaries to ensure harmonized voice and terminology throughout digital and print deliverables.
- Communicate effectively to build consensus among stakeholders and teams.
- Support Migration efforts to Component Content Management System.
- Provide editorial insight into content creation process, including structured authoring optimization to support content reuse.
- Manage content development and governance.
- Support schema validation and publication testing.
- Proactively develop process efficiencies, including deployment of AI-powered applications within the regulated industry.
Requirements
Educational background
- Bachelor's degree with an emphasis on English, Journalism, Technical Writing, Content Strategy, Library Science, or equivalent experience required.
Professional background
- Expertise in technical writing using structured authoring, especially XML-based, DITA, and Component Content Management Systems (CCMS).
- Experience with the CCMS “Componize” highly desirable.
- Experience participating in the iterative design process.
- Experience working under regulatory and clinical restrictions preferred.
- Knowledge of UX design process preferred.
- Medical writing experience preferred.
Skills and Knowledge
- Excellent overall communications skills
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment
- Attention to detail
- Collaborative leadership style
- Team-centered and pragmatic approach to achieving end goals
- Great research, organizational, and learning skills
- Firm understanding of structured authoring, content models, and content strategies for reuse best practices
- Adaptive, forward-thinking perspective to drive effective business solutions
- Investment in building and improving effective best practices and processes
- Strategic understanding of healthcare professional and patient user experiences
- Technical proficiency with XML authoring tools
- Knowledge of best practices for writing documentation within the medical regulated industry
- Entrepreneurial attitude and the ability to work with diverse global teams effectively and professionally
- Knowledge of InDesign and Illustrator a plus
Benefits
Acolad offers a comprehensive benefits package. New employees are eligible to receive benefits on the first day of the month after their start date. Highlights of the program include:
✨Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options.
✨Many other voluntary options to choose from: Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term Disability, Buy-Up Short-Term Disability, Identity Theft, Legal Insurance and Critical Illness Insurance.
✨401(k) plan with 50% match on 12% employee contribution - providing an employer contribution of up to 6%.
In addition to the benefits package, Acolad also offers the following time off:
✨Starting with 15 days of paid time off annually, with ability to move to 28 days within five years of tenure.
✨Nine paid holidays per year.
Salary base range for this position is between $70K to $90K, dependent upon experience and physical location. This position is eligible for variable compensation in addition to the base salary.
