Eli Lilly and Company is hiring for an Associate – Medical Writing position in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The full-time opportunity carries job requisition ID R-111668 and is open for applications until September 30, 2026.

The role focuses on developing high-quality regulatory and scientific documents that support clinical development and product registration. The selected candidate will work with cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams to prepare documents for regulatory audiences, including clinical study reports, protocols, briefing documents, regulatory responses, Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs), and marketing authorization applications.

This Lilly medical writing job in Bengaluru is particularly relevant for candidates with experience in technical, regulatory, scientific or medical writing and an academic background in a scientific, healthcare, communications or technology-health-related discipline.

Lilly Associate – Medical Writing Job Details

About the Associate – Medical Writing Role

Scientific data and information are central to Lilly’s drug-development activities. The Medical Writing team helps communicate scientific information accurately, objectively and consistently to regulators, healthcare professionals, the scientific community, payers and patients.

As an Associate – Medical Writing, the candidate will work with multidisciplinary teams to lead the development and finalization of documents supporting clinical development and product registration.

The role combines medical writing, regulatory writing, scientific communication, project management and stakeholder coordination.

Key Responsibilities

1. Regulatory and Scientific Document Development

The Associate – Medical Writing will be responsible for activities including:

• Collecting and evaluating data and information from multiple sources, functions and regions.
• Developing content strategies for writing projects.
• Planning and preparing document outlines.
• Writing and editing regulatory and scientific documents.
• Supporting first-draft authoring.
• Coordinating document reviews and finalization.
• Preparing regulatory documents supporting clinical development and product registration.
• Ensuring scientific data are presented clearly, accurately, completely and concisely.
• Maintaining consistency of key data, statements and conclusions across related documents.
• Developing scientific rationale for complex or strategic documents.
• Coordinating expert and scientific reviews.
• Collating reviewer comments and incorporating appropriate feedback.
• Coordinating quality checks.
• Working across multiple document types depending on project requirements.

Potential document types include protocols, clinical study reports, briefing documents, regulatory responses, IND applications and marketing authorization applications.

2. Project and Stakeholder Management

The role also involves project-management responsibilities, including:

• Leading the writing process for assigned projects.
• Developing realistic writing-project timelines.
• Communicating project timelines to stakeholders.
• Identifying and mitigating risks that could affect delivery.
• Coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Escalating issues when required.
• Communicating project status effectively.
• Managing changes to timelines and content with relevant team members.
• Working with internal and external experts on presentations.
• Supporting relationships with vendors or alliance partners when required.

3. Scientific and Regulatory Knowledge Development

The selected candidate is expected to continuously develop knowledge related to:

• Therapeutic areas
• Disease states
• Assigned compounds
• Regulatory guidelines
• Publication guidelines
• Clinical development
• Regulatory activities
• Scientific communications
• External scientific environments

The position may also involve contributing to clinical planning, submission strategy planning, regulatory responses and current-awareness literature activities.

4. Knowledge Sharing and Process Improvement

Responsibilities may also include:

• Coaching colleagues by sharing technical information and guidance.
• Developing expertise in specific document types.
• Sharing best practices across functions and regions.
• Identifying opportunities for process improvement.
• Supporting document-management systems and related tools.
• Providing database and technology expertise relevant to medical writing.

Lilly Medical Writing Job Qualifications

Candidates should meet the following minimum qualification requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, health, communications or technology-health-related field.
• Demonstrated experience in technical, regulatory or scientific writing.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Successful completion of a writing exercise, which is part of Lilly’s candidate evaluation process.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

Lilly also lists the following as additional preferences:

• Graduate degree with a formal research component or a degree in life sciences.
• Strong verbal and written English skills in medical, scientific or technical writing.
• Clinical pharmacology or therapeutic-area knowledge.
• Knowledge or experience in areas such as neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular, immunology or endocrine sciences.
• Experience writing regulatory documents, clinical-trial documents or publications.
• Experience in clinical development, clinical-trial processes or regulatory activities.
• Project-management and time-management skills.
• Strong computer skills involving word processing, tables, graphics, spreadsheets, presentations and templates.

Skills Relevant to This Medical Writing Opportunity

Candidates preparing for this Lilly Associate Medical Writing job should highlight relevant experience in:

Regulatory Writing | Medical Writing | Scientific Writing | Clinical Documentation | Project Management | Clinical Development | Regulatory Affairs | Scientific Communication | Document Management | Stakeholder Management

Benefits and Career Exposure

The supplied Lilly vacancy does not specify a detailed employee-benefits package, so specific benefits such as insurance, bonuses, leave or stock compensation should not be assumed from this job posting.

The position does, however, provide exposure to areas including:

• Regulatory document development
• Clinical development
• Scientific communication
• Cross-functional project management
• Therapeutic-area knowledge
• Regulatory strategy
• Clinical-trial documentation
• Global stakeholder collaboration
• Document-management systems
• Medical and scientific writing processes

These are role responsibilities and development areas rather than confirmed employee benefits.

Writing Exercise Is Part of the Selection Process

One important point for applicants is that Lilly explicitly states that candidates must successfully complete a writing exercise as part of the evaluation process.

Applicants should therefore be prepared to demonstrate:

• Scientific writing ability
• Regulatory writing fundamentals
• Accuracy and consistency
• Ability to interpret scientific information
• Clear and concise communication
• Appropriate organization of complex information
• Strong English-language writing skills

Who Can Apply?

This opportunity may be relevant to professionals with backgrounds in:

• Medical writing
• Regulatory writing
• Scientific writing
• Life sciences
• Clinical research
• Clinical development
• Regulatory affairs
• Healthcare communications
• Pharmaceutical sciences
• Biomedical sciences

The minimum qualification is a bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific, health, communications or technology-health-related field together with demonstrated technical or regulatory scientific writing experience.

How to Apply

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