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Medical & Scientific Content Quality Analyst (Qa)

Cognizant
Cognizant
6-8 years
preferred by company
Chennai, PAN-India, India
1 May 13, 2026
Job Description
Job Type: Hybrid Education: B.Sc/M.Sc/M.Pharma/B.Pharma/Life Sciences Skills: Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, mRS and EQ-5D-5L., Narrative Writing, Research & Development, Technical Skill, Triage of ICSRs

Job Title: Medical & Scientific Content Quality Analyst (QA)

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Pan-India / Hybrid)
Job Type: Full-Time
Experience Required: 6–8 Years (Freshers are not eligible)
Industry: Medical Affairs / Medical Communications / Pharmaceutical Content Operations / Healthcare / Life Sciences
Department: Medical Affairs / Scientific Content Quality / Content Operations

About the Role
We are seeking a highly detail-oriented and scientifically experienced Medical & Scientific Content Quality Analyst (QA) to drive quality excellence across medical, scientific, and pharmaceutical content deliverables. This strategic quality role is ideal for professionals with expertise in medical content quality assurance, MLR compliance, scientific accuracy review, publication quality control, and pharmaceutical content governance.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for performing comprehensive quality reviews of scientific and medical communication assets, ensuring accuracy, consistency, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness across multiple content formats.

This opportunity is highly suited for experienced professionals from medical communications, pharmaceutical content operations, medical affairs, or healthcare scientific publishing environments.

Key Responsibilities

Medical Content Quality Assurance & Scientific Review

  • Perform end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) review of medical and scientific content deliverables.
  • Review a broad range of content including:
    • Scientific slide decks
    • Manuscripts and journal publications
    • Conference abstracts and posters
    • Medical education materials
    • Promotional and non-promotional pharmaceutical content
    • Website content, email campaigns, digital medical assets, and infographics
  • Ensure deliverables meet high standards for scientific accuracy, consistency, clarity, formatting, and compliance.

Scientific Accuracy Validation & Fact Checking

  • Validate scientific claims, clinical statements, medical terminology, references, and evidence-based content against approved source documents.
  • Conduct detailed fact-checking, reference verification, citation validation, and scientific cross-review.
  • Ensure medical communication accuracy aligned with approved scientific evidence and source data.

MLR Compliance & Regulatory Quality Governance

  • Ensure content compliance with Medical, Legal, and Regulatory (MLR) review requirements, internal SOPs, and client-specific compliance standards.
  • Identify regulatory risks, compliance gaps, content inconsistencies, and quality deviations proactively.
  • Support development of compliant, audit-ready medical content assets.

Proofreading, Editing & Content Quality Control

  • Perform detailed proofreading for grammar, syntax, terminology consistency, formatting accuracy, and editorial quality.
  • Apply quality control methodologies to improve content precision, readability, and publication readiness.
  • Ensure consistency across references, data tables, scientific claims, and branded/unbranded communications.

Risk Identification & Feedback Management

  • Identify content risks, compliance concerns, reference discrepancies, formatting issues, and scientific inconsistencies.
  • Provide clear, actionable, and constructive quality feedback to medical writers, content creators, reviewers, and design teams.
  • Support issue resolution and quality remediation activities efficiently.

Audit Readiness & Quality Documentation

  • Maintain QA documentation, review checklists, audit trails, quality logs, and compliance evidence for inspection readiness.
  • Support documentation governance aligned with internal quality systems and pharmaceutical compliance expectations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Support

  • Collaborate with medical writers, scientific reviewers, content operations teams, regulatory stakeholders, and project teams to ensure timely content delivery.
  • Support alignment between scientific, creative, operational, and compliance teams.
  • Facilitate smooth review cycles and efficient content approval workflows.

Quality Metrics & Process Improvement

  • Track and analyze quality performance metrics such as:
    • Defect rates
    • Rework frequency
    • Quality scores
    • Turnaround times
    • Process efficiency indicators
  • Contribute to continuous improvement, workflow standardization, QA best practices, and content governance enhancement initiatives.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Research, Medicine, Biotechnology, or related scientific disciplines.
  • 6–8 years of relevant experience in medical communications, pharmaceutical content QA, scientific content review, medical affairs operations, or healthcare content governance.
  • Strong expertise in medical/scientific content review, pharmaceutical compliance, MLR workflows, and publication quality assurance.
  • Deep understanding of medical terminology, scientific publication standards, pharmaceutical content governance, and compliance review processes.
  • Experience with scientific referencing standards such as Vancouver, AMA, and citation validation tools.
  • Strong proofreading, editing, fact-checking, and content quality control capabilities.
  • Excellent analytical thinking, detail orientation, communication, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Preferred Tools & Platforms

  • Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel
  • EndNote
  • Mendeley
  • Veeva Vault
  • Aprimo
  • Content workflow / approval management platforms

Preferred Experience

  • Pharmaceutical industry
  • CRO environment
  • Medical communications agency
  • Regulatory content review
  • Inspection readiness / audit documentation
  • Scientific publication quality review