Senior Public Affairs Opinion Writer; PART TIME

Position: Senior Public Affairs Opinion Writer (PART TIME)
** Description*
* ** Who is USP?*
* The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the world's leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. At USP, we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations, working to strengthen the supply of safe, high-quality medicines worldwide.

At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific minds-regardless of background-to contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

** Brief Job Overview*
* ** This position is working at 50% capacity (part time) for approx. 20 hours a week, and requires a Monday-Thursday schedule, 5 hrs/day. This role will work onsite in Rockville, MD 2 days a week and offer remote work the other days.*
* The Senior Public Affairs Opinion Writer will play a critical role in driving USP's external voice by producing quality editorial content that supports public and regulatory policy reforms. Some of the areas of focus include expediting patient access to quality medicines, advanced therapies, building a more secure and resilient medicine supply chain, and global health topics. This role is designed for a seasoned writer with experience in the life sciences and public health sectors who can translate complex issues into clear, credible, compelling, and persuasive narratives that convey a point of view to influencers and decision makers.

This role requires a strong understanding of the policy, regulatory, and market forces shaping life sciences and the pharmaceutical supply chain. The writer will consistently surface editorial influencing opportunities that align to USP's mission and strategy translating them into crisp, credible editorial content.

This is not a science writing role. Instead, the focus is on editorial, issues driven content that conveys USP's point of view to policymakers, regulators, industry leaders, trade associations, patient organizations and others to expand stakeholder perspectives and enlist them in USP's work.

The ideal candidate is a strong writer first - someone who can work under ambiguity, manage multiple stakeholders, and shift between issues and points of view - while also working with executives and learn to communicate in their voice while serving as a thought partner to communications managers in shaping and executing messaging strategy.

** How will YOU create impact here at USP?*
* As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards.

Additionally, USP's People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged,…