News Editor, Citeline News & Insights

Description

About Norstella:

Norstella is a premier and critical global life sciences data and AI solutions provider dedicated to improving patient access to life-saving therapies. Norstella supports pharmaceutical and biotech companies across the full drug development lifecycle — from pipeline to patient. Our mission is simple: to help our clients bring therapies to market faster and more efficiently, ultimately impacting patient lives.

Norstella unites market-leading brands - Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, Skipta and The Dedham Group and delivers must-have answers and insights, leveraging AI, for critical strategic, clinical, and commercial decision-making. We help our clients:

• Accelerate the drug development cycle
• Assess competition and bring the right drugs to market
• Make data driven commercial and financial decisions
• Match and recruit patients for clinical trials
• Identify and address barriers to therapies

Norstella serves most pharmaceutical and biotech companies around the world, along with regulators like the FDA, and payers. By providing critical proprietary data supporting AI-driven workflows, Norstella helps clients make decisions faster and with greater confidence. Norstella’s investments in AI are transforming how data is consumed and decisions are made, disrupting inefficient legacy workflows and helping the industry become more efficient, innovative, and responsive to patient needs.

About Citeline
Citeline is one of the world’s leading providers of data and intelligence on clinical trials, medical devices, drug development, and the broader regulatory and commercial landscape. Our insights help more than 3,000 of the world’s top pharmaceutical, biotechnology, contract research, and healthcare organizations — including the 10 largest global pharma and CROs — make faster, better-informed decisions.

From discovery and development to regulatory approval and market access, Citeline provides the intelligence that helps our customers identify opportunities, mitigate risk, and make business-critical decisions. As part of Norstella — which also includes Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, and The Dedham Group — we work collectively to improve patient access to life-changing therapies by connecting insights from pipeline to patient.

Job Description:

• Citeline, part of the Norstella group of pharma information solutions, is seeking an experienced and dynamic News Editor to help guide and strengthen our coverage of the global medical technology, diagnostics, and digital health sectors.
• As News Editor, you will play a central role in shaping Citeline’s coverage of the medtech, diagnostics, and digital health sectors. You will guide a team of reporters to produce high-quality, agenda-setting journalism that explains how policy, regulatory, and commercial developments are reshaping the global healthcare landscape.
• In addition to managing and editing coverage, you will also be expected to take the lead on reporting major developments, breaking news, and enterprise stories in the sector. This is a hands-on editorial role for someone who can both steer coverage priorities and actively contribute impactful reporting.
• You will work closely with senior editors, data teams, and analysts across Citeline to ensure our coverage is distinctive, accurate, and aligned with audience needs.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and edit daily news, features, and analysis on medtech, diagnostics, and digital health topics.
• Personally report and write on major developments, exclusives, or agenda-setting stories in the sector.
• Guide reporters in developing story ideas, sourcing strategies, and strong editorial angles.
• Commission and edit stories to ensure accuracy, depth, and adherence to Citeline’s editorial standards.
• Monitor policy, regulatory, and market trends to identify emerging themes and coverage opportunities.
• Coordinate with other Citeline and Norstella editorial teams to ensure alignment and avoid duplication.
• Mentor reporters to strengthen their writing, source-building, and subject-matter expertise.
• Help plan coverage of major industry events and regulatory milestones.
• Contribute to broader editorial strategy discussions, product development, and audience engagement initiatives.

Qualifications:

• At least 8-years of experience in journalism, including several years covering the pharmaceutical, medtech, or broader healthcare sectors.
• Proven editorial judgment, with experience commissioning, editing, and reporting complex stories in a fast-paced newsroom.
• Strong understanding of healthcare policy, regulatory frameworks, and commercial dynamics across global markets.
• Demonstrated ability to guide and mentor reporters, helping them refine story ideas and reporting depth.
• Excellent editing, writing, and communication skills, with strong attention to accuracy and clarity.
• Ability to balance daily deadlines with longer-term editorial planning.
• Experience working with international teams or cross-functional editorial projects is a plus.
• A collaborative mindset and commitment to high-quality, data-driven journalism.

Why Join Us

• This is an opportunity to take a leadership role in a global newsroom covering one of the most innovative and fast-evolving areas of healthcare. As part of Citeline and Norstella, you’ll work with a talented international team of journalists, editors, and analysts to deliver authoritative coverage that helps industry leaders anticipate change and make better decisions for patients worldwide.

Our Guiding Principles for success at Norstella

01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First
02: Integrity, Truth, Reality
03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace
04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance
05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning

Benefits:

• Health Insurance
• Provident Fund
• Reimbursement of Certification Expenses
• Gratuity
• 24x7 Health Desk

Norstella is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Our ethos is to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance and behavior and our business requirements. Norstella operates a zero tolerance policy to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment.

Sometimes the best opportunities are hidden by self-doubt. We disqualify ourselves before we have the opportunity to be considered. Regardless of where you came from, how you identify, or the path that led you here- you are welcome. If you read this job description and feel passion and excitement, we’re just as excited about you.

All legitimate roles with Norstella will be posted on Norstella’s job board which is located at norstella.com/careers. If a role is not posted on this job board, a candidate should assume the role is not a legitimate role with Norstella. Norstella is not responsible for an application that may be submitted by or through a third-party and candidates should proceed with extreme caution if a third-party approaches them about an open role with Norstella. Norstella will never ask for anything of value or any type of payment during or as part of any recruitment, interview, or pre-hire onboarding process. If you are aware of or have reason to believe a job posting purportedly for a role with Norstella is fraudulent or otherwise not authorized by Norstella, please contact the Company using the following email address: ApplicationHelp@norstella.com.