Senior Medical Writer

Job Description

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JOB SUMMARY

Serves as a senior medical writer on clinical study or regulatory or publication project teams. Writes, edits, and coordinates content for clinical/regulatory/scientific while serving as primary technical contact with the internal team and the client.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Mentors and leads less experienced medical writers on complex projects, as necessary.
• Acts as lead for assigned writing projects.
• Manages medical writing activities associated with individual studies, coordinating medical writing activities within and across departments with minimal supervision.
• Develops or supports a variety of documents that include, but not limited to:
• Clinical journal manuscripts, clinical journal abstracts, posters, and oral presentations.
• Identifies and proposes solutions to resolve issues and questions arising during the writing process, including resolution or escalation as appropriate.
• Reviews statistical analysis plans and table/figure/listing specifications for appropriate content, and for grammar, format, and consistency.
• Interacts with department head and staff members in data management, biostatistics, regulatory affairs, and medical affairs as necessary to produce writing deliverables.
• Serves as peer reviewer on internal review team providing review comments on draft and final documents.
• Adheres to established regulatory standards, including but not limited to Journal/congress specific guidelines, as well as Company Standard Operating Procedures, client standards, and Company and/or client approved templates when completing medical writing projects, on-time and on-budget.
• Performs on-line clinical literature searches, as applicable.

• Familiarity with figure-creation and data visualization software, including tools such as GraphPad Prism and Adobe Illustrator, for developing high-quality scientific figures and graphics.

• Familiarity with publication planning software e.g. Datavision and PubConnect (VeevaVault Promo mats)

  Reviews deliverables for scientific accuracy, data and referencing quality, appropriate style, and correct branding of scientific/medical assets.
• Maintains familiarity with current industry practices and regulatory requirements and guidelines that affect medical writing.
• Maintains awareness of budget specifications for assigned projects, working within the budgeted hours and communicating changes to medical writing leadership.
• Completes required administrated tasks within the specified timeframes.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned. Minimal travel may be required (less than 25%).

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor of Science degree with relevant writing experience or Bachelor of Arts degree (Social Sciences, English or Communications, preferred) with relevant scientific and/or medical knowledge and expertise.
• Extensive knowledge of English grammar and FDA and ICH regulations and guidelines as well as a familiarity with AMA style guide.
• Demonstrated high degree of independence with effective presentation, proofreading, interpersonal, and leadership skills and ensure a team-oriented approach.
• Strong proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email, and Internet.
• Ability to demonstrate a familiarity with principles of clinical research and to interpret and present clinical data and other complex information.