Overview
Senior Medical Writer supporting sponsor-dedicated regulatory documents (CSR, protocols, IB) for North America or EMEA.
What you'll do
- Lead the clear and accurate completion of medical writing deliverables, ensuring scientific information is presented clearly and accurately.
- Manage medical writing activities for individual studies, coordinating within and across departments with minimal supervision.
- Lead the resolution of comments from the client.
- Complete documents that may include clinical study protocols and amendments; clinical study reports; patient narratives; annual reports; investigator brochures; informed consents; plain language summaries; periodic safety update reports; clinical development plans; IND submissions; integrated summary reports; NDA and eCTD submissions; journal manuscripts; and abstracts, posters and presentations for scientific meetings.
- Adhere to regulatory standards including ICH E3 guidelines, company SOPs, client standards, approved templates, authorship requirements, and style and formatting guides, on time and on budget.
- Coordinate quality and editorial reviews and ensure source documentation is managed appropriately.
- Lead team document reviews and act as peer reviewer for scientific content, clarity, consistency and format.
- Review statistical analysis plans and table/figure/listing specifications for content, grammar, format and consistency, and provide feedback on statistical output and document needs.
- Interact and build working relations with clients, department heads and peers in data management, biostatistics, regulatory affairs and medical affairs.
- Perform online clinical literature searches and comply with copyright requirements.
- Identify and propose solutions to issues, escalating as appropriate.
- Provide technical support, training and consultation to department and other company staff.
- Contribute to internal materials, presentations, and process or standard practice changes as needed.
- Mentor and lead less experienced medical writers on complex projects as necessary.
- Develop deep expertise on key industry topics and the regulatory requirements and guidelines affecting medical writing.
- Work within budgeted hours for assigned projects and communicate status and changes to medical writing leadership.
- Complete required administrative tasks within specified timeframes.
- Perform other work-related duties as assigned.
What you'll need
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in science, technical, or medical writing.
- Experience working in the biopharmaceutical, device, or contract research organization industry (required).
- Strong understanding of FDA and ICH regulations, other regulatory guidelines, and/or good publication practices (strongly required).
- Experience writing relevant document types (required).
- Extensive knowledge of English grammar and ability to communicate clearly.
- Strong familiarity with AMA Manual of Style.
Details
- Location: USA, Remote.
- Minimal travel may be required (less than 25%).
- Salary range: $80,600.00 - $175,700.00 (actual salary varies by qualifications, skills, competencies and proficiency).
- Benefits may include a company car or car allowance, Medical/Dental/Vision, 401k company match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan eligibility, commission/bonus eligibility, and flexible PTO and sick time.
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