Senior Medical Writer - East Coast

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - New York, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a Senior Medical Writer, you will have an important role in the development and delivery of scientifically accurate content for our clients' projects, helping to ensure all work is aligned with client objectives and budgetary requirements. The right candidate will be adept at adapting content and style according to client objectives across a variety of target audiences and subject areas, as well as liaising with a range of medical experts. You will keep up-to-date with different therapeutic areas, good publication practices and other industry guidelines and processes. You will also enjoy mentoring junior writers in all aspects of the business and reviewing other writers' projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver scientifically accurate content for client projects
• Ensure all work aligns with client objectives and budgetary requirements
• Adapt content and style according to client objectives across various target audiences
• Liaise with medical experts
• Stay updated with different therapeutic areas and industry guidelines
• Mentor junior writers and review their projects

Requirements

• A life sciences degree, ideally combined with a science Masters or PhD
• Approximately 3-4 years' relevant writing experience
• Previous medical writing experience from a medical communications or pharma environment
• Experience attending and supporting clients at scientific meetings
• Experience reviewing, proofing and editing other writers' work
• Ability to effectively prioritize and manage workload
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Benefits

• 42 days paid time off
• Flexibility around core working hours (WORKsmart)
• 5% contribution to 401k
• ADP Totalsource
• Hybrid working