Senior Medical Writer, Promotional Review
Thermo Fisher Scientific · via
Remote Rocketship
💰 $115,000 - $125,000/yr
🌎 Remote
📍 Remote, California
Job Description:
- Serve as primary author for routine documents such as clinical study reports and study protocols
- Summarize data from clinical studies
- Research, write, or edit complex clinical, scientific, and program-level documents, including IBs, INDs, and MAAs
- Review routine documents prepared by junior team members
- Provide training and mentorship to junior writers and program managers
- Support document preparation, software use, document types, regulatory requirements, and therapeutic area knowledge
- Ensure compliance with quality processes and requirements for assigned documents
- Develop best practices, methods, and techniques for optimal results, including client-specific processes
- Assist with program management activities, including timelines, budgets, forecasts, and contract modifications
- Identify and resolve out-of-scope activities
- Represent the department at project launch, review, and project team meetings
- Collaborate with internal and external clients to enable effective communication and operational excellence
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
- 5+ years of previous experience providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job
- Experience working in the pharmaceutical/CRO industry preferred
- Additional qualifications in medical writing (AMWA; EMWA; RAC) advantageous
- Excellent data interpretation and medical writing skills
- Grammatical, editorial, and proofreading skills
- Strong project management skills
- Excellent interpersonal, problem-solving, negotiation, oral and written communication, and presentation skills
- Significant knowledge of global, regional, national and other document development guidelines
- In-depth knowledge in a specialty area such as preclinical, therapeutic, regulatory submissions, or communications
- Great judgment and decision-making skills
- Excellent computer skills and proficiency with client templates
- Good knowledge of document management systems and relevant applications such as Excel and Outlook
- Occasional ability to drive to site locations and travel domestically and internationally
Benefits:
- Variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results
- National medical and dental plans
- National vision plan
- Health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO)
- 10 paid holidays annually
- Paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave)
- Accident and life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with company stock discount