Senior Medical Writer

Remote working from the East Coast of the United States of America.

Why Scientific Group?

Are you looking to build your career somewhere that will champion your professional growth and value your contributions? Are you looking for the freedom of flexible working and an environment that welcomes new ideas? Are you looking for an agency that cares about the environment and our place within society? If so, Scientific Group could be for you.

With teams in the UK and the US, Scientific Group offers medical communications with a global vision. We work with some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies to develop creative solutions that inspire change, influence clinical practice and improve patient outcomes.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and are working towards ambitious carbon reduction targets across the business. Ultimately, we all choose to work at Scientific Group because we want to help improve the lives of our fellow humans and we live this through our company values.

We care about our people and our culture, and we offer a wide-ranging flexible working policy and generous benefits package.

Job Summary

We are looking for a talented Senior Medical Writer to join one of our agencies, AS&K. We offer a comprehensive career development programme that includes training, mentoring and a choice of medical writing career pathways to accommodate different career goals. Whether you’re focused on high science, strategy or team management, we will be with you every step of the way.

The role will involve:

• Producing accurate, concise, and insightful material across a wide range of project types, adapting writing style for different audiences and formats.
• Researching, interpreting, and integrating scientific data from multiple sources, and fact-checking to ensure delivery to the highest scientific standards.
• Effective interaction with clients, thought leaders and external teams, and providing on-site or virtual medical writing support for meetings.
• Adept use of PowerPoint to create and edit slides with varying complexity, creativity, and visual impact.
• Taking leadership in team projects, and collaborating to meet agreed timelines, budgets, and client expectations.
• Performing internal review of materials for scientific content, appropriate style, accuracy and meeting the project’s goals
• Providing line management to a junior medical writer is a possibility
• Providing input to business development activities and generating ideas for new and enhanced products and services.

In order to succeed in this role, you will need the following skills and experience:

• Proven medical writing experience in medical communications, medical education or healthcare advertising (roughly 6-8 years)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• Enthusiasm for communicating science to the ultimate benefit of patients.
• A life science degree, or equivalent, is essential; higher degrees are desirable.
• Prior experience in oncology would be advantageous.

About Scientific Group

At Scientific Group, scientific excellence is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace and are working towards ambitious carbon targets across the business. We offer a wide-ranging flexible working policy that allows people to visit the office as much or as little as they would like. Ultimately, we all choose to work at Scientific Group because we want to help improve the lives of our fellow humans and we live this through our company values.

Benefits

• Wide-ranging flexible working policy
• Generous annual vacation allowance
• Private medical/dental cover
• 401k
• Discretionary annual performance-related bonus
• Volunteering day
• Vibrant social calendar

Please note:

• Medical Communications agency experience is essential. Applications who do not meet his requirement will not receive a response.
• Applicants must already be living in the United States. No sponsorship is available.
• We are not working with any recruitment agencies for this position. All applications must be direct and through the link provided.

Further Details

At Scientific Group, we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will enhance our team environment. We are a proud Disability Confident Employer and are open to reasonable adjustments.

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