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Senior Medical Information Writer
At Thermo Fisher Scientific youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life enabling our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research development and delivery of lifechanging therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100 countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio our work spans laboratory digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on now and in the future.
Effective communication of evidence and information is essential to conveying the value of products. With approximately 20 years of experience our highly trained staff provide medical writing services for the peri and postapproval phases of the product lifecycle helping to create a consistency in quality and voice. Our writers prepare documents that are clear concise compelling and scientifically accurate while also ensuring they are fully aligned with regulations industry standard processes and corporate guidance.
Position Overview:
In this role you will provide highquality medical and scientific writing from planning and coordination of literature search through delivery of final drafts to internal and external clients. You will provide technical consultation and advice on strategy regulations and industry best practices. As a Sr. Medical Information Writer you will demonstrate subject matter and therapeutic area expertise. Youd have to effectively manage medical writing projects to deliver quality products in agreed timelines. You will collaborate with internal and external clients supporting and enabling effective and efficient communication that results in operational excellence.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned):
Ability to effectively manage medical writing projects to deliver quality products in agreed timelines by demonstrating subject matter and therapeutic area expertise.
Collaborating with internal and external clients supporting and enabling effective and efficient communication that results in operational excellence.
Independently researches writes and edits standard medical information writing deliverables across various therapeutic areas. Independently writes more complex medical writing deliverables. Examples may include global or regional standard response documents custom responses and FAQs. Provides senior review of documents and training/mentoring for other writers.
Manages all aspects of planning organizing and executing projects without supervision including: developing project timelines standards budgets forecasts and contract modifications. Liaises with other functional units as necessary. Identifies and escalates outofscope project activities in a timely manner and proposes solutions.
May manage several longterm projects concurrently.
Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
Interacts with internal and external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between functional areas. Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.
Normally receives little instruction on daytoday work general instructions on new assignments. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
Represents the department as a prime contact on projects including Project Launch Meetings Review meetings client audits bid defenses and capabilities presentations. Establishes and develops client relationships; independently initiates and leads interactions with clients. Assists with business development and development of budgets and proposals.
Education Professional Skills & Experience:
Previous experience in Medical Information Writing is essential
Bachelors degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification; Advanced degree preferred.
Previous experience that provides the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5 years) or equivalent combination of education training & experience.
Experience working in the pharmaceutical/CRO industry preferred.
Additional qualifications in medical writing (AMWA; EMWA; RAC) advantageous.
Personal Skills & Competencies:
Aptitude to accurately work with manipulate and format numbers numerical information and data of various types to provide evidence information and insights.
Demonstrated ability to communicate and document information effectively in written English including the ability to produce reports documents emails and other written pieces which are wellorganized free from errors and are appropriately adjusted to the characteristics and needs of the audience.
Able to analyze complex issues and evidence identify causeeffect relationships and generate effective solutions.
Able to create communicate and manage effective project plans that support the delivery of overall project objective(s); to identify manage and guide project team members; to monitor and report on progress in an organized fashion; and to deliver the required results.
Demonstrates sound professional judgment in analyzing responding to and resolving enquiries issues and escalations.
Able to facilitate the resolution of conflict among team members and clients through listening and understanding the cause(s) gaining agreement on an appropriate course of action and following up to ensure a successful outcome.
Excellent computer skills and skilled with client templates; Good knowledge of document management systems and other relevant applications (e.g. Excel Outlook).
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Full-Time