Director Regulatory Writing Medical Writer
Director Regulatory Writing Medical Writer
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$ 223300 - 246800
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Job Description
Cytokinetics is a latestage specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering developing and commercializing firstinclass muscle activators and nextinclass muscle inhibitors as potential treatments for debilitating diseases in which cardiac muscle performance is compromised. As a leader in muscle biology and the mechanics of muscle performance the company is developing small molecule drug candidates specifically engineered to impact myocardial muscle function and contractility.
The Senior Regulatory Writer is responsible for overseeing and participating in writing reviewing and editing clinical and regulatory documents including but not limited to clinical study protocols protocol amendments clinical study reports clinical summaries and regulatory authority meeting materials. This individual will work handson with teams to develop aforementioned types of documents and will also manage external consultants while serving as the main Regulatory Writing contact for assigned projects/programs. The Senior Regulatory writer will work closely with crossfunctional teams to ensure the documents are high quality and completed in a timely fashion and in compliance with ICH/GCP/regulatory guidelines SOPs and company goals. This individual may also support other Regulatory Writing activities as requested.
Responsibilities
- Write review and edit clinical and regulatory documents such as clinical study protocols CSRs Investigators Brochures IND/NDA/BLA clinical summaries and other documents as required for submissions. In addition provide support for health authority briefing documents and responses to questions/requests for information as needed
- For assigned programs and projects serve as the primary Regulatory Writing point of contact for submission and project teams overseeing authoring and QC work performed by consultants and contractors
- For large complex documents (e.g. CSRs) work with document owner to plan kickoff meetings and define overall timelines from initial draft through content approval
- Arrange and conduct review meetings with teams and independently resolve document content issues and questions arising from the writing/review process
- Work with crossfunctional stakeholder groups including Clinical Research Biometrics and Drug Safety to set priorities for document preparation and collaborate on document content.
- Provide status/updates of Regulatory Writing deliverables to management
- Represent Regulatory Writing on project teams and advise on content and format requirements for various documents
- Develop timelines and communicate writing process and timelines to team members
- Serve as owner for templates for Regulatory documents Module 2 summaries and clinical study reports and the Cytokinetics Style Guide
- May contribute content to safety documents (e.g. DSURs RMPs)
- Assist in the development of SOPs for Regulatory Writing processes
- Serve as a subject matter expert on systems and process initiatives including document management system implementations and updates to document development practices
- Comply with established company policies and procedures and industry and regulatory guidelines
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- BA/BS in one of the life sciences with a minimum of 10 years of scientific or medical writing experience at a biotech/pharmaceutical company; or MA/MS/PhD with 4 years of relevant regulatory/medical writing experience
- Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing
- Ability to work both independently and in crossfunctional team environments with minimal supervision
- Demonstrated ability to lead development of large/complex regulatory and clinical documents including but not limited to: clinical study reports module 2 summaries and regulatory authority meeting briefing documents
- Ability to manage consultants/contractors
- Ability to work effectively in a fastpaced environment with multiple highpriority projects
- Project management skills
- Knowledge of regulatory guidelines (e.g. ICH) and Good Clinical Practices (GCP)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to engage and disseminate information among appropriate stakeholders for effective document production.
- Attention to detail with an ability to detect errors and inconsistencies in various types of documents
Pay Range:
In the U.S. the hiring pay range for fully qualified candidates is $223300$246800 USD per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidates geographic region jobrelated knowledge skills and experience among other factors.Our employees come from different backgrounds and we celebrate those differences. We are looking for the best candidates for our open roles but do not expect applicants to meet every qualification in order to be considered. If you are excited about what you could accomplish at Cytokinetics and believe you can add value to our team we would love to hear from you.
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Cytokinetics is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
