Senior Medical Writer
Senior Medical Writer
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Job Description
Role Summary
- Responsibilities: You will take a leading role across a variety of medical communication projects working alongside a team of excellent colleagues to ensure that projects are delivered to an exceptionally high standard
- Salary: $90000 to $94000 per annum depending on your qualifications and previous experience (please note that we have established salary bands that are determined by your level of educational attainment and relevant experience to ensure a fair and consistent approach for all applicants eliminating the need for individual negotiations)
- Benefits: Discretionary profit share bonuses paid twice per year hybrid and flexible working options generous vacation allowance private medical and dental insurance 401K plan with up to a 5% employer contribution life insurance full funding and study leave for external training and more
- Role Type: Fulltime permanent
- Start Date: We are currently recruiting for start dates throughout 2025 and we can offer both immediate and deferred start dates. You will be asked to state your availability on your application form
- Application Deadlines: Whilst there are no set application deadlines we strongly recommend applying as early as possible. The role will close when suitable candidates are found
- Location: This role is based in our Boston MA office
About the Role
Costello Medical are growing quickly through demand from both new and existing clients and are therefore looking for candidates with prior experience in medical affairs and/or publications who enjoy content delivery as well as project and client management to join us as Senior Medical Writers in our Medical Communications team. In this role you will be at the forefront of our exciting expansion in the US market. This is a unique opportunity to influence and drive change in our fastgrowing company in a role you can shape to be your own where we can offer excellent career development opportunities to high performing individuals.
Senior Medical Writers take a leading role across projects providing strategic advice to clients supervising the project team and producing highquality scientific content themselves. They ensure projects are delivered to an exceptionally high standard and in line with agreed timelines. This role involves regular client communication project planning reviewing colleagues work providing constructive feedback scientific writing and contributing to business development by identifying new clients writing proposals and building and maintaining excellent client relationships.
Hybrid Working Policy: We believe that having facetoface time in the office holds many benefits and is central to ensuring that the community we have created where people have a workplace they belong to and feel part of is never lost. At the same time we recognise that homeworking can improve work life balance reduce commuting times and costs and provide the opportunity to juggle personal commitments. Therefore we offer flexible working arrangements that allow our colleagues to work from home for up to half of the time measured across a 2week rolling period.
Why Join Costello Medical as a Senior Medical Writer
At Costello Medical we think that the road to success is through investing in and developing our talent. Because of that philosophy we believe that our environment is the perfect place to grow your career and here are a few reasons why:
- We are invested in our culture: We make it a priority to create an energetic fun and supportive work environment while still delivering the highest standard of work to our clients. As a result we achieved our B Corp certification in 2022
- Join us early in our US venture: Our US operations are relatively new and growing quickly presenting unique opportunities for professional growth. We are onboarding multiple new hires across various roles every month offering a dynamic and evolving work environment. This is the perfect time to join and contribute to shaping the future of our operations
- Our range of expertise: Whilst you will be primarily working on Medical Communications projects you may also have the opportunity to work on projects for our different service offerings including Value and Access Rare Diseases and Evidence Development collaborating with colleagues in a range of positions and specialisms
- The varied responsibilities: You will have the unique opportunity to continue to develop your scientific writing expertise whilst using your communication skills to build strong and longlasting client relationships
- Have a realworld impact: Our clients are some of the preeminent pharmaceutical and medical technology companies in the industry. We are committed as an organization to improve health outcomes globally and you will get the chance to take a leading role in this vision
Career Profile
We offer many opportunities for personal and professional development at Costello Medical. Please click below to read firsthand accounts from our colleagues about their time with the company:
About Costello Medical
Costello Medical is a rapidly growing global healthcare agency specializing in medical communications market access and health economic and outcomes research. We work with a wide range of clients including the industrys most successful pharmaceutical companies. We received B Corporation Accreditation in 2022. Please click here to learn more about us our work and our mission:
Requirements
About You
Essential requirements for the role are:
- A degree level or higher qualification in a scientific discipline (minimum GPA 3.3). We welcome applications from candidates with a diverse range of specialisms including but not limited to; biology chemistry pharmacy and medicine
- At least 2 years professional experience in a medical communications (medical affairs and/or publications) role ideally within an agency setting
- Strong scientific writing skills with the ability to tailor writing style to different audiences
- Project management skills sufficient to enable timely project delivery
- Exceptional attention to detail and high degree of written accuracy
- Excellent proficiency in written English and arithmetic
- Experience with supporting junior colleagues with their learning and development
- Excellent data presentation skills including the ability to use Excel PowerPoint and Word effectively and efficiently to produce a professional high standard of work
- Sufficient technical and strategic knowledge to provide clients with recommendations on project content and approach
- The capacity to maintain exceptional customer service and quality of deliverables under multiple competing demands
- Experience in communicating directly with clients including responding to different communication styles as well as a proven ability to build robust and sustainable client relationships
- The ability to motivate colleagues and take a leadership role in the delivery of project components
Whilst we are seeking applications from those who already have at least 2 years experience delivering projects in medical communications we are seeking those who are flexible and willing to contribute to a wide variety of projects. You will be expected to work across different accounts spanning multiple disease areas and therefore should be able to familiarize yourself with new information quickly.
Benefits
What We Offer
Alongside our awardwinning company culture where every team member is celebrated respected and has their voice heard our comprehensive benefits package includes:
- $90000 to $94000 per annum depending on your previous experience as well as a discretionary profit share bonus paid twice per year. Please note that we have established salary bands that ensures a fair and consistent approach for all applicants eliminating the need for individual negotiations
- 23 days vacation leave increasing by 1 day each year to a maximum of 27 days. 6 public holidays plus 1 floating vacation day to use on a holiday of your choosing
- Flexible working hours and the chance to work from home for up to half of your working time
- Private medical insurance with a company contribution as well as dental and vision cover and life insurance
- Retirement savings via a 401k plan with up to a 5% employer match
- Paid funding for external education and study leave
- Paid and unpaid sabbaticals based on length of service
- Regular companyfunded social activities
Please click here to learn about our reward package and the other benefits of working for Costello Medical:
The Application Process
You are required to submit your resume and a cover letter via our online application form. In your cover letter you must explain why you think you would be suited to the role and why you would like to join Costello Medical with examples to support both. Your resume should clearly state the dates of all qualifications and grades achieved where applicable.
Our recruitment process includes a telephone call with a member of the Talent Acquisition team followed by a written assessment and proofreading exercise for you to complete in your own time. If successful you will be invited to an interview which will include a short presentation that you can prepare for in advance. Our standard recruitment process lasts around 1 month however this is adapted if necessary.
As an equal opportunity employer we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and throughout the recruitment process there are a number of reasonable adjustments we can provide. Please click here to learn more.
Please note that whilst we embrace AI to innovate and improve processes your role may involve confidential data that cannot be uploaded to AI. Therefore it is important for us to assess your own skills and abilities so we recommend that you do not rely solely on this technology to generate any application materials.
Visa Sponsorship
We welcome applications from international candidates but we cannot provide visa sponsorship for working visas. Therefore you must have the right to work in the US independently from the company. However we do consider those on a temporary visa such as an OPT visa.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
