Medical Writing Manager (Hybrid)

Job Description

General Summary:

The Medical Writing Science Manager is responsible for preparing moderately complex clinical and regulatory documents and represents Medical Writing Science as a cross-functional team member at clinical study level activities. This role contributes scientific knowledge and analytical skills to the development of clinical regulatory documentation under minimal supervision.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Authors moderately complex clinical regulatory documents (e.g. including clinical study protocols clinical study reports investigators brochures and sections of regulatory submissions) in partnership with key cross-functional stakeholders
• Serves as the lead Medical Writing Scientist for moderately complex clinical studies
• Supports Medical Lead with review and interpretation of clinical study data and addressing questions from study team members
• Participates in developing key messages for moderately complex clinical regulatory documents
• Ensures medical and scientific consistency between related documents or studies in a clinical program
• Analyzes and interprets data thoroughly and critically to determine the best approach to composing each document
• Contributes to product development plans (e.g. provide information from previous studies provide scientific input integrate and review data) and serves as coordinating author for product development plans
• Participates in developing standard operating processes and related procedures

Knowledge and Skills:

• Superior written and oral communication skills
• Experience writing and editing clinical regulatory documents
• Ability to analyze interpret and summarize moderately complex data
• Broad understanding of drug development clinical research study designs biostatistics pharmacology regulatory requirements and medical terminology
• Ability to manage project teams form productive working relationships and work through conflicts
• Excellent project management and organizational skills
• Ability to complete work in a resourceful self-sufficient manner and design alternative approaches to achieve desired results with some guidance and mentoring on new or complex issues
• Initiative and creativity in solving routine problems that affect multiple documents and in identifying and contributing to improvements in cross-functional process
• Advanced computer skills related to word processing templates table/figure creation literature searches electronic review systems and document management systems; can act as a resource for others for these tools

Education and Experience:

• Ph.D. (or equivalent degree)
• Typically requires 4 years of experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience

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Pay Range:

Disclosure Statement:

Flex Designation:

Flex Eligibility Status:

In this Hybrid-Eligible role you can choose to be designated as:
1. Hybrid: work remotely up to two days per week; or select
2. On-Site: work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertexs Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

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Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

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