Medical Writer

BGB Group

Medical Writer

Our Agency

BGB Group is a healthcare communications agency that offers a wide range of services including traditional pharmaceutical advertising promotional medical education payer marketing and consulting services. Known for excellence and professionalism were hired as strategic and creative partners by our biopharmaceutical clients to drive category/brand awareness and growth.

Position Overview

The Medical Writer is the Medical content lead on their account(s) and is responsible for day-to-day development of medical content. The Medical Writer is responsible for delivering high quality scientifically rigorous content that is in line with brand strategy and objectives while adhering to timelines and internal processes. The Medical Writer must be able to fulfill the responsibilities and demonstrate the competencies outlined below under the direct supervision of their manager or designated senior team member.

Content Development and Execution:

• Conducts required research in a timely and proficient manner utilizing the appropriate resources

• Develops scientifically accurate strategically aligned grammatically correct and impactful content from initiation through completion with input from manager

• Accurately and efficiently annotates content per brand style guide and AMA rules

• Assumes accountability for accuracy of work

Planning:

• Understands the product/scientific/therapeutic and competitive space and proactively provides recommendations regarding planned projects to internal team

• Understands the internal BGB processes and adheres to timelines and procedures as agreed to by the cross-functional team

Client Interface:

• Actively engages in discussions with clients in a team setting

• Builds skills/is comfortable speaking to content during client calls

• Builds rapport with clients over time through demonstration of subject matter knowledge

• May at times act as client-facing medical lead with support from manager

• Partners with manager and Account team to provide the client with a united organized professional pleasant experience on teleconferences and in person

• Local (tri-state) client engagement travel as needed/required

Agency Interface and Process:

• Understands the role of Medical within the agency and works to set appropriate expectations and operating norms within the team

• Shares best practices and strategic insights within team to maximize efficiencies

• Leads by example to demonstrate efficiency team productivity and superior scientific quality for all deliverables

Our Clients & Therapeutic Areas

• Our clients include more than 20 companies across more than 48 brands. They range from some of the biggest multinational companies in the world (including 6 of the top 10 biopharmaceutical companies) to smaller biotechs and companies focused on a single disease with a single product.

• We work in some of the most scientifically challenging and rapidly evolving disease states including cardiology dermatology endocrinology gastroenterology hematology immunology infectious disease nephrology neurology oncology ophthalmology pulmonology and rheumatology.

Our Teams

• Our Medical and Scientific Affairs Department consists of 70 full-time team members including MDs PhDs PharmDs and engineers. Our current staff is represented by a wide range of higher learning institutions including (but not limited to) Albert Einstein Carnegie Mellon Columbia Cornell Duke Harvard Johns Hopkins New York University Northwestern Memorial Sloan Kettering Mt. Sinai Princeton Rockefeller Rutgers Stanford Thomas Jefferson UC Berkeley UC San Francisco University of Chicago University of Maryland University of Massachusetts University of Pittsburgh University of Pennsylvania University of the Sciences (Philadelphia) and Yale.

Our Commitment to Teaching & Development

• We are an official student rotation site for six different pharmacy schools; teaching and mentoring is a part of the fabric of our business. Additionally we have regular internal meetings to make sure were teaching each other including lunch n learns medical buddy programs and outside speakers.

• Weve also contracted to work with one of the nations top executive coaches (we share him with some of the top Fortune 500 CEOs) to provide ongoing group and one-on-one coaching.

Preferred Qualifications

Were looking for smart talented and driven individuals who are interested in applying their scientific training to drug development strategy and scientific knowledge exchange. Were looking for individuals who would enjoy working on a range of projects including traditional left-brained projects (complex scientific analysis) and traditional right-brained projects (creative innovative communications). Our ideal candidates are detail-oriented and team-focused with excellent interpersonal communication skills. Were currently recruiting for:

• Entry-level medical writers: An MD PharmD PhD or MS degree in a relevant scientific discipline is required as well as medical writers with at least one years worth of experience in medical communications or related industry.

Salary range: $75000 - $105000 CAD

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability protected veteran status or any other legally protected basis in accordance with applicable law.