Principal Medical Writer - FSP

Location: Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Company

Global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence for the life sciences and healthcare industries.

What you will do

• Lead the preparation of clinical study reports, protocols, and other medical writing deliverables according to standard operating procedures and customer requirements.
• Plan workloads, coordinate reviews, manage timelines, and communicate directly with customers.
• Lead meetings on challenging topics and resolve customer comments and project issues.
• Review medical writing deliverables and provide constructive feedback to junior staff and customers.
• Manage budgets, costings, invoicing, and project finance activities for assigned projects.
• Support training, mentoring, capability initiatives, and customer or cross-functional activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in life sciences or a related discipline; a Ph.D. is preferred.
• At least 5 years of highly relevant experience and demonstrated competency in medical writing.
• Significant lead-writer experience preparing clinical study reports and protocols.
• In-depth knowledge of drug development, medical writing, applicable regulations, medical terminology, and Good Clinical Practice.
• Understanding of clinical-trial statistical methods, statistical analysis plans, and statistical outputs.
• Strong written and verbal communication, negotiation, attention to detail, judgment, collaboration, and multitasking skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to contribute to the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments.
• Collaboration with customers, project managers, medical writing teams, and cross-functional groups.
• Opportunities to mentor colleagues and deliver training to local and global teams.
• Work includes participation in regional, site, and organization-wide medical writing initiatives.