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Medical Writer

Inclusively

Inclusively

Marketing & Communications
United States
Posted on Friday, September 20, 2024

Inclusively is partnering with a pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation to hire a Medical Writer (Manager). **Please note: this role is NOT an internal position with Inclusively but with the partner company.**

ABOUT INCLUSIVELY:

Inclusively is a digital tech platform that empowers job seekers with disabilities, caregivers, and veterans by using Success Enablers–accommodations and personalized workplace modifications that help all job seekers reach their full potential and excel. This includes all disabilities under the ADA, including mental health conditions (e.g. anxiety, depression, PTSD), chronic illnesses (e.g. diabetes, Long COVID), and neurodivergence (e.g. autism, ADHD).

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ROLE SUMMARY

  • The Medical Writer (Manager) creates documents pertaining to clinical studies and regulatory interactions, including (but not limited to) protocols, clinical study reports, briefing documents, clinical summaries for marketing applications, and responses to queries from regulatory authorities.
  • Understands the principles of scientific writing, writing with the audience in mind, and conveying messages in a clear and concise manner. Analyzes, interprets, and distills data and other information to create documents.
  • Applies comprehensive knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements and corporate policies to assess document requirements and identify information gaps or other potential issues. Takes appropriate risks to resolve any identified issues.
  • Is facile with innovative problem solving

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Independently authors moderately complex documents compliant with relevant internal processes and standards as well as external regulatory guidance.
  • Manages all aspects of document development process. Collaborates with project teams, subject matter experts, and quality lines to ensure clear, factual, effective, and appropriately concise presentation of analyses and associated discussions in assigned documents.
  • Contributes to decision making about data presentation strategies to support advance planning of documents. Engages early with project teams and subject matter experts to plan and review tables, listings, and figures for assigned documents.
  • Develops and maintains project timelines. Delivers assigned documents on or before deadline, alerting project teams and line management in a timely manner of any anticipated delays, information gaps, or potential shortcomings in quality.
  • Communicates Medical Writing’s position on resource and timeline needs for assigned documents to project team members.
  • Identifies potential areas for process improvements and possible solutions and communicates them to line management or appropriate functional line.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a life science discipline.
  • BS/BA +5 years, MS/MA +3 years, PhD +0 years of experience in medical writing or related field.
  • Understanding of the role of each member of cross-functional team.
  • Ability to collaborate successfully with all levels and roles in cross-functional, global teams.
  • Ability to manage documents of simple complexity and/or limited variety.
  • Ability to multi-task and work effectively under pressure, with strong organizational and project management skills.
  • Adapts to change as needed.
  • Ability to communicate with teams to set realistic timeline expectations and then monitor, communicate progress/issues, and deliver against milestones.
  • Ability to identify complex problems that require management or cross-functional input for resolution in timely manner
  • Chooses between multiple options to resolve moderately complex problems that impact project completion.
  • Excellent interpersonal, active listening, and influencing skills; establishes and maintains professional and productive working relationships with team members.
  • Ability to collaborate with other medical writers across therapeutic areas for template or medical writing process creation/improvement..
  • Engages in continuous learning; shows commitment to being familiar with new regulations and industry standards, new technology, and new processes that impact Medical Writing.
  • Familiarity with global regulatory guidance (especially ICH, FDA, and EMA) relevant to clinical and safety data.
  • Basic understanding of the drug development process.
  • Basic understanding of medical concepts of the disease and approaches to current standard treatments.
  • Analytic skills. Ability to examine data and formulate reasonable hypotheses.
  • Oral presentation skills. Strong oral presentation skills, including ability to present and explain data analyses.
  • Language skills. High fluency in spoken and written English.
  • Knowledge of how to use publicly available databases (eg, PubMed, DailyMed, FDA, and EMA sources and guidelines) for literature and information mining to support document content and how to cite such information appropriately.
  • Able to interpret analyses of data supporting regulatory/clinical documents and to summarize in clearly written text with guidance from team members.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Word (above average knowledge) and other relevant software (eg, PowerPoint, Excel).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Advanced degree (MS/MA/PhD) is preferred.
  • Prior experience with document management systems and collaboration software (including cloud-based systems)and co-authoring principles is preferred.
  • Extensive knowledge of the company Global Style Guide and all relevant SOPs (associated forms and work instructions) and process training that relate to medical writing deliverables and quality review of deliverables.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of our business divisions and interrelationships between them.
  • Ability to professionally communicate both verbally and in writing in English. Can discuss clinical data succinctly and accurately with cross-functional lines, scientific staff from a range of disciplines, and all levels of management

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $88,300.00 to $147,100.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in our Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 12.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with company Matching Contributions and an additional company Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Our compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.