Senior Medical Writer 

Role Purpose

Our SMWs are responsible for driving day-to-day project delivery (with support from others) within an account in order to create outstanding medical content across a variety of therapy areas. This position is ideal for an experienced writer who has a passion for scientific and medical developments, a keen interest in AI, and who enjoys tackling new problems, interacting with clients, and mentoring internal team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Scientific knowledge:
  • Confidently steps into new therapeutic areas
  • Starting to lead discussions with clients and external experts on therapy area, drivers which influence treatment decision-making and patient pathways
• Strategic knowledge: Helps to lead meetings and strategic discussions with clients
• AI
  • Proactively utilizes a broad range of AI solutions to streamline complex projects, with support from others
  • Evaluates and implements AI-driven solutions to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of projects, identifying opportunities for improvement and collaborating with team members to optimize project delivery
  • Provides guidance and training to team members on best practice
• Project ownership:
  • Leads content delivery for complex projects with supervision from senior team, delegating to AMW/MWs as needed and where appropriate to ensure timely execution to a high standard
  • Skilled in achieving communications objectives by employing a broad range of channels and formats
• Project development:
  • Interrogates briefs from clients/internal teams and proactively flags any queries or potential issues
  • Applies critical thinking skills towards a project brief to achieve deliverables in a timely and efficient manner
  • Provides a proactive, solution-focused approach towards resolving queries, and addressing feedback
  • Initiates discussions with Account Teams regarding potential barriers to successful project completion that may arise
• Editorial:
  • Develops compelling narratives from complex information
  • Structures and writes novel projects that may not have been executed previously
• Quality control:
  • Takes responsibility for overall quality of deliverables with supervision from senior team
  • Reviews JMWs’ work for adherence to brief, client objectives and quality of writing, providing constructive feedback
• On site: Leads elements of the on-site programme across a variety of events with support from others
• Client liaison: Leads scientific discussion with clients and external experts as appropriate to capture briefs, resolve queries, and progress scientific content development in timely and efficient manner
• Growth and new business
  • Supports development of scientific content for new therapeutic areas for new business
  • Proactively identifies new business opportunities with new and existing clients
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