Lead Medical Writer - Medical Communications

5 hours, 16 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Technical Writing and Documentation
Avalere Health

Avalere Health

Avalere Health is a leading healthcare consulting firm dedicated to solving the industry's most complex challenges. With a focus on attracting top talent, they provide innovative solutions and insights to help clients navigate the evolving healthcare l...

Professional Services

Description

  • Lead medical writing and serve as a client contact for assigned accounts.
  • Develop oncology-focused medical communications content, including congress materials, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and plain-language summaries.
  • Ensure editorial quality across client programs from initial planning through final review.
  • Coordinate with editorial, client, vendor, and project teams to deliver projects on time and within budget.
  • Provide scientific oversight for complex projects or workstreams.
  • Brief, review, guide, and mentor less-experienced writers, including managing content allocation.
  • Drive internal and external project processes, including compliance activities.
  • Support business development by identifying, conceptualizing, and strategizing new medical communications projects.
  • Represent Avalere Health at client meetings, advisory boards, speaker-training sessions, and business development initiatives.

Requirements

  • Degree in life sciences; PharmD or PhD is advantageous.
  • Ideally 3+ years of medical or scientific writing experience within a healthcare consultancy or medical communications agency.
  • Experience developing scientific content across a range of therapeutic areas.
  • Oncology expertise is advantageous but not essential.
  • Experience managing scientific content types, including publications, and reviewing content for scientific accuracy and flow.
  • Demonstrated project ownership, proactive problem-solving, and collaboration in a team environment.
  • Strong client communication skills and experience serving as a point of contact for clients and external experts.
  • Ability to lead and mentor junior writers.
  • Experience managing client relationships.
  • Familiarity with medical communications compliance and regulatory guidelines.

Benefits

  • 401(k) with employer matching contributions up to 4%, immediately vested.
  • Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability coverage.
  • Flexible hybrid or remote work, plus the option to work anywhere globally for two weeks per year.
  • 20 vacation days, one personal well-being day, 9 public holidays, gifted end-of-year holidays, and early Summer Friday finishes.
  • Free counseling through an employee assistance program and personalized health support.
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies.
  • On-demand training, career development support, and global mobility opportunities.

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