Senior Medical Writer
Costello Medical
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $90,000 - $100,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Take a leading role across a variety of medical communication projects.
- Ensure that projects are delivered to an exceptionally high standard.
- Provide strategic advice to clients and supervise the project team.
- Produce high-quality scientific content and participate in regular client communication.
- Engage in project planning and review colleagues’ work, providing constructive feedback.
- Contribute to business development by identifying new clients and writing proposals.
- Shape and drive the US company while being supported by existing operations globally.
Requirements
- A degree level or higher qualification in a scientific discipline (minimum GPA 3.3).
- At least 2 years’ professional experience in a medical communications (medical affairs and/or publications) role outside of academia, ideally within an agency setting.
- Strong scientific writing skills with the ability to tailor writing style to different audiences.
- Project management skills sufficient to enable timely project delivery.
- Exceptional attention to detail and high degree of written accuracy.
- Excellent proficiency in written English and arithmetic.
- Experience with supporting junior colleagues with their learning and development.
- Excellent data presentation skills, including the ability to use Excel, PowerPoint and Word effectively and efficiently, to produce a professional, high standard of work.
- Sufficient technical and strategic knowledge to provide clients with recommendations on project content and approach.
- The capacity to maintain exceptional customer service and quality of deliverables under multiple competing demands.
- Experience in communicating directly with clients, including responding to different communication styles, as well as a proven ability to build robust and sustainable client relationships.
- The ability to motivate colleagues and take a leadership role in the delivery of project components.
Benefits
- Discretionary profit share bonuses paid twice per year
- Hybrid and flexible working options
- Generous vacation allowance
- Private medical and dental insurance
- 401K plan with up to a 5% employer contribution
- Life insurance
- Full funding and study leave for external training
- Regular company-funded social activities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
scientific writingproject managementdata presentationExcelPowerPointWordstrategic knowledgeclient recommendationsattention to detailwritten accuracy
Soft skills
leadershipclient communicationconstructive feedbackbusiness developmentcustomer servicemotivationinterpersonal skillsadaptabilityteam supervisionrelationship building
Certifications
degree in scientific discipline