Senior Medical Writer – Publication Writing
Syneos Health
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Gurugram • India
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About the role
- Leads the clear and accurate completion of medical writing deliverables, ensuring scientific information is presented clearly and accurately
- Manages medical writing activities associated with individual studies, coordinating medical writing activities within and across departments with minimal supervision
- Leads the resolution of comments from the client
- Completes a variety of documents that may include clinical study protocols and clinical study protocol amendments; clinical study reports; patient narratives; annual reports; investigator brochures; informed consents; annual reports; plain language summaries; periodic safety update reports, clinical development plans; IND submissions; integrated summary reports; NDA and eCTD submissions; journal manuscripts; and abstracts, posters, and presentations for scientific meetings
- Adheres to established regulatory standards, including, but not limited to, ICH E3 guidelines, as well as company standard operating procedures, client standards, and company and/or client approved-templates, authorship requirements, and style and formatting guides, when completing medical writing projects, on time and on budget
- Coordinates quality and editorial reviews
- Ensures source documentation is managed appropriately
- Leads team document reviews, and reviews documents as needed
- Acts as peer reviewer for internal team to ensure document scientific content, clarity, overall consistency, and proper format
- Reviews statistical analysis plans and table/figure/listing specifications for appropriate content, and for grammar, format, and consistency
- Provides feedback to further define statistical output required and document needs
- Interacts and builds good working relations with clients, department head, and peers in data management, biostatistics, regulatory affairs, and medical affairs, as necessary, to produce writing deliverables
- Performs online clinical literature searches and complies with copyright requirements
- Identifies and proposes solutions to resolve issues, escalating as appropriate
- Provides technical support, training, and consultation to department and other company staff
- May contribute to development of internal materials and presentations or changes to internal process, standard practices, and capabilities
- Mentors and leads less experienced medical writers on complex projects, as necessary
- Develops deep expertise on key topics in the industry and the regulatory requirements and guidelines that affect medical writing
- Aware of budget specifications for assigned projects, working within the budgeted hours and communicating status and changes to medical writing leadership
- Completes required administrative tasks within the specified timeframes
- Performs other work-related duties as assigned
- Minimal travel may be required (less than 25%)
Requirements
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in science, technical, or medical writing
- Experience working in the biopharmaceutical, device, or contract research organization industry
- Strong understanding of FDA and ICH regulations, other regulatory guidelines, and/or good publication practices
- Experience writing relevant document types
- Extensive knowledge of English grammar and ability to communicate clearly; strong familiarity with AMA Manual of Style
Benefits
- Career development and progression
- Supportive and engaged line management
- Technical and therapeutic area training
- Peer recognition and total rewards program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
medical writingclinical study protocolsclinical study reportspatient narrativesIND submissionsNDA submissionseCTD submissionsstatistical analysis planstechnical supportliterature searches
Soft Skills
communicationteam leadershippeer reviewproblem-solvingmentoringinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillsattention to detailtime managementcollaboration