Manager, Medical Writing

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Manager Medical Writing supervising Medical Writers and ensuring quality deliverables with operational excellence. Collaborating on regulatory submissions and client presentations in a remote setting.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Supervises Medical Writers. Provide short-term and long-term resource planning in order to assign projects to appropriate and available staff. Holds regularly scheduled meetings with staff and provide updates to senior management. Review and approve semimonthly time sheets. Assist staff to forecast project-related costs and timelines for completion. Hires and evaluates employees. Recommends salary levels and promotions
Supervises the preparation of Medical Writing deliverables. Organizes processes for completion of projects within established timelines. Evaluate timeliness and quality of deliverables and provides updates to senior management. Acts as a resource for questions relating to study design, adverse event reporting, and statistical analyses. Assists writers in presentation and interpretation of data. Performs senior review to ensure overall adherence to departmental standards. Write and review group SOP and WPD. Evaluates compliance with SOP/WPD on an ongoing basis. Stays updated on the guidelines and requirements of the ICH, FDA and other relevant agencies.
Gives marketing presentations to potential clients on the capabilities of the Medical Writing department. Interacts with Bids and Contracts and Business Development to prepare proposals for Medical Writing projects.
Develops and maintains training programs for Medical Writing. Ensures that all writers are adequately trained.
Uses clinical knowledge to assist in the written interpretation of clinical data and to guide others in their presentation of clinical data.
Writes and coordinates other documents for submission to regulatory agencies, including IND, NDA, and CTD items.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a science-related field required; Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, Masters) preferred
Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years) or equivalent and relevant combination of education, training, & experience.
2 years relevant experience in medical writing, preferably within the pharmaceutical industry
1+ year of leadership responsibility
Ability to supervise, evaluate, and mentor departmental personnel
Ability to oversee assignments, monitor staff workload, and provide guidance for completion of assignments
Ability to create and modify project timelines, allocate resources, and forecast departmental workload
In depth knowledge of departmental processes and ability to contribute to improving and developing processes
Excellent medical writing skills, including excellent grammatical, editorial, and proofreading skills, and the ability to effectively interpret and present extremely complex data
Effective communication, negotiation, and presentation skills needed to represent the department in a range of situations including bid defenses, capabilities presentations, and audits
Ability to develop, review, and modify proposals and budgets for presentation to clients

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible working hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Medical Writing SkillsGrammatical SkillsEditorial SkillsProofreading SkillsData InterpretationProposal DevelopmentBudget ModificationProject Timeline CreationResource AllocationProcess Improvement

Soft Skills

Supervisory SkillsMentoring SkillsNegotiation SkillsPresentation SkillsInterpersonal Skills