Lead Medical Writer

Fishawack Health•Philadelphia, PA

17d

About The Position

Lead the medical writing team for accounts that require multiple writers to meet the content demands of customized medical communications initiatives, and/or lead multiple accounts. With minimal direction or supervision, responsible for assigned-client service: provide high-quality editorial oversight for all content including planning through review; maintain knowledge of project status (content development and review) to ensure editorial quality and successful completion of all client content projects; identify and develop new opportunities for projects (working with the account manager) and publications (working with the publications manager); interact with account manager, publications managers, and project managers to ensure adherence to timelines and deliverables.

Requirements

4 year post secondary education, or equivalent experience
Bachelor’s degree in the life sciences
5+ years of medical writing experience
5+ years of editorial process experience
2+ years of experience with assigned-client’s projects
Proficiency in the use of MS Office, specifically Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Proficiency in Internet and PubMed searches
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and as part of a team

Nice To Haves

PharmD or PhD highly preferred

Responsibilities

Content Development-Work closely with assigned project management team to ensure high-quality editorial implementation of all assigned-client programs.
Effectively provides the information people need to know to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the assigned-client project team
Provides medical writers information and direction so that they can draft accurate, high-quality editorial content; serves as a resource for questions
Assesses potential projects to provide an estimate of writing time required for completion
Reviews content for the assigned-client projects and ensures that content reflects clients’ objectives and preferences while staying on time and on budget
Cultivates and shares expertise in assigned therapeutic areas
Delegates tasks and decisions in a professional manner, sets clear objectives, and trusts people to perform
Shares responsibility and accountability for assigned-client projects
Consistently complies with Fishawack standard editorial procedures, including ethical standards
Communication-Effectively and proactively communicate with team members (editorial, project, client), authors/faculty, and vendors in areas related to project completion.
Ensures that information is communicated effectively within and across internal teams in a timely manner
Keeps project team and manager apprised of project(s) status (through weekly status meetings or routine email communications) and challenges encountered during the project (eg, changes in scope, delays in receiving comments) to ensure project completion on time and on budget
Proactively provides input to team members to enhance project outcomes
Prioritizes workload for medical writers on team
Offers to assist others in times of slow workloads and asks for assistance during times of heavy workloads
Business Development-Investigate, conceptualize, and strategize new medical communications projects and publications to support the assigned-client’s needs and opportunities.
Supports account manager’s efforts to identify and secure new business for assigned client in a timely manner
Understands scope of Fishawack’s capabilities and how to tailor Fishawack’s services to assigned-client’s needs
Effectively identifies opportunities for content development for assigned client
Company Representation-Represent the company at client meetings (e.g, advisory boards, speaker-training meetings, business development initiatives) in a professional manner.
Serves as onsite editorial resource and content expert in a professional manner
Reviews and revises program content, as needed in an accurate and timely manner
Prepares speakers for their presentations in a professional manner
Anticipates additional onsite needs and proactively prepares for these needs
Proactively assists project team; acts as a collaborative team member
Is prepared to discuss top-line information pertaining to content of business development meetings; educates internal, non-medical team members about content-related issues