Principal Medical Writer

Inizio Engage XD•Philadelphia, PA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Principal Medical Writer, you will be the trusted, client‑facing lead for one or more flagship accounts, shaping high‑quality scientific content that makes a impact in life sciences education. You'll create accurate, compelling, and referenced materials across a broad range of training deliverables-such as self‑study curricula and interactive workshops. Recognised as a subject‑matter expert within the life sciences training space, you'll bring both strategic insight and editorial excellence to every project. In this senior role, you'll also have the opportunity to mentor fellow medical writers, elevating standards, share best practices, and contribute to the continued growth of the team. Nazaré is our leading Learning & Capability brand (Part of Inizio Engage XD). We design and deliver impactful training experiences that drive real behaviour change and performance improvement for pharmaceutical and biotech organisations. You will report into the Scientific Director

Requirements

Graduate degree (PhD, PharmD, MS, MD) in the life sciences, pharmacology, or medicine
At least 5 years of relevant medical writing experience focused on pharmaceutical sales training, ideally gained within a healthcare communications agency
Fluency in conducting literature searches
Experience developing scientific content suitable for a variety of deliverable types
Current knowledge of AMA style guidelines and ability to write within guidelines
Working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, particularly the drug development and commercialization processes
Experience working on multiple projects and within deadlines

Responsibilities

Serve as the client-facing lead writer on one or more accounts
Research material for assigned projects, including performing literature searches
Writing fully referenced and well-organized content outlines
Write fully referenced drafts that are: Medically and scientifically accurate
Clear, well-written, and engaging
Aligned to the scientific strategy
Appropriate to the audience
Appropriate to the deliverable type (print, digital, film and workshop)
Aligned to the supplied style guide and/or writing template
Infuse instructional design elements (e.g. learning goals, practice activities, assessment questions) into written materials
Incorporating feedback (internal reviews, client feedback, MLR feedback)
Mark up references to support your writing
Incorporating copyedit and fact check changes
Attend and represent scientific on internal and external meetings, including answering content-related questions and presenting recommendations
Collaborate cross-functionally with internal team members from creative, learning experience design, performance, learning delivery, and editorial
Perform peer-reviews of fellow Principal Medical Writers' work
Manage time to ensure that projects are delivered within the budgeted hours
Complete all work within the allocated time and following project specifications
Help with research to gain an understanding of the disease state, portfolio/pipeline, and/or competitive landscape for an identified therapeutic area or company
Clarifying client needs for assigned accounts and developing scientific recommendations in response
Participate in internal brainstorming sessions to support assigned accounts
Partner with Scientific Director to provide scope (i.e. writing hours) estimates for assigned projects
Provide medical writing mentorship to one or more medical writers on the team