Senior Medical Writer

Costello Medical•New York, NY

11h•$90,000 - $100,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Costello Medical are growing quickly through demand from both new and existing clients and are therefore looking for candidates with prior experience in medical affairs and/or publications who enjoy content delivery, as well as project and client management, to join us as Senior Medical Writers in our Medical Communications team. In this role, you will be at the forefront of our exciting expansion in the US market. This is a unique opportunity to influence and drive change in our fast-growing company, in a role you can shape to be your own, where we can offer excellent career development opportunities to high performing individuals. Senior Medical Writers take a leading role across projects, providing strategic advice to clients, supervising the project team, and producing high-quality scientific content themselves. They ensure projects are delivered to an exceptionally high standard and in line with agreed timelines. This role involves regular client communication, project planning, reviewing colleagues’ work, providing constructive feedback, scientific writing and contributing to business development by identifying new clients, writing proposals, and building and maintaining excellent client relationships. You will be based in our office in Boston, which was established in 2020. This presents opportunities to shape and drive our US company, whilst being supported by the success of our existing operations in the UK and Asia. You will work closely with our Boston-based Team Heads, who each have 7–10+ years of experience in the industry, as well as other senior colleagues in the US and globally.

Requirements

A degree level or higher qualification in a scientific discipline (minimum GPA 3.3). We welcome applications from candidates with a diverse range of specialisms, including but not limited to; biology, chemistry, pharmacy and medicine
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
Flexible and willing to contribute to a wide variety of projects
Be expected to work across different accounts spanning multiple disease areas and therefore should be able to familiarize yourself with new information quickly

Responsibilities

Take a leading role across a variety of medical communication projects
Provide strategic advice to clients
Supervise the project team
Produce high-quality scientific content
Ensure projects are delivered to an exceptionally high standard and in line with agreed timelines
Regular client communication
Project planning
Reviewing colleagues’ work
Providing constructive feedback
Scientific writing
Contributing to business development by identifying new clients, writing proposals, and building and maintaining excellent client relationships

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
23 days’ vacation leave increasing by 1 day each year to a maximum of 27 days. 6 public holidays plus 1 floating vacation day to use on a holiday of your choosing
Flexible working hours and the chance to work from home for up to half of your working time
Private medical insurance with a company contribution, as well as dental and vision cover, and life insurance
Retirement savings via a 401k plan with up to a 5% employer match
Paid funding for external education, and study leave
Paid and unpaid sabbaticals based on length of service
Regular company-funded social activities