Senior Medical Writer

Costello Medical • Boston, MA

18h • $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. Hybrid Working Policy: We believe that having face-to-face time in the office holds many benefits and is central to ensuring that the community we have created, where people have a workplace they belong to and feel part of, is never lost. At the same time, we recognise that homeworking can improve work life balance, reduce commuting times and costs, and provide the opportunity to juggle personal commitments. Therefore, we offer flexible working arrangements that allow our colleagues to work from home for up to half of the time, measured across a 2-week rolling period. Why Join Costello Medical as a Senior Medical Writer? At Costello Medical we think that the road to success is through investing in and developing our talent. Because of that philosophy, we believe that our environment is the perfect place to grow your career, and here are a few reasons why: We are invested in our culture: We make it a priority to create an energetic, fun and supportive work environment while still delivering the highest standard of work to our clients. As a result, we achieved our B Corp certification in 2022 Join us early in our US venture: Our US operations are relatively new and growing quickly, presenting unique opportunities for professional growth. We are onboarding multiple new hires across various roles every month, offering a dynamic and evolving work environment. This is the perfect time to join and contribute to shaping the future of our operations Our range of expertise: Whilst you will be primarily working on Medical Communications projects, you may also have the opportunity to work on projects for our different service offerings, including Value and Access, Rare Diseases and Evidence Development, collaborating with colleagues in a range of positions and specialisms The varied responsibilities: You will have the unique opportunity to continue to develop your scientific writing expertise, whilst using your communication skills to build strong and long-lasting client relationships Have a real-world impact: Our clients are some of the preeminent pharmaceutical and medical technology companies in the industry. We are committed as an organization to improve health outcomes globally, and you will get the chance to take a leading role in this vision

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
• You will be expected to work across different accounts spanning multiple disease areas and therefore should be able to familiarize yourself with new information quickly.
• you must have the right to work in the US independently from the company

Responsibilities

• take a leading role across a variety of medical communication projects
• working alongside a team of excellent colleagues to ensure that projects are delivered to an exceptionally high standard
• providing strategic advice to clients
• supervising the project team
• producing high-quality scientific content
• 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

• $90,000 to $100,000 per annum, depending on your previous experience, as well as a discretionary profit share bonus paid twice per year.
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees