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Principal Medical Writer

Role overview

Summary

This role supports the preparation of high-quality medical and scientific writing for internal and external clients at Thermo Fisher Scientific. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to facilitate effective communication and operational excellence in the context of clinical trials.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification.
  • Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 2 years).
  • Basic medical writing skills, including grammatical, editorial, and proofreading skills.
  • Preferred: Experience working in the pharmaceutical/CRO industry advantageous.
  • Preferred: Experience in scientific writing advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with researching, writing, and editing routine documents including clinical study reports and study protocols.
  • May assist with more complex clinical and scientific documents, including IBs, INDs, and MAAs.
  • Assist with ensuring compliance with quality processes and requirements for assigned documents.
  • Participate in project launch meetings, review meetings, and project team meetings.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Detail Oriented
  • Problem Solving
  • Teamwork

About the company

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

  • Biotech & Genomics
  • 10,001+
About Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.

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Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

We have successfully supported the top 50 pharmaceutical companies and more than 750 biotechs, spanning 2,700 clinical trials across 100+ countries in the last 5 years.

As part of our expert team, you’ll have the opportunity to ensure operational excellence that makes a real difference in organizational performance. As Associate Medical Writer, you will assist with the preparation of high-quality medical and scientific writing from planning and coordination through the delivery of final drafts to internal and external clients. You will collaborate with internal and external clients, supporting and enabling effective and efficient communication that results in operational excellence.

What You’ll Do:
• Assists with researching, writing, and editing routine documents including clinical study reports and study protocols, and summarizes data from clinical studies.
• May assist with more complex clinical and scientific and program level documents, including IBs, INDs, and MAAs.
• Assists with ensuring compliance with quality processes and requirements for assigned documents.
• May assist in program management activities. Duties could include assisting with developing timelines, budgets, and forecasts.
• Participates in project launch meetings, review meetings, and project team meetings.


Education and Experience Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 2 years).
• Experience working in the pharmaceutical/CRO industry advantageous
• Experience in scientific writing advantageous
In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Basic medical writing skills, including grammatical, editorial, and proofreading skills
• Ability to interpret and present complex data accurately and concisely
• Effective administrative, organizational and planning skills; attention to detail and quality
• Ability to work on own initiative and effectively within a team
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Basic knowledge of regulatory documentation and drug development process
• Good judgment and decision-making
• Competent computer skills and use of templates; basic knowledge of document management systems and other relevant applications (e.g. Excel, Outlook)


Working Conditions and Environment:
• Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Occasional drives to site locations with occasional travel both domestic and international.
• Long, varied hours required occasionally


Why Join Us?

When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific, you become part of a global team that values passion, innovation, and a commitment to scientific excellence. You’ll work in an environment where collaboration and development are part of the everyday experience—and where your contributions truly make a difference.

Apply today to help us deliver tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

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