89 Medical Writing jobs in the United Kingdom
Director, Medical Writing, Oncology
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Are you a seasoned Medical Writing leader ready to shape the future of oncology drug development? Our client, a global biopharmaceutical powerhouse, is seeking a Director of Medical Writing to lead strategic and operational excellence across their Oncology portfolio.This is a high-impact, global role offering the chance to drive innovation, lead talented teams, and influence regulatory strategy at the highest level. You'll be joining a forward-thinking organisation that values transformation, quality, and scientific integrity.
Work with a mission-driven organisation making a real impact in oncology. Be part of a global leadership team shaping the future of medical writing. Enjoy a flexible working model with hybrid or remote options.
Your new role
As Director, Medical Writing, you'll be the go-to expert for all medical writing activities within the Oncology Therapeutic Area. You'll:
Lead and inspire a team of Senior Medical Writers and Managers across global hubs.
Develop and execute TA-specific medical writing roadmaps aligned with R&D priorities.
Oversee clinical and regulatory documentation from FIH through to submission.
Drive regulatory storytelling and key message generation for critical submissions.
Ensure quality, consistency, and compliance across all deliverables.
Manage outsourced writing models and vendor relationships.Provide dashboards and performance insights to senior leadership.
What you'll need to succeed
We're looking for a visionary leader with:
Proven experience in medical writing leadership within oncology or a related TA.
Deep understanding of global regulatory requirements and submission strategy.
Strong background in clinical development and cross-functional collaboration.
Experience managing remote and outsourced teams.
Exceptional communication, negotiation, and strategic thinking skills.
A passion for innovation, including AI-assisted writing and process transformation.
Key Skills & Competencies
Executive leadership & change advocacy
High-stakes negotiation & stakeholder management
Talent development & succession planning
Forecasting, budgeting & resource management
Cross-cultural team leadership
Process improvement & SOP development
What you need to do now
Before you apply for this position, it is vital that you are in possession of a UK passport or relevant visa to work without restrictions in the UK and residing in the UK.
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Roberta Atkins on
Senior Scientific Director (Medical Writing)
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Senior Scientific Director (Medical Writing Team Lead), Medical Consulting
Manchester (hybrid working)
VML HEALTH is a global healthcare agency with a vision to make the world of health human-centric with connected brands. VML HEALTH has offices across the world & three global healthcare hubs in London, New York, & Milan. VML Health is a WPP company.
Within VML HEALTH is the Global Strategy Team (GST), home to a diverse set of strategic thinkers and consultants. It represents the highest levels of strategic competency and consulting acumen under an agile business model, working independently with clients or as part of an integrated agency team. The GST brings together four key disciplines to build brands and shape the healthcare environment from as early as pipeline development through to loss of exclusivity: Medical Strategy, Engagement Strategy, Brand Strategy, and Medical Consulting. This role sits within the Medical Consulting discipline.
The Medical Consulting team focuses on early engagement across a range of disciplines including Commercial, Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Patient Advocacy, Policy and value communication teams – our clients include pharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostic companies alongside patient advocacy organizations and academic organizations. The Medical Consulting team supports organisations to achieve more effective decision making through a focus on early and cross functional working, enhanced focus on patient engagement, early commercialisation and disease leadership programmes. We run a variety of global accounts involving close collaboration with our creative, digital, medical education, and marketing teams to bring creative solutions for clients as they move forward in development and launch of their assets.
About the Role
Medical writing is a critical discipline within the consulting team, leading development of a range of writing projects including; commercial and advocacy whitepapers, policy briefs, value communications, and posters/publications. A core focus for this team in 2025 and beyond is growth and expansion of capabilities to service the evolving needs of our clients and the business.
VML Health is seeking a Medical Writing Lead to drive the expansion of the discipline, provide senior level client management, deliver coaching & development across the team, establish updated processes & methodologies to support business delivery and bring a clear focus of growth, in partnership with the medical consulting leadership team.
We are looking for an established senior level candidate with in-depth writing experience and expertise across a wide range of scientific communications. The candidate must bring excellent client engagement and people management skills to provide strategic leadership for the discipline. Experience in managing both internal & client teams to shape, develop and deliver effective and high-quality deliverables that meet client objectives, budgets, and timelines is critical. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate a solid understanding of the healthcare and pharmaceutical landscape with experience working across multiple disease areas and complex scientific concepts.
The Medical Writing Lead will ultimately lead the strategic evolution of the medical writing team to support the broader needs of both Medical Consulting and the Global Strategy Team. This unique role provides the opportunity to shape the future business model and growth of a multifunctional writing discipline, requiring a proactive, innovative thinker with a both in-depth writing expertise and strong business acumen.
This role is based in Manchester with close collaboration across our core hubs and domestic teams.
Responsibilities
- Must have extensive (minimum 10 years) scientific & value communication writing experience including team/discipline leadership and management experience.
- Broad range of experience across disease areas with preference for some or all of the following (Oncology, Haematology, Rare Disease, Immunology, Neuroscience).
- In depth technical writing experience across a wide range of deliverables including scientific communications, whitepapers, posters/publications, perspectives papers and value communications.
- Ability to understand, interpret and analyse complex data sets such as clinical trials results and statistical analyses.
- Commercial mindset with a proven track record of driving business growth for writing based projects & clients across organic, net new and pitch settings.
- Ability to own & lead teams & programs of writing work to a high standard.
- Strong evidence of leadership and ability to network, within a company, clients and healthcare systems, including experience engaging with and developing content for senior leadership.
- In-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare environment and healthcare systems, with understanding of a broad range of stakeholders including clinicians, patients, advocates, and policymakers.
- Proven ability to work and lead teams effectively in a busy, deadline-driven environment across the spectrum of discipline needs from research design and execution, scientific strategy, writing, editorial and resource management.
- Can-do attitude, leadership and management agility, and ability to deliver and manage issues and deadlines with teams.
- Outstanding leadership and role model behaviours and ability to motivate and lead teams.
Qualifications
- Extensive healthcare agency experience as a Scientific Director, Scientific Team lead and senior/principle writer.
- A life sciences MSc, PhD or clinical qualification, and/or previous experience as a Medical Writer.
- A life sciences BSc will also be considered.
- A track record of scientific and editorial leadership for large/complex accounts.
- Leadership experience with writing teams, in particular with a focus on growth and capability expansion.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, high emotional intelligence, the ability to adapt your approach according to the needs of clients and teams, and the ability to respond rapidly to situations and manage internal/external issues.
- A track record of driving business growth and providing scientific insight to proposals and pitches.
- Excellent understanding of pharmaceutical regulations and medical writing standards, e.g. ABPI, GPP3, ICMJE.
Required Skills
- Enthusiastic and motivated leader.
- Driven by both people and business growth.
- Client image and style awareness.
- Planning resources and time efficiently to keep to timelines.
- Ability to work on your own initiative and proactively bring new ideas to evolve the discipline.
- Excellent attention to detail.
Senior Scientific Director (Medical Writing)
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Senior Scientific Director (Medical Writing Team Lead), Medical Consulting
Manchester (hybrid working)
VML HEALTH is a global healthcare agency with a vision to make the world of health human-centric with connected brands. VML HEALTH has offices across the world & three global healthcare hubs in London, New York, & Milan. VML Health is a WPP company.
Within VML HEALTH is the Global Strategy Team (GST), home to a diverse set of strategic thinkers and consultants. It represents the highest levels of strategic competency and consulting acumen under an agile business model, working independently with clients or as part of an integrated agency team. The GST brings together four key disciplines to build brands and shape the healthcare environment from as early as pipeline development through to loss of exclusivity: Medical Strategy, Engagement Strategy, Brand Strategy, and Medical Consulting. This role sits within the Medical Consulting discipline.
The Medical Consulting team focuses on early engagement across a range of disciplines including Commercial, Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Patient Advocacy, Policy and value communication teams – our clients include pharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostic companies alongside patient advocacy organizations and academic organizations. The Medical Consulting team supports organisations to achieve more effective decision making through a focus on early and cross functional working, enhanced focus on patient engagement, early commercialisation and disease leadership programmes. We run a variety of global accounts involving close collaboration with our creative, digital, medical education, and marketing teams to bring creative solutions for clients as they move forward in development and launch of their assets.
About the Role
Medical writing is a critical discipline within the consulting team, leading development of a range of writing projects including; commercial and advocacy whitepapers, policy briefs, value communications, and posters/publications. A core focus for this team in 2025 and beyond is growth and expansion of capabilities to service the evolving needs of our clients and the business.
VML Health is seeking a Medical Writing Lead to drive the expansion of the discipline, provide senior level client management, deliver coaching & development across the team, establish updated processes & methodologies to support business delivery and bring a clear focus of growth, in partnership with the medical consulting leadership team.
We are looking for an established senior level candidate with in-depth writing experience and expertise across a wide range of scientific communications. The candidate must bring excellent client engagement and people management skills to provide strategic leadership for the discipline. Experience in managing both internal & client teams to shape, develop and deliver effective and high-quality deliverables that meet client objectives, budgets, and timelines is critical. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate a solid understanding of the healthcare and pharmaceutical landscape with experience working across multiple disease areas and complex scientific concepts.
The Medical Writing Lead will ultimately lead the strategic evolution of the medical writing team to support the broader needs of both Medical Consulting and the Global Strategy Team. This unique role provides the opportunity to shape the future business model and growth of a multifunctional writing discipline, requiring a proactive, innovative thinker with a both in-depth writing expertise and strong business acumen.
This role is based in Manchester with close collaboration across our core hubs and domestic teams.
Responsibilities
- Must have extensive (minimum 10 years) scientific & value communication writing experience including team/discipline leadership and management experience.
- Broad range of experience across disease areas with preference for some or all of the following (Oncology, Haematology, Rare Disease, Immunology, Neuroscience).
- In depth technical writing experience across a wide range of deliverables including scientific communications, whitepapers, posters/publications, perspectives papers and value communications.
- Ability to understand, interpret and analyse complex data sets such as clinical trials results and statistical analyses.
- Commercial mindset with a proven track record of driving business growth for writing based projects & clients across organic, net new and pitch settings.
- Ability to own & lead teams & programs of writing work to a high standard.
- Strong evidence of leadership and ability to network, within a company, clients and healthcare systems, including experience engaging with and developing content for senior leadership.
- In-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare environment and healthcare systems, with understanding of a broad range of stakeholders including clinicians, patients, advocates, and policymakers.
- Proven ability to work and lead teams effectively in a busy, deadline-driven environment across the spectrum of discipline needs from research design and execution, scientific strategy, writing, editorial and resource management.
- Can-do attitude, leadership and management agility, and ability to deliver and manage issues and deadlines with teams.
- Outstanding leadership and role model behaviours and ability to motivate and lead teams.
Qualifications
- Extensive healthcare agency experience as a Scientific Director, Scientific Team lead and senior/principle writer.
- A life sciences MSc, PhD or clinical qualification, and/or previous experience as a Medical Writer.
- A life sciences BSc will also be considered.
- A track record of scientific and editorial leadership for large/complex accounts.
- Leadership experience with writing teams, in particular with a focus on growth and capability expansion.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, high emotional intelligence, the ability to adapt your approach according to the needs of clients and teams, and the ability to respond rapidly to situations and manage internal/external issues.
- A track record of driving business growth and providing scientific insight to proposals and pitches.
- Excellent understanding of pharmaceutical regulations and medical writing standards, e.g. ABPI, GPP3, ICMJE.
Required Skills
- Enthusiastic and motivated leader.
- Driven by both people and business growth.
- Client image and style awareness.
- Planning resources and time efficiently to keep to timelines.
- Ability to work on your own initiative and proactively bring new ideas to evolve the discipline.
- Excellent attention to detail.
Medical Writing Manager (Regulatory Writing)
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Acts as Lead Medical Writer on any type of writing project, including projects with multiple deliverables/components. Prepares assigned documents in accordance with IQVIA Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and customer requirements as well as to the agreed timelines. Performs senior review of all types of medical writing deliverables. Provides feedback and guidance to more junior staff. Negotiates timelines and discusses/resolves customer comments. Keeps abreast of current medical and/or technical writing/regulatory knowledge, including Good Clinical Practice (GCP), along with developments and advances in drug development/medical and/or technical writing.
**Essential Functions**
+ Take a leading role in preparing assigned documents, including, but not limited to, confirming the scope of the task, confirming templates and specifications, negotiating and adhering to timelines, organizing document reviews, communicating directly with the customer.
+ Plan and organize workload for assigned projects and tasks: identify project needs, track timelines and implement customer requests.
+ Use experience and initiative to tackle new/unusual document types and customer requirements.
+ Lead meetings on more challenging topics independently and act as point of contact for escalations and resolve conflict.
+ Participate in bid defense meetings and discussions.
+ May design training materials and input into generic training plans for staff. Proposes topics for and prepares and delivers knowledge-sharing sessions for the global team. May propose, plan and deliver general training on Medical Writing to other IQVIA groups and externally, as appropriate.
+ May act as Project Manager for a more complex but single Medical Writing project which includes Project Finance/Invoicing responsibilities.
+ Complete project finance activities, including monitoring and forecasting budgeted hours.
+ Independently propose, review and approve budgets and assumptions for a range of project types within remit.
+ May take on a partnership lead role.
+ Likely to represent region or site on a Medical Writing initiative or cross-functional initiative.
+ May draft new Medical Writing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for review and act as reviewer for Medical Writing SOPs, as assigned and appropriate.
**Qualifications and Experience and Skills**
+ Bachelor's Degree n life sciences related discipline or related field required
+ Master's Degree in life sciences related discipline or related field preferred
+ Ph.D. in life sciences related discipline or related field preferred
+ Typically requires at least 7 years of highly relevant experience in regulatory writing and related competency levels.
+ In-depth knowledge of the structural and content requirements of clinical study reports (CSR), Common Technical Documents (CTD), protocols, and similar documents and ability to identify deficiencies, errors, and inconsistencies in a protocol or report.
+ Experienced in preparing CTDs and/or tackling new/unusual document types/customer requirements.
+ Good understanding of common statistical methods used in clinical trials and/or interpretation of their results.
+ Ability to effectively review a statistical analysis plan and to identify deficiencies, errors, and inconsistencies in statistical output
+ Ability to integrate, interpret, and summarize data from a variety of sources in a clear and concise manner.
+ Significant experience as a lead writer in preparing CSRs, CTDs and protocols, with consistently positive feedback from customers and colleagues.
+ In depth knowledge of drug development, medical writing, and associated regulations.
+ Good understanding of statistical principles and of medical terminology across a range of therapeutic areas.
**Skills and Abilities**
+ Excellent written and oral communication skills including grammatical/technical writing skills.
+ Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
+ Confident and effective communication and negotiation skills with customers and project managers.
+ Demonstrated ability to remain calm and assertive yet diplomatic in more challenging interactions with customers and colleagues.
+ Demonstrates initiative and sound judgement when faced with less familiar project/document situations or challenges.
+ Demonstrated abilities in collaboration with others and independent thought.
+ Demonstrated ability to influence others without having official authority.
+ Demonstrates good judgement in requesting input from senior staff.
+ Demonstrates confidence and maturity in most routine medical writing situations.
+ Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and customers.
+ Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and projects.
+ Ability to proactively evaluate risks and potential issues and seek solutions and discuss appropriately with colleagues and customers.
+ Confidence in appropriately challenging the customer when document quality or timelines are at risk.
+ Must be computer literate.
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create connections that accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments. Everything we do is part of a journey to improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.
To get there, we seek out diverse talent with curious minds and a relentless commitment to innovation and impact. No matter your role, everyone at IQVIA contributes to our shared goal of helping customers improve the lives of patients everywhere. Thank you for your interest in growing your career with us.
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Senior Analyst Regulatory Medical Writing, Immunology
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Medical Affairs Group
**Job Sub** **Function:**
Medical Writing
**Job Category:**
Professional
**All Job Posting Locations:**
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
**Job Description:**
**Senior Analyst Regulatory Medical Writing, Immunology**
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at are searching for the best talent for a **Senior Analyst Regulatory Medical Writing,** within Integrated Data Analytics & Reporting (IDAR), to join our diverse team of medical writers for immunology indications. **The role can be located High Wycombe, United Kingdom; Beerse, Belgium; Leiden, Netherlands; Neuss, Germany, or Springhouse / Raritan / Titusville, United States.** Hybrid working is expected for applicants living within commutable distance of a J&J office (3 days onsite per week). Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis for those outside tenable commutable area, and if approved by the company.
_Are you ready to join our team? Then please read further!_
**You will be responsible for:**
+ Writing or coordinating clinical and regulatory documents such as, but not limited to, CSRs, IBs, protocols, summary documents, RMPs, regulatory responses, and briefing documents.
+ Leading cross-functional document planning and review meetings. Interacting with cross-functional colleagues on document content and champions MW processes and best practices. Responsible for establishing document timelines and strategies in accordance with internal processes, with some mentorship from functional management and clinical team, as needed.
+ Actively participating in or leading process working groups.
+ Coaching or mentoring more junior staff on document planning, processes, and content. Provides peer review as needed.
**Principal Relationships:**
+ Internal: manager, other writers cross-functional contacts (eg, clinical, regulatory, or biostatistical functions) involved in the preparation and planning of clinical documents.
+ External: May interact with or oversee day-to-day work by contractors or external service providers as needed under supervision. May collaborate with external partner company staff on codeveloped compounds.
**Qualifications / Requirements:**
+ A university/college degree in a scientific field is required. An advanced degree (eg, Masters, PhD, MD) is preferred.
+ At least 6 years of relevant pharmaceutical/scientific experience including at least 4 years of regulatory medical writing experience is required.
**Other:**
+ Recognizes how to best interpret, summarize, and present statistical and medical information to ensure quality and accuracy of content in all document types under general supervision.
+ Proficiency in written and spoken English is essential, together with excellent oral and written communication skills.
+ Strong attention to detail.
+ Ability to collaborate with cross-functional global teams across time zones, requiring some flexibility in your daily routine.
+ Builds productive relationships with cross-functional team members.
+ Has strong leadership skills, both in project and process management as well as in time management (influencing, negotiating, assertiveness, taking initiative). Resolves complex problems under supervision.
+ Organizes time well, and demonstrates learning agility.
Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):
+ Belgium, Netherlands, Germany: R-
+ United Kingdom- Requisition Number: R-
+ United States - Requisition Number: R-
Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.
**Benefits:**
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies are equal opportunity employers, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
The Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies maintain highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. This position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis.
The employee will be eligible to participate in the Company sponsored employee benefit programs applicable to the country in which they are based. These may include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
Employees may be eligible to join in the Company's retirement plan (pension) or savings plan.
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Senior Manager/Associate Director Medical Writing, Immunology
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Medical Affairs Group
**Job Sub** **Function:**
Medical Writing
**Job Category:**
People Leader
**All Job Posting Locations:**
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
**Job Description:**
At Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, what matters most is helping people live full and healthy lives. We focus on treating, curing, and preventing some of the most devastating and complex diseases of our time.
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.
Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at are searching for the best talent for a **Senior Manager/Associate Director** , **Regulatory Medical Writing** within our Integrated Data Analytics & Reporting (IDAR) business. This role will support our Immunology Regulatory Medical Writing area.
**The position can be located at any of our following offices: High Wycombe (UK), Beerse (Belgium), Leiden (Netherlands), Allschwil (Switzerland), or Spring House/Raritan/Titusville (East Coast US).**
Hybrid (3 days per week onsite) is strongly preferred. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the company.
You will be responsible for:
+ Leading compound/submission/indication/disease area writing teams independently.
+ Directly leading or setting objectives for others on team projects and tasks, eg, able to lead Medical Writing (MW) process working groups or Communities of Practice.
+ Writing or coordinating all types of clinical and regulatory documents, taking a proactive or lead role in terms of content and scientific strategy.
+ Establishing and driving document timelines and strategies independently.
+ Guiding or training cross-functional team members on processes and best practices.
+ Proactively identifying and championing departmental process improvements.
+ May lead cross-functional, cross-therapy area, or cross-J&J process improvement initiatives.
+ Leading discussions in MW and cross-functional meetings as appropriate (eg, submission team meetings, Global Program Team meetings, study team meetings, clinical team meetings).
+ Maintaining and disseminating knowledge of industry, company, and regulatory guidelines.
+ Interacting with senior cross-functional colleagues and external partners to strengthen coordination between departments.
As a people manager:
+ Supervising/managing and being accountable for direct reports.
+ Setting objectives and agreeing on goals for direct reports. Providing performance oversight, including feedback on performance and development.
+ Regularly meeting with direct reports to ensure appropriate development, projects, assignments, and issues are resolved.
+ Coaching or mentoring more junior writers on document planning, processes, content, and provides peer review as needed.
+ Ensuring direct report's adherence to established policies, procedural documents, and templates.
+ Participating in hiring staff, onboarding new staff, conducting career and talent development discussions for staff, goal-setting, end-of-year performance reviews, and compensation planning.
Qualifications /Requirements:
+ A university/college degree in a scientific discipline is required. An advanced degree (eg, Masters, PhD, MD) is preferred.
+ At least 10 years of relevant pharmaceutical/scientific experience.
+ At least 8 years of relevant clinical/regulatory medical writing experience.
+ At least 2 years of direct people management experience.
+ Experience in project management and process improvement.
+ Advanced knowledge and application of regulatory guidance such as ICH requirements
+ Recognizes how to best interpret, summarize, and present statistical and medical information to ensure quality and accuracy of content in complex document types independently.
+ Resolves complex problems independently.
+ Proactively identifies potential risks and develops strategies to mitigate.
+ Ability to serve as the liaison between team members and senior leadership within a therapy area.
+ Ability to build and maintain solid and positive relationships with cross-functional team members.
+ Excellent oral and written communication skills.
+ Attention to detail.
+ Expert time management for self and team.
+ Expert project management skills, expert project/process leadership.
+ Strong leadership skills (influencing, negotiating, assertiveness, taking initiative, conflict management, change management).
+ Ability to delegate responsibility to junior writers.
+ Ability to lead by example, stay focused and positive, and act with integrity.
+ Ability to internalize and teach CREDO behaviours.
+ Ability to act as change agent and adapt to rapidly changing organizational & business challenges.
Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):
+ United Kingdom - Requisition Number: R-
+ Belgium, Netherlands - Requisition Number: R-
+ Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-
+ United States - Requisition Number: R-
Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.
**For United States applicants:**
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $137,000 to $235,750 (USD).
The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/ performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis.
Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
- Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
+ Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - up to 56 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on company benefits, please go to: compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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Senior Manager/Associate Director, Regulatory Medical Writing X-TA
Posted 6 days ago
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Medical Affairs Group
**Job Sub** **Function:**
Medical Writing
**Job Category:**
People Leader
**All Job Posting Locations:**
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
**Job Description:**
**Senior Manager/Associate Director, Regulatory Medical Writing X-TA**
At Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, what matters most is helping people live full and healthy lives. We focus on treating, curing, and preventing some of the most devastating and complex diseases of our time.
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.
Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at are searching for the best talent for a **Senior Manager** **/Associate Director** , **Regulatory Medical Writing** within our Integrated Data Analytics & Reporting (IDAR) business. This role will support one or more of our therapeutic areas within the X-TA (Cross Therapeutic Area) Regulatory Medical Writing area.
**The position can be** **located** **at any of our following offices: High Wycombe (UK), Beerse (Belgium), Leiden (Netherlands),** **Allschwil** **(Switzerland) or Spring House/Raritan/Titusville (East Coast US).**
Hybrid (3 days per week onsite) is strongly preferred. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the company.
_Are you ready to join our team? Then please read further!_
**You will** **be responsible for** **:**
+ Leading compound/submission/indication/disease area writing teams independently.
+ May have additional major responsibility with supervision.
+ Cross-functional, cross-TA, or cross-J&J initiative/collaboration.
+ Larger organizational responsibility (eg, manage a subset of TA).
+ Preparing and finalizing all types of clinical documents, taking a proactive or lead role in terms of content and scientific strategy. Working with a high level of independence and taking a lead role on with respect to timing, scheduling, and tracking.
+ Leading program-level/submission writing teams independently.
+ Directly leading or setting objectives for others on team projects and tasks.
+ Guiding or training cross‐functional team members on processes, best practices; coach or mentor more junior writers.
+ Proactively identifying, contributing to and championing Medical Writing process improvements, internal standards, regulatory, and publishing guidelines, internal systems, tools, and processes.
+ Leading cross‐functional/cross‐TA, cross‐J&J process improvement initiatives, or other large process working groups.
+ Developing, maintaining and disseminating knowledge of industry, company, and regulatory guidelines to internal and external audiences.
+ If a lead writer for a program:
+ Primary point of contact and champion for Medical Writing activities for the clinical team.
+ Responsible for planning and leading the writing group for assigned program.
+ Able to function as a lead writer on any compound independently.
+ Leading discussions in Medical Writing and cross‐functional meetings as appropriate.
+ Interacting with senior cross‐functional colleagues and external partners to strengthen coordination between departments.
+ Able to oversee the work of external contractors.
+ As a people manager:
+ Manage direct reports in Medical Writing.
+ Set objectives for individual team members. Regularly meets with direct reports to ensure appropriate development, projects, assignments, and issues are resolved.
+ Ensures direct report's adherence to established policies, procedural documents, and templates
+ Able to make decision on hiring staff, onboarding new staff, conducting career and talent development discussions for staff, lead in goal setting and performance discussions.
**Qualifications /Requirements:**
+ University/college degree in a scientific discipline is required. Masters or PhD preferred.
+ At least 10 years of relevant pharmaceutical/scientific experience; at least 8 years of relevant Medical Writing experience is required!
+ At least 2 years of people management experience.
+ Multiple therapeutic area experience preferred.
+ Strong attention to detail.
+ Strong oral and written communication skills. Fluent written and spoken English.
+ Expert project management skills, expert project/process improvement leadership.
+ Expert leadership skills (influencing, negotiating, assertiveness, taking initiative, conflict management, change management). Strong people management skills.
+ Ability to delegate responsibility to junior writers.
+ Demonstrated ability to collaborate and develop effective partnerships with key business partners and customers.
+ Ability to recognize how to best interpret, summarize, and present statistical and medical information to ensure quality and accuracy of content in complex document types independently.
Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):
+ United Kingdom - Requisition Number: R-
+ Belgium, Netherlands - Requisition Number: R-
+ Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-
+ United States - Requisition Number: R-
Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.
**For United States applicants:**
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $137,000 to $235,750 (USD).
The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/ performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis.
Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
- Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
+ Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - up to 56 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on company benefits, please go to: compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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EXPERIENCED MEDICAL WRITER WANTED!
I’m working with a fantastic, independent MedComms agency who are growing their writing team - and it’s such a lovely group to be part of.
If you love variety, collaboration, and a genuinely supportive culture, this could be the one!
What you’ll love about it:
* A mix of promotional med affairs , meetings, events & digital projects
* Working on slide decks, speaker briefings & pharma brand campaigns
* A team that values and invests in you - mentoring, development & appreciation
* Just 2 days a month in the office outside London (travel & lunch covered!)
* £38–42k + 10% bonus + excellent benefits
It’s a brilliant opportunity to join a stable, independent agency where you’ll be recognised and supported to grow your career.
If this sounds like your kind of role, I’d love to tell you more - drop me a message!
You will need a minimum of 1 years' medical writing experience within a medcomms agency, be based in the UK and not require sponsorship.
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Medical Writer
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Job Title: Senior Medical Writer
Job Summary
This growing organization is seeking to expand its medical writing team and fill a Senior Medical Writer role, based in Dublin.
Reporting to the Director of Medical and Scientific Communications and working closely with Clinical Science, Clinical Operations, and Regulatory Affairs, this is a key role with significant responsibility for the documentation of the clinical development program and overall product development.
You will join a small, collaborative team that prides itself on producing high-quality work in a fast-paced environment. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing success of the company and be part of an exciting journey in clinical development.
Key Responsibilities:
- Author, review, and/or independently manage high-quality clinical documents, including protocols, clinical study reports (CSRs), and complex CTD submission documents (clinical overviews, summaries of clinical efficacy and safety, summaries of clinical pharmacology and biopharmaceutics). Ensure that all documentation complies with internal standards and external regulatory guidelines.
- Contribute to the development of other documents requiring medical writing oversight, such as CEPs, CERs, and nonclinical summaries.
- Collaborate closely with medical/clinical experts, statisticians, pharmacovigilance teams, investigators, and other relevant stakeholders during document development.
- Support process improvements for medical writing activities, including development or updates of SOPs, document templates, and work instructions, as well as other medical writing and cross-functional initiatives.
- Independently develop and manage document timelines.
- Review the work of junior or outsourced medical writers and manage projects assigned to external writers as needed.
- Contribute to scientific communication activities, such as developing or reviewing manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and slide decks.
Experience & Qualifications:
- Minimum of a university life sciences degree or equivalent; an advanced degree in life sciences or healthcare is highly desirable.
- At least 5 years of medical writing or other relevant pharmaceutical industry experience, combined with strong scientific and regulatory knowledge and expert understanding of medical writing processes.
- Experience in the global regulatory environment, including familiarity with key regulatory bodies and essential regulatory documents.
- Experience authoring clinical components of regulatory filings (e.g., NDA, BLA, MAA) is highly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to define and solve complex problems.
- Experience in neuroscience or neurology is preferred.
- Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and competing demands.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills within the medical/scientific field.
- Fluency in English.
- Flexible working style, with the ability to work independently, remotely, and as part of a team.
Medical Writer
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Role: Medical Writer
Location: Manchester / Macclesfield / London - Hybrid
About Us
Established in 2005, Bioscript Group is formed from multiple, specialist businesses to support our global pharmaceutical clients; we draw on their multidisciplinary expertise to help navigate critical decisions at key points in the product lifecycle.
Our scientific and strategic expertise help our clients make better decisions. We provide medical communication services, market access consulting and regulatory writing support with deep domain expertise to effectively navigate complex disease areas.
The Opportunity
We are currently looking for a Medical Writer or Senior Medical Writer to be at the forefront of crafting clear, accurate, and engaging content that communicates scientific information to diverse audiences as an integral part of our Medical Communications team.
Key Responsibilities
- Translating complex scientific data into clear, concise, and accessible content
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to create compelling narratives to push the boundaries of medical science
- Ensuring adherence to industry guidelines and regulatory standards.
- Conducting thorough research to stay abreast of the latest medical advancements
- Developing educational materials and promotional content that help to bring the next generation of medicines to patients around the world
About You
- Minimum 15 months medical writing experience in an MedComms agency
- Evident writing skills and a passion for communicating complex ideas backed up with strong customer focus.
- Meticulous attention to detail and the ability to distil complex information for diverse audiences.
- A proactive approach to learning and staying informed about industry trends.
- Enthusiasm for working in a collaborative and dynamic environment.
Please note, this role may require domestic and international travel.
Our people are at the heart of our business
We are focused not just on delivering the exceptional for our clients, but for our teams too. Understanding everyone is different and we believe in treating everyone as an individual with opportunities to develop your skills and career around our disciplines.
Our benefits include:
- Salary which aligns with your experience and skillset
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + winter shutdown + holiday purchase scheme
- Enhanced sick and compassionate leave
- Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption leave
- Birthday charity donation to a charity of your choice
- Bonus Day off to be spent giving back to the community
- Life Insurance and Critical Illness cover
- Private Medical (Vitality for UK based colleagues)
- Health cash plan or wellbeing allowance
- International Employee Assistance Program
We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage applications from all individuals who meet the minimum requirements of the role. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact us via or by calling .