Senior Medical Writer - Communications (remote-based)

Hobson Prior are looking for a Senior Medical Writer - Communications to join a global leader in healthcare communications on a permanent basis. For this role, you can be based in multiple offices around the UK and working from home is available.

Please note that to be considered for this role you must have the right to work in this location.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will need to understand the purpose and role of communications in the wider therapy area and commercial landscape.
• You will demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly to different audiences through a variety of media (print and digital).
• Provide regular feedback to senior teams across accounts and projects.
• Have the ability to work across multiple projects and accounts simultaneously, whilst monitoring team output.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of timelines, budgetary constraints and scopes of work.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of project management and resource planning.
• Independently produce consistently high-level content.
• Independently and accurately incorporate strategic concepts into projects.
• Lead and develop content with minimal review/direction, including data understanding and ability to communicate to a wide range of complex projects.
• Work with relevant project teams to help develop project proposals and input on budgets.
• Build effective relationships with external suppliers, key opinion leaders and medical experts to help develop high-quality content.
• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships within and across departments, attending and proactively contributing to briefing/internal discussions.
• Independently lead written and verbal client communications.
• Assist junior team members with interpreting external feedback and applying learnings.
• Assist junior team members in identifying tasks and responsibilities that need to be prioritised and explaining the rationale.
• Provide effective line management and supervise and support your team to help them achieve their objectives.
• Ask team members (across all levels) for feedback, and proactively implement learnings.
• Any other assigned duties.

Requirements:

• The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level in a relevant science subject or 3 years' relevant experience.
• Strong experience in medical writing.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office programmes (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel, etc.).
• Have an excellent command of the English language in both written and verbal communications.
• Previous experience in a medical communications agency or industry would be advantageous.
• Previous line management experience would be advantageous.
• A keen interest in working and developing scientific expertise across a range of therapy areas.
• Ability to travel.

Apply now:

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Hobson Prior is a leading life sciences recruiter focused on finding exceptional people and matching them with the finest positions across the globe. Hobson Prior is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.