Principal Medical Writer (Publications)

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Location/Division Specific Information

Effective communication of evidence and information is essential to conveying the value of products. With approximately 20 years of experience, our highly trained staff provide medical writing services for all phases of the product lifecycle, helping to create a consistency in quality and voice. Our writers prepare documents that are clear, concise, compelling, and scientifically accurate, while also ensuring they are fully aligned with regulations, industry standard processes, and your corporate guidance.

Discover Impactful Work

The Publications and Scientific Communications team, a part of Medical Writing and Healthcare Communications, prepares medical publications, abstracts, posters, presentations, and other scientific communications. Our dynamic, highly collaborative team focuses on providing quality writing to internal collaborators and external pharmaceutical and biotech clients.

A day in the life:

Write, edit, and handle publications and other scientific communications (manuscripts, posters, abstracts, oral presentation slide decks, and review articles), on time, within budget, and with little instruction. Provides senior review of documents.

Appropriately resolve or raise project management issues, such as out-of-scope activities

Ensure compliance with quality processes and requirements

Represent the team as a prime contact on projects, establishes clients relationships.

Assist in business development initiatives

Lead or provide input on initiatives for process improvement, provides training and mentorship of other writers.

Keys to Success:

We are looking for an expert publications' writer to join the team. The Principal Medical Writer will be responsible for leading and producing high-quality publications and scientific communications, from conception to completion. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in writing publications, abstracts, and posters, as well as excellent written English and analytical skills. We seek an excellent teammate who is proactive, enjoys challenges, can work on multiple projects concurrently, and is can work in a highly collaborative CRO environment.

Education and Experience

Extensive proven experience as a writer of peer-reviewed medical publications (comparable to 8+ years); experience working in a CRO environment preferred

Excellent scientific writing, project management, and digital literacy

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a scientific field; advanced degree preferred

In-depth knowledge of relevant specialty areas of medicine

Additional qualifications (AMWA, EMWA, or RAC training; CMPP certification) advantageous

Excellent written English. Proactive communicator

Sound professional judgement in dealing with inquiries, issues, and customer concerns; able to independently make decisions and solve problems

Comfortable working on multiple projects concurrently

Able to complete work within fixed budgets and timelines and to facilitate conflict resolution among team members and clients

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.