Principal Medical Writer

Job Summary

The Principal Medical Writer is an individual expert contributor capable of independently executing complex writing assignments involving a thorough understanding of clinical trial designs and interpretation of statistically analyzed research data. He/she has the ability to plan and prioritize without supervision. This role requires extensive clinical document expertise and will support continuous improvement and the implementation of best practices.

Responsibilities

• Proven track record in writing clinical regulatory documents including, but not limited to: protocols, clinical study reports, NDA/MAA CTD submission documents, investigator brochures, briefing documents, and responses to regulatory authority questions.
• Work in a matrix team to ensure delivery of high quality, fit-for-purpose clinical documents that accurately reflect associated data, and are in line with GSK standards and global, regional and/or local regulatory requirements.
• Experienced as a significant contributor in planning and production of clinical dossier documents for regulatory submissions worldwide.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in management of projects of increasing scope and complexity.

Requirements

• Understanding of the interdependencies of various contributing functions (e.g., clinical pharmacology, biomarkers, health outcome).
• Ability to quickly assess complex situations, apply scientific, operational, and submission development knowledge and implement effective plans for solutions.
• High-level technical, statistical, and computer skills, and the ability to interpret complex clinical data.
• Assess trends and patterns in text and statistical data, and effectively organizes content and messages in clinical reports and summary documents.
• Review reporting and analysis plans and provides critical input on the content and display of tables.
• Familiarity with approaches to expedite document preparation such as review tools and automation.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to adjust behaviors and priorities based on a changing environment (e.g., ability to support documents in different therapeutic areas).
• Effectiveness in both oral and written communications.

Job Related Experience

• Clinical regulatory writing experience in the pharmaceutical industry
• Demonstration of leadership.
• Experience in multicultural settings (to reflect our external customers/clients [health authorities/patients] and diverse environments with respect to dynamics of human interaction (including working with remote teams))
• Ability to interpret, describe and document clinical data.
• Working knowledge of International Committee for Harmonisation (ICH)/Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
• Computer skills and general computer literacy.
• Excellent English language skills (verbal and written)