Associate Director, Medical Writing

Responsibilities

• Author, co-author, critically edit, and format clinical/regulatory documents, including New Drug Applications (NDAs), protocols/protocol amendments, clinical study reports (CSRs), Investigator’s Brochures, and other regulatory submissions as needed
• Interact with document authors, contributors, and reviewers (including members of Biometrics, Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Project Management, CMC, Drug Safety, and Regulatory Affairs) to acquire necessary input into documents
• Develop and manage medical writing timelines for assigned documents to ensure on-time deliverables that meet business needs
• Lead comment resolution and adjudication with authors, reviewers, and project teams
• Oversee vendors and contractors
• May include management of in-house medical writing staff (based on experience and team need)
• Serve as the functional area representative on project teams and advise such teams on content, format, and style requirements for documents
• Lead the development/refinement of medical writing processes, SOPs, work instructions, templates, style and content guides, and document quality control to ensure efficient preparation of high-quality medical writing deliverables
• Maintain subject area expertise related to the company’s investigational products, disease indications, and regulatory and publication guidelines

Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Technical Proficiencies

• Excellent writing skills coupled with good understanding of the drug development process and relevant regulatory guidelines
• Ability to write and edit complex material to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, and effectiveness
• Successful track record of working on complex clinical/regulatory writing projects across multiple therapeutic areas
• Excellent attention to detail, multitasking, prioritization, and flexibility
• Excellent communication skills with proven ability to interact in a cross-functional environment
• Understanding of the drug-development process, including research and development processes and objectives and the required documents
• Familiarity with US and European regulatory requirements and guidelines for documents; general knowledge of electronic Common Technical Document (e-CTD) requirements with respect to structure, format, and content
• Ability to analyze critically and synthesize complex scientific information from a range of scientific disciplines and clinical therapeutic areas
• Proficiency in use of MS Office applications (Word, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint), Adobe Acrobat, electronic document management systems (eg, Veeva Vault, Box, SharePoint), and templates (eg, StartingPoint).
• Comfortable in a fast-paced small company environment with minimal direction and able to adjust workload based on changing priorities
• Demonstrated initiative and the ability to manage a variety of projects simultaneously with minimal supervision

Preferred Education and Experience

• BA/BS degree in a scientific field required; advanced scientific degree (PhD, PharmD, or MS) preferred
• 7+ years of regulatory medical writing experience in the pharmaceutical industry (or an organization serving them), including experience writing clinical study protocols, clinical study reports, investigator’s brochures, clinical sections of Investigational New Drug (IND) submissions and New Drug Applications (NDAs); and understanding of the content of higher-level summary documents