Senior Medical Writer
Costello Medical
Summary
Costello Medical is looking for candidates with prior experience in medical affairs and/or publications who enjoy content delivery, as well as project and client management, to join as Senior Medical Writers in the Medical Communications team. Senior Medical Writers take a leading role across projects, providing strategic advice to clients, supervising the project team, and producing high-quality scientific content themselves.
Job description
About the Role
Costello Medical is looking for candidates with prior experience in medical affairs and/or publications who enjoy content delivery, as well as project and client management, to join as Senior Medical Writers in the Medical Communications team. Senior Medical Writers take a leading role across projects, providing strategic advice to clients, supervising the project team, and producing high-quality scientific content themselves.
- Take a leading role across a variety of medical communication projects
- Provide strategic advice to clients
- Supervise the project team and ensure projects are delivered to an exceptionally high standard and in line with agreed timelines
- Produce high-quality scientific content
- Regular client communication and project planning
- Review colleagues' work and provide constructive feedback
- Contribute to business development by identifying new clients, writing proposals, and building and maintaining excellent client relationships
About You
Essential requirements for the role are:
- A degree level or higher qualification in a scientific discipline (minimum GPA 3.3)
- At least 2 years' professional experience in a medical communications (medical affairs and/or publications) role outside of academia, ideally within an agency setting
- Strong scientific writing skills with the ability to tailor writing style to different audiences
- Project management skills sufficient to enable timely project delivery
- Exceptional attention to detail and high degree of written accuracy
- Excellent proficiency in written English and arithmetic
- Experience with supporting junior colleagues with their learning and development
- Excellent data presentation skills, including the ability to use Excel, PowerPoint and Word effectively and efficiently
- Sufficient technical and strategic knowledge to provide clients with recommendations on project content and approach
- The capacity to maintain exceptional customer service and quality of deliverables under multiple competing demands
- Experience in communicating directly with clients, including responding to different communication styles, as well as a proven ability to build robust and sustainable client relationships
- The ability to motivate colleagues and take a leadership role in the delivery of project components
Requirements
- A degree level or higher qualification in a scientific discipline (minimum GPA 3.3)
- At least 2 years' professional experience in a medical communications (medical affairs and/or publications) role outside of academia, ideally within an agency setting
- Strong scientific writing skills with the ability to tailor writing style to different audiences
- Project management skills sufficient to enable timely project delivery
- Exceptional attention to detail and high degree of written accuracy
- Excellent proficiency in written English and arithmetic
- Experience with supporting junior colleagues with their learning and development
- Excellent data presentation skills, including the ability to use Excel, PowerPoint and Word effectively and efficiently
- Sufficient technical and strategic knowledge to provide clients with recommendations on project content and approach
- The capacity to maintain exceptional customer service and quality of deliverables under multiple competing demands
- Experience in communicating directly with clients, including responding to different communication styles, as well as a proven ability to build robust and sustainable client relationships
- The ability to motivate colleagues and take a leadership role in the delivery of project components
- Must have the right to work in the US independently from the company
Benefits
- Discretionary profit share bonuses
- Hybrid and flexible working options
- Generous vacation allowance
- Private medical insurance
- Dental and vision cover
- 401(k) with 5% match
- Life insurance
- External training funding
- Study leave
- Paid and unpaid sabbaticals
- Company-funded social activities
Company overview
Costello Medical is a leading global healthcare consulting firm specializing in scientific support services for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the company has grown organically to over 500 employees across nine international offices including the UK, US, Singapore, and China. The firm provides comprehensive services including evidence development, health economics, market access, health technology assessment (HTA), medical communications, real-world evidence analysis, and statistical modeling. Costello Medical supports healthcare interventions throughout their entire lifecycle, working with leading pharmaceutical and device companies across diverse therapy areas and geographies. The company is a certified B Corporation, demonstrating its commitment to high standards of social and environmental performance, and has achieved 3-star accreditation with Best Companies for six consecutive years. Their expertise spans infectious disease modeling, rare diseases, gene therapy, and technical innovation with AI applications.