Senior Medical Writer

About the Role

Costello Medical are growing quickly through demand from both new and existing clients and are therefore 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 us as Senior Medical Writers in our Medical Communications team. In this role, you will be at the forefront of our exciting expansion in the US market.

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. They ensure projects are delivered to an exceptionally high standard and in line with agreed timelines. This role involves regular client communication, project planning, reviewing colleagues’ work, providing constructive feedback, scientific writing and contributing to business development by identifying new clients, writing proposals, and building and maintaining excellent client relationships.

You will be based in our office in Boston, which was established in 2020. This presents opportunities to shape and drive our US company, whilst being supported by the success of our existing operations in the UK and Asia. You will work closely with our Boston-based Team Heads, who each have 7–10+ years of experience in the industry, as well as other senior colleagues in the US and globally.

Hybrid Working Policy

We believe that having face-to-face time in the office holds many benefits and is central to ensuring that the community we have created, where people have a workplace they belong to and feel part of, is never lost. At the same time, we recognise that homeworking can improve work life balance, reduce commuting times and costs, and provide the opportunity to juggle personal commitments. Therefore, we offer flexible working arrangements that allow our colleagues to work from home for up to half of the time, measured across a 2-week rolling period.

About You

Essential requirements for the role are:

• A degree level or higher qualification in a scientific discipline (minimum GPA 3.3). We welcome applications from candidates with a diverse range of specialisms, including but not limited to; biology, chemistry, pharmacy and medicine
• 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, to produce a professional, high standard of work
• 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

Whilst we are seeking applications from those who already have at least 2 years experience delivering projects in medical communications, we are seeking those who are flexible and willing to contribute to a wide variety of projects. You will be expected to work across different accounts spanning multiple disease areas and therefore should be able to familiarize yourself with new information quickly.