Principal Medical Writer

  • Surrey Quays
  • Sciterion

Sciterion – Medical communications that enable positive change in clinical practice to benefit the lives of people living with health issues.



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Sciterion is focused on delivering science that speaks to people. Our mission is to drive excellence in medical affairs including medical education and medical communications. We facilitate meaningful exchange between industry, healthcare professionals, and patients.


Our diverse and passionate teams explore, innovate, and develop solutions together delivering credible and compelling medical content via engaging and immersive experiences. We strive to be the positive change we want to see in the world. Join Sciterion and make a difference in healthcare.


We are now recruiting for a Principal Medical Writer.


The role


As a Principal Medical Writer, you will develop scientific expertise across therapeutic areas, working in partnership with our Client Services and Creative teams. You will provide high-level medical writing support across these accounts alongside mentoring members of the medical writing team.


Core duties and responsibilities


  • Maintain a high quality of medical writing with excellent briefing and reviewing skills
  • Assist with the promotion of quality control processes and procedures
  • Develop an understanding of new therapeutic areas quickly and comprehensively
  • Build an understanding of client and competitor products, therapy areas, portfolio, and clinical and commercial strategy in the context of the current market
  • Keep up-to-date with industry codes of practice/legislation
  • Act as the Technical Lead on designated client projects
  • Plan your workload and contribute to resourcing for your team
  • Work collaboratively with account team members to ensure that all account objectives are met
  • Build relationships with clients and/or external experts
  • Identify opportunities to maximise existing client accounts
  • Assist with the development of proposals and present at pitches when appropriate
  • When appropriate, contribute to development of project specifications, cost estimates, and reconciliations
  • Monitor project costs against agreed budgets and notify the Client Services team of any changes to the specification at the earliest opportunity


The person


  • Proven medical writing experience within a healthcare communications agency, with knowledge of a broad range of communications activities
  • The ability to tailor your writing style appropriately for different target audiences
  • Life science degree educated, ideally with a higher qualification MSc or PhD
  • In-depth working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry
  • Strong organisational, time management, and people skills
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