Medical Writer
Overview / About us
Lumanity is dedicated to improving health outcomes by accelerating and optimizing access to life-changing medicines. As a global strategic partner that brings together strategy, evidence, engagement, and technology, we were designed to engineer breakthrough value to tackle our clients’ toughest challenges by revolutionizing how value is generated, demonstrated, and communicated.
Responsibilities / Position overview
We’re looking for a brilliant individual to join our team as a Medical Writer who demonstrates an excellent scientific understanding, an ability to tell a scientific story that resonates with the target audience, a passion for communications and outstanding writing skills.
Ideal candidates will have a precise attention to detail and thrive on working at pace, whilst being able to effortlessly manage different priorities.
Responsibilities will include:
Able to produce high quality content for a diverse range of medical communications projects (e.g. extended outlines, manuscript first full drafts, symposia, advisory boards, training programmes, detail aids), demonstrating excellent understanding of the science and data behind client messaging and strategy
Able to develop content with minimal supervision, within budget and on time
Able to use client approval systems as required
Keeps abreast of new developments within assigned therapy area(s) and the field of medical communications and transfers this knowledge to project teams and external clients, where appropriate
Able to present work to the client as part of a project call where required
Attends and reports on conferences and external meetings, as required
Completes sections of proposal without support and able to present/ pitch those sections
Accountable for day to day client communication and relationships relevant to written work
Proactively communicates with clients and internal project teams to identify and assist in managing expectations and foreseeing issues, knowing when to defer to others
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have an advanced degree in a life-sciences field, meticulous attention to detail and the ability to simultaneously work on multiple projects relating to multiple products in various therapeutic areas.
Additional Requirements and Qualifications
A life science graduate (PhD, PharmD or MD Required)
Experience as a medical writer in a healthcare communications agency environment or similar. OR recent graduate of an accredited PhD, PharmD or MD program
Outstanding writing, editing and communication skills and excellent command of the English language
Exceptional attention to detail in relation to both scientific content and editorial standards
Ability to adapt writing style to different materials and target audiences
High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (particularly Word and PowerPoint)
Experience of referencing software and database searching preferable
Benefits
We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on what matters to you – health and well-being, personal finances, professional development, and a healthy work/life balance:
Competitive salary plus annual bonus scheme
Private health insurance plus enhanced dental and optical cover
Generous pension scheme
25 days paid holiday + 8 bank holidays
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay for employees with 2+ years of service
Access to comprehensive Mortgage Advisor Service
Group income protection
Life assurance coverage at 4x base salary
EV car scheme and more
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Lumanity is dedicated to improving health outcomes by accelerating and optimizing access to life-changing medicines. As a global strategic partner that brings together strategy, evidence, engagement, and technology, we were designed to engineer breakthrough value to tackle our clients’ toughest challenges by revolutionizing how value is generated, demonstrated, and communicated.
Responsibilities / Position overview
We’re looking for a brilliant individual to join our team as a Medical Writer who demonstrates an excellent scientific understanding, an ability to tell a scientific story that resonates with the target audience, a passion for communications and outstanding writing skills.
Ideal candidates will have a precise attention to detail and thrive on working at pace, whilst being able to effortlessly manage different priorities.
Responsibilities will include:
Able to produce high quality content for a diverse range of medical communications projects (e.g. extended outlines, manuscript first full drafts, symposia, advisory boards, training programmes, detail aids), demonstrating excellent understanding of the science and data behind client messaging and strategy
Able to develop content with minimal supervision, within budget and on time
Able to use client approval systems as required
Keeps abreast of new developments within assigned therapy area(s) and the field of medical communications and transfers this knowledge to project teams and external clients, where appropriate
Able to present work to the client as part of a project call where required
Attends and reports on conferences and external meetings, as required
Completes sections of proposal without support and able to present/ pitch those sections
Accountable for day to day client communication and relationships relevant to written work
Proactively communicates with clients and internal project teams to identify and assist in managing expectations and foreseeing issues, knowing when to defer to others
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have an advanced degree in a life-sciences field, meticulous attention to detail and the ability to simultaneously work on multiple projects relating to multiple products in various therapeutic areas.
Additional Requirements and Qualifications
A life science graduate (PhD, PharmD or MD Required)
Experience as a medical writer in a healthcare communications agency environment or similar. OR recent graduate of an accredited PhD, PharmD or MD program
Outstanding writing, editing and communication skills and excellent command of the English language
Exceptional attention to detail in relation to both scientific content and editorial standards
Ability to adapt writing style to different materials and target audiences
High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (particularly Word and PowerPoint)
Experience of referencing software and database searching preferable
Benefits
We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on what matters to you – health and well-being, personal finances, professional development, and a healthy work/life balance:
Competitive salary plus annual bonus scheme
Private health insurance plus enhanced dental and optical cover
Generous pension scheme
25 days paid holiday + 8 bank holidays
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay for employees with 2+ years of service
Access to comprehensive Mortgage Advisor Service
Group income protection
Life assurance coverage at 4x base salary
EV car scheme and more
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#LI-remote