Sr Medical Writer Publications - Sponsor Dedicated - Remote Based

Syneos Health, Inc.; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical solutions organization is seeking a Senior Medical Writer to lead the completion of medical writing deliverables in a remote setting. Responsibilities include managing projects, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and mentoring junior writers. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of medical writing experience, a solid understanding of industry guidelines, and strong client interaction skills. This role offers competitive benefits and the opportunity to improve patients' lives worldwide.

Benefits

Health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)

401k company match

Flexible paid time off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in medical writing.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory and industry standards.
• Proven ability to manage projects with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Leads the completion of medical writing deliverables.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory standards and guidelines.
• Mentors less experienced writers on complex projects.

Skills

Medical writing

Client interaction

Regulatory standards knowledge

Mentorship

Education

Advanced degree in life sciences or related field

Job description

Sr Medical Writer Publications - Sponsor Dedicated - Remote Based

Updated: December 4, 2025
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Job ID: 25103907-OTHLOC-1510-2DR

Description

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:

Work Here Matters Everywhere

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Job Responsibilities

• Leads the clear and accurate completion of medical writing deliverables, ensuring scientific information is presented clearly and accurately. Manages medical writing activities associated with individual studies, coordinating medical writing activities within and across departments with minimal supervision. Leads the resolution of comments from the client.
• Completes a variety of documents that may include journal manuscripts; and abstracts, posters, and presentations for scientific meetings.
• Adheres to established regulatory standards, including, but not limited to, ICH E3 guidelines, as well as company standard operating procedures, client standards, and company and/or client approved-templates, authorship requirements, and style and formatting guides, when completing medical writing projects, on time and on budget.
• Coordinates quality and editorial reviews. Ensures source documentation is managed appropriately. Leads team document reviews, and reviews documents as needed.
• Acts as peer reviewer for internal team to ensure document scientific content, clarity, overall consistency, and proper format.
• Interacts and builds good working relations with clients, department head, and peers in data management, biostatistics, regulatory affairs, and medical affairs, as necessary, to produce writing deliverables.
• Identifies and proposes solutions to resolve issues, escalating as appropriate. Provides technical support, training, and consultation to department and other company staff. May contribute to development of internal materials and presentations or changes to internal process, standard practices, and capabilities.
• Mentors and leads less experienced medical writers on complex projects, as necessary.
• Develops deep expertise on key topics in the industry and the regulatory requirements and guidelines that affect medical writing.
• Aware of budget specifications for assigned projects, working within the budgeted hours and communicating status and changes to medical writing leadership.
• Completes required administrative tasks within the specified timeframes.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned.
• Minimal travel may be required (less than 25%).

Benefits

The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

Salary Range:

The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Summary

Senior medical writer on clinical study or regulatory project teams. Writes, edits, and coordinates content for manuscripts, abstracts, plain language summaries, and posters/oral presentations while serving as the primary technical contact with the internal team and the client.

Discover what our more than 29,000 employees already know: work here matters everywhere. We work hard, and smart, all in the name of getting much-needed therapies to those who need them most. A career with Syneos Health means your everyday work improves patients’ lives around the world. Selecting us as an employer secures a career in which you’re guaranteed to: