Medical Writer

Fortrea; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the biotechnology sector is looking for a Regulatory Medical Writer to spearhead participant safety narrative development for clinical trials. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in life sciences, significant experience in regulatory writing, and exceptional project leadership skills. This role offers the opportunity to work remotely within the UK and contribute to the advancement of life-changing treatments for patients worldwide.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of regulatory medical writing experience.
• 1 year as medical writing project lead required.
• Extensive experience in writing participant narratives for Clinical Study Reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of participant safety narratives for clinical trials.
• Facilitate communication and conflict resolution among global teams.
• Interpret raw study data into concise participant narratives.

Skills

Proactivity

Teamwork

Excellent communication skills

Education

Advanced degree in life-sciences (PhD or Masters)

Job description

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Senior Recruitment Partner, EMEA | I listen to what is a meaningful career FOR YOU. Then, together we´ll explore how you can make it happen…

Join Fortrea as a Regulatory Medical Writer—lead participant safety narrative development and mentor our writing team. Help us bring life-changing treatments to patients faster, worldwide.

Remote, UK. Full-time.

YOUR DAY TO DAY

You will project lead the full life-cycle of participant narratives development for Phase II-IV clinical trials creating, reviewing, and finalizing safety narratives for clinical study reports (CSR) . You´ll take ownership from initial planning through final delivery to the sponsor, ensuring quality, consistency and alignment with sponsor.

With minimal supervision, during Planning stage, you will:

• Lead Kick-off strategy meetings, to align global distributed teams, setting goals, milestones, and critical path forward.
• Conduct communication strategy meetings to consolidate expert contributions into a cohesive participant narrative.
• Facilitate comment resolution meetings to manage conflicting comments
• Maintain alignment with sponsor goals, project status and milestones across all teams.
• Foster regular communication with functional leads/reviewers to streamline document development (getting inputs timely, consolidating contributions, answering questions.)

Once final data is received:

• Critically interpret raw study data into clear concise language in participant narratives.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

Expect variety and visibility, You will coordinate functional leads and reviewers including Bio-statistics, Programming, and Project Physician teams, as well as Medical Writers across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific.

YOUR EXPERIENCE

• Advanced degree in life-sciences (PhD or Masters)
• Minimum 3 years of regulatory medical writing experience, including 1 year as medical writing project lead
• Extensive experience in writing and leading safety participant narrative development for Clinical Study Reports

PERSONAL/TEAM SKILLS

This job requires proactivity, teamwork, and excellent communication skills. You´ll be the nexus where multiple teams´ expertise converge, coordinating and collaborating with stakeholders, steering discussions, driving consensus and facilitating decision-making to propel the document development cycle forward.

YOUR CAREER, YOUR WAY

At Fortrea, we support your growth—whether you’re passionate about scientific writing or aiming for leadership. With access to training, mentorship, and a global network of experts, you’ll have the tools to shape your own path.

Ready to make an impact?

Join us and help bring life-changing treatments to patients faster.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research and Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Biotechnology Research, Hospitals and Health Care, and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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