Principal Scientific Writer

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Dublin is seeking a Principal Scientific Writer to create high-quality scientific content. This role involves managing complex documentation, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and leading multiple projects. Ideal candidates will hold a relevant science degree with extensive clinical research experience. They should possess strong English communication skills. Successful individuals will contribute to influential scientific narratives and enhance development processes within the organization.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. or equivalent with 12 years Clinical Research experience.
• M.Sc. or M.Pharm with 10 years Clinical Research experience.
• Doctoral Degree and PhD with 8 years Clinical Research experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare complex scientific documents to meet highest quality standards.
• Initiate and champion process improvement techniques.
• Manage multiple projects across brands and therapeutic areas.

Skills

Excellent written and oral English

Education

Science degree or equivalent

Doctoral Degree or Qualification in Medical Sciences

Job description

Job Description Summary

As a Principal Scientific Writer you will be responsible for the creation of high-quality highly-complex scientific content, such as publications and foundational core content elements, in line with priorities and scientific narrative defined in SCP. Also for ownership of content from brief to publication or presentation, for first-time right delivery.

Job Description

Major Activities

• Prepare / support the preparation of highly complex scientific documents to meet highest quality standards, including pivotal primary manuscripts, scientific communications platform and scientific lexicons, scientific writing for IEPs, meeting materials for satellite symposia, publication planning materials.
• Initiate/ implement and champion process improvement techniques.
• Manage multiple projects across multiple brands and therapeutic areas.
• Define and implement customer management strategies and tactics.
• Ideate and implement tactics to influence internal and external development environment.
• Comply with and support group’s project management tool, standards, policies and initiatives.
• Follow Novartis specifications for documentation, templates etc.
• Maintain records for all assigned projects including archiving.
• Maintain audit, SOP and training compliance.
• Train new joiners, fellow colleagues as and when required.
• Perform additional tasks as assigned.

Education

Minimum: Science degree or equivalent, B.Sc./equivalent with 12 years Clinical Research (CR) experience, M.Sc./M.Pharm +10 years of clinical research (CR) experience.

Desired: Doctoral Degree or Qualification in Medical Sciences (MBBS/MD/equivalent) and PhD > 8 year of CR experience, MBBS/equivalent >8 year of CR experience, MD >6 years of CR experience.

Languages

• Excellent written and oral English