Senior Medical Writer

Safeguard Global Recruiting; Tirupati; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Safeguard Global Recruiting is seeking a PhD-qualified Medical Writer with leadership flair to head the Medical Writing Department in India. The role focuses on providing expert writing support to clients, shaping SOPs, and guiding staff to deliver high-quality clinical documentation across projects.

You will help build the Medical Writing practice, win new opportunities, and drive process improvements while collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• PhD in life sciences or related field with strong scientific background.
• 3+ years Medical Writing experience in CRO/Pharma or drug development.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret scientific literature.
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills.
• Experience in leading a Medical Writing team or department is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Represent Medical Writing team and provide expert support to clients.
• Develop SOPs and best practices for Medical Writing projects.
• Line management for allocated staff in Medical Writing.
• Help build the Medical Writing Department and win new projects.
• Drive processes to support all Medical Writing activities.

Skills

Life sciences degree

Medical Writing experience

CRO/Pharma familiarity

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Excellent English

Education

PhD in life sciences/medicine/pharmacy

Tools

Adobe Suite

Microsoft Office

EndNote

PowerPoint/Prism

bibliographic software

Job description

Mandatory Requirement : PhD in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy or a related discipline.

FOCUS OF THE JOB:

• To represent the Medical Writing team and provide expert Medical Writing support to client and its customers.
• To assist in developing best working practices and Standard Operating Procedures in delivering the portfolio of projects within the Medical Writing Department.
• Able to provide Line Management to allocated staff within the Medical Writing Department.
• To assist in building the Medical Writing Department within the business; act as a client facing representative, winning new projects and assisting in the continued growth of the medical Writing service offering.
• Help to drive and develop the processes to support all Medical Writing activities.

KEY SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Level, preferably in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy or a related discipline.3+ years of prior Medical Writing experience within the CRO/Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry or within a drug-development environment, working on Protocol and CSR projects across all clinical trial phases and a variety of therapeutic areas.
• Passion for science and healthcare.
• Excellent computer skills including knowledge of Adobe, Internet software, Spreadsheet software, Word Processing software, Graphics software (eg, PowerPoint or Prism), Bibliographic software eg, EndNote) and any other applicable software.
• Experience of reading, analysing, and interpreting common scientific and technical journals.
• Experience of interpreting and presenting clinical data and other complex information.Excellent oral and written communicative skills. Fluent in oral and written English.
• Ability to understand mathematical concepts e.g. probability and statistical inference.
• Ability to write articles for peer-reviewed publications that conform to the prescribed style and format.
• Excellent time management to organise and prioritise workload and those of any Medical Writing Department team members under their supervision (if applicable).
• Ability to lead by example on process development, departmental and project objectives, and overall business strategy and initiatives.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
• Able to proactively identify risks and issues and be able to devise mitigation and contingency plans and solve problems as they arise. Encourage and support team members to apply the same approach to seek solutions.
• Knowledge of drug development process including the relationship between the CRO industry and Pharmaceutical companies.
• Knowledge of the regulatory framework that surrounds drug development and the clinical trial process.
• Knowledge of clinical trial process; including the interaction between the Medical Writing team with the wider Biometrics team and Clinical Operations.

Desired Skills/Experience

• PhD in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of prior Medical Writing experience within the CRO/Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry or within a drug-development environment, working on Protocol and CSR projects across all clinical trial phases and a variety of therapeutic areas.
• An awareness of clinical database applications, which may include (but not limited to) Medrio, Oracle Clinical, Medidata, SAS.
• Familiarity with Medical Dictionary Coding.