Senior Medical Writer | Portugal

TransPerfect; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

TransPerfect Translations International is seeking a senior medical writer to lead the planning and preparation of high-quality regulatory documents for clinical development. The role involves partnering with clinical teams across Development, Operations, Biostatistics, Regulatory, and Program Management to support drug development under tight timelines.

You will drive timelines, templates, and standardised content while coordinating client contributors and internal resources to ensure timely

Qualifications

• 5+ years of medical writing experience in CRO/biotech/pharma.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field.
• Experience writing clinical study reports, protocols, protocol amendments, investigator brochures, module 2, and module 5 documents.
• Familiarity with ICH and regulatory requirements; some ex-US knowledge desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead document execution and project timelines.
• Coordinate cross-functional client contributors and internal resources.
• Ensure document development adheres to client processes and templates.
• Serve as expert on client document management systems and tools.
• Lead document message development in collaboration with client.
• Interpret data and create shell documents to support authoring.
• Plan and lead kickoff meetings.
• Facilitate resolution of review feedback and plan comment resolution meetings.
• Follow up with team members to resolve outstanding feedback.
• Ensure consistency among programs in messaging, formatting, and presentation.
• Conduct literature searches as needed.
• Perform peer QC review as needed.
• Contribute to medical writing operational initiatives (templates, style guides, reference management).

Skills

Medical writing

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Word

Document management systems

Job description

We’re seekingan organized, motivated, and collaborative individual for our medical writing team.

Theseniormedical writer will partner cross-functionallywith client teams inClinical Development, Clinical Operations,Biostatistics,Regulatory, and Program Management inleading theplanning and preparation of high-quality clinical regulatory documents. The medical writer may produceprotocols, publications, study reports, investigator brochures,narratives,and module documents, according to clientand agency guidelines,to support drug development underbrisktimelines.

Responsibilities:

• Lead theexecution of documents, includingproject management tasks such ascreating,maintaining, and communicatingtimelines

• Coordinate cross-functional client contributors and stakeholders as well as internal resources (e.g., quality control [QC], publishing)to ensuretimelycompletion ofdocuments

• Ensuredocument developmentadherestoanyrelevantclient processes, templates, and instructionaldocuments

• Serve as an expert on client document management system and related tools, templates, and procedures to ensure efficient documentdevelopment

• Lead document message development in collaboration withclient

• Interpret data and create shell documents to supportauthoring

• Plan and lead kickoffmeetings

• Facilitate resolution of review feedback including planningand leadingcomment resolution meetings(curate review comments to ensuremeetings areefficient)

• Follow-up with individual team members asneeded to resolve outstanding reviewfeedback

• Ensure consistency among client programs in terms of messaging, formatting, and presentationofdocuments

• Conduct literature searches asneeded

• Perform peer QC review asneeded

• Contribute to medical writing operational initiatives (e.g., templates, style guides, reference management), if needed

• Experience (5+ years) as a medical writer in the CRO/biotech/pharmaceutical field

• Bachelor’s degreeor higherin a relevant field

• Oncology, InfectiousDisease, or Vaccineexperiencedesired

• Experiencedesiredin writingclinical study reports, protocols, protocol amendments, investigator brochures, module 2, and module 5documents

• Flexibility towork across multiple therapeutic areas, if needed

• Experiencewriting documents according to established processes and documenttemplates

• Familiarity with lean authoring approachesand structured content management

• Familiarity with the requirements for preparation of key clinical and regulatory documents, including ICH and US regulatory requirements; working knowledge of ex-US regulatory requirements isdesired

• Expertisewith Microsoft Word and other Microsoft applications

• Experiencedeveloping documentsusingdocument management systems, collaborative authoringtools, and reviewtools

• Comfortableadaptingto newtools andtechnologies, if needed

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in the face of competingpriorities

• Service-oriented and proactive approach to projectmanagement

• Excellent conflict management and negotiation skills

• Comfortable providing suggestions based onpreviousexperience

• Strong written and verbal communication skillsin English

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