Principal Medical Writer

Cadent, powered by Syneos Health; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadent, powered by Syneos Health, is seeking a Principal Medical Writer to lead development of high-quality, strategic publications aligned with clients' science and business goals. You will ensure accuracy, credibility, and quality of manuscripts, literature reviews, abstracts, posters, and slides under author direction.

You will mentor junior writers, collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams, and steer projects from outline to delivery across multiple disease areas, with emphasis on

Qualifications

• Advanced health sciences degree (PhD/MD/PharmD or equivalent).
• 4–6 years of professional medical communications experience.
• CMPP certification is a plus but not required.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint; PubMed/EMBASE experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and client-facing skills.
• Strong written and verbal English communication.

Responsibilities

• Independently develop narratives for medical communications across formats.
• Interpret complex scientific data for varied audiences.
• Synthesize and visualize data effectively for assets.
• Proofread and review drafts by junior writers.
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams for project outlines.
• Ensure accuracy with references and fact checking.
• Prepare materials for regulatory review as needed.
• Train new joiners when required.
• Manage multiple projects across accounts in a fast-paced setting.
• Meet deadlines and raise issues with solutions.

Skills

Medical writing

Editorial skills

Client collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

PhD/MD/PharmD in health sciences

Tools

Microsoft Office

PubMed/EMBASE

Scientific visualization software

Job description

Description

You are looking to be a communications change maker. In this role, you will take a leading role in development of high-quality and strategic peer-reviewed publications that deliver on our clients’ science and business strategy. The Principal Medical Writer will ensure the strategic alignment, accuracy, credibility, and quality of the manuscripts, literature reviews, abstracts, posters, slide decks, and other written pieces you develop with author direction.

Description

You are looking to be a communications change maker. In this role, you will take a leading role in development of high-quality and strategic peer-reviewed publications that deliver on our clients’ science and business strategy. The Principal Medical Writer will ensure the strategic alignment, accuracy, credibility, and quality of the manuscripts, literature reviews, abstracts, posters, slide decks, and other written pieces you develop with author direction.

Responsibilities

A highly autonomous writer who delivers high-quality medical communications while contributing to quality leadership, mentorship, and streamlined project delivery across assigned accounts.

• Independently develop innovative and creative narratives for client medical communication needs, customized for their product, situational landscape, and audience(s) of interest, including slides, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, or other digital and print content forms
• Interpret complex scientific and medical data for different audiences, including trial protocols, data presentations, regulatory documentation, and statistical analysis methods
• Synthesize, prioritize, and visualize data effectively when developing medical communication assets
• Apply critical analysis with strong attention to detail and good proofreading skills, including review of drafts created by junior medical writers
• Work with clients, other team members, and external stakeholders to kick off and determine outline for projects
• Collaborate with creative studio, production, editorial, and account management teams for project delivery
• Ensure that all author and stakeholder feedback is accurately and appropriately incorporated
• Ensure accuracy and rigor, including provision of a full reference pack and annotations for fact checking
• Prepare materials for legal and regulatory review as necessary
• Understand and champion scientific and communication strategies for 1 or more clients
• Serve as subject matter expert in 2 to 4 disease states
• Actively participate in internal and external meetings representing our work to clients, authors, and other external stakeholders
• Ensure adherence to internal or client-directed specifications and templates for deliverables
• Train new joiners and fellow colleagues as and when required
• Work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, team-oriented environment, managing multiple projects in support of 1 or more clients at any given time
• Proactively manage timelines to ensure on-time project completion
• Raise issues appropriately and propose solutions
• Perform additional tasks as assigned, including participation in advisory boards, development of slides for the meeting and/or summaries, or travel to scientific meetings

Qualifications

• PhD, MD, PharmD, M. Pharm, MBBS, M. Science or other advanced professional degree in the health sciences
• 4 to 6 years of professional medical communications experience
• Knowledge of good publication practice guidelines; ISMPP CMPP certification a plus but not required
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Software (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), medical literature databases (PubMed and/or EMBASE), referencing and scientific visualization software
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with account teams, other writers, editors, physicians, and clients
• Ability to communicate medical/technical information to a wide variety of audiences and formats
• Efficiently prioritize multiple tasks and provide effective direction to others; quickly evaluate the resources necessary to accomplish a goal and put those into action
• Strong written and verbal fluency in English

At Cadent, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, at times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles.

Cadent is a US Medical Communications company with employees located across the US. The home office is in New York City. Cadent specializes in high science, high touch peer to peer medical communications. The company excels in translating complex science into compelling messages that deliver value and action. Cadent builds relationships and collaboration between the biopharmaceutical industry and healthcare professionals.

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Disclaimer: 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.