Senior Regulatory Medical Writer, Client-embedded, FSP

Lifelancer; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a Remote Senior Regulatory Medical Writer (FSP) to lead writing for clinical regulatory documents and collaborate with cross-functional teams. You will draft and finalize study reports, IBs, INDs, and MAAs while ensuring adherence to regulatory guidelines and timelines.

The role emphasizes strong scientific writing, project management, and mentoring of junior writers within a US-based remote setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent; Advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in regulatory medical writing or similar.
• Experience in pharmaceutical/CRO industry preferred.
• AMWA/EMWA/RAC credentials are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Primary author for routine clinical documents (e.g., CRs, study protocols).
• Author complex documents (IBs, bioassay reports, INDs, MAAs).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather information.
• Ensure documents align with regulatory guidelines and standards.
• Provide input on content, structure, and presentation.
• Review documents prepared by team members.
• Manage timelines and deliverables for projects.
• Mentor junior medical writers and ensure high quality output.
• Stay current with industry guidelines and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Data interpretation

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Communication skills

Document development guidelines

Judgment & decision making

Computer skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in science

5+ years experience

Pharma/CRO industry experience

AMWA/EMWA/RAC advantageous

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Title: Senior Regulatory Medical Writer, Client-embedded, FSP

Job Location: Remote, North Carolina, USA

Job Location Type: Remote

Job Contract Type: Full-time

Job Seniority Level:

Work Schedule

First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Senior Regulatory Medical Writer (FSP; Remote; US)

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development, and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Summarized Purpose:

We are excited to expand our Medical Writing FSP Team and are seeking candidates based in the US! As a remote-based Senior Medical Writer within the FSP team, you will provide high-quality medical and scientific writing from planning and coordination through delivery of final drafts to internal and external clients. You will collaborate with internal and external clients, supporting and enabling effective and efficient communication that results in operational excellence. The Senior Medical Writer may assist the program manager. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in authoring clinical regulatory documents; ideally they will also bring the versatility to author and support preclinical regulatory documents as part of a broader regulatory writing portfolio.

Essential Functions:

• Serves as a primary author who writes and provides input on routine clinical documents such as clinical study reports and study protocols and summarizes data from clinical studies.
• Serve as a primary author who writes complex clinical and scientific and program level documents, such as IBs, bioassay reports, INDs, and MAAs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather necessary information and ensure the accuracy and completeness of documents.
• Ensure documents align with regulatory guidelines, company standards, and industry best practices.
• Provide input on document content, structure, and presentation.
• Review and provide feedback on documents prepared by other team members.
• Manage timelines and deliverables for assigned projects.
• Mentor and provide oversight to junior medical writers and ensure high-quality deliverables
• Stay current with industry trends, guidelines, and regulatory requirements.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification; Advanced degree preferred.
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years).
• Experience working in the pharmaceutical/CRO industry preferred.
• Additional qualifications in medical writing (AMWA; EMWA; RAC) advantageous.
• In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent data interpretation and medical writing skills, including grammatical, editorial, and proofreading skills
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills including problem solving.
• Strong negotiation skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with strong presentation skills
• Significant knowledge of global, regional, national, and other document development guidelines
• Great judgment and decision-making skills
• Excellent computer skills and skilled with client templates; Good knowledge of document management systems and other relevant applications (e.g., Excel, Outlook).

What We Offer:

At PPD clinical research services we hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team. We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore at PPD clinical research services you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development program, ensuring you reach your potential.

As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD clinical research services truly value a work-life balance. We have grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organization but with a local feel. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation, and support patients in need.