Lead Medical Writer

A BOLDSCIENCE Lead Medical Writer (LMW) has a wealth of experience within the Medical Communications industry. They have experience working across a broad range of deliverables and therapy areas and are becoming a subject matter expert in at least one therapy area. An LMW has excellent technical writing skills and has become the delivery lead on a small-to-medium account. In this role, they are responsible for account delivery – ensuring deliverables from themselves and junior team members are on time, on budget, and delivered to the highest quality standards. An LMW is all about the team and takes pride in upskilling junior writers by reviewing materials, providing regular feedback, and mentoring. They are a connector within the Scientific Services team and keep senior scientific team members in the loop on key account activity. An LMW is cool under pressure and can work with others to suggest resolutions to problems and navigate a path forward in the project.

An LMW takes ownership of client interaction and, instead of only focusing on deliverables, is starting to develop their strategic thinking by advising and helping to shape the client delivery. DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES: At BOLDSCIENCE, no two days are the same, and our LMWs actively support their account and the Scientific Services team. Some typical activities include: Technical Writing: - Designs, develops, and reviews different types of materials across a wide range of project types for various audiences. Materials include: - Slide decks - Video scripts - Leave-behind pieces - Website copy - Manuscripts and congress publications - Scientific communications platforms - Gap analyses - Meeting summaries and reports - Delivers client-ready work for review that is thoroughly researched, technically accurate, well written, presentable (reviewed once and sent out), and meets client objectives - Takes responsibility for the quality of the work by junior team members, ensuring that they are scientifically accurate, fully referenced, appropriate to the target audience, meet client objectives, and adhere to the time and budget allocated for the project - Provides constructive feedback and coaching to junior-level writers; always takes the time to answer questions from the team - Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the client brief; asks well-informed questions to ensure that all relevant information has been received and communicates the brief to the team to set them up for success - Has expert knowledge of client review and approval systems, such as Veeva, DataVision, etc. , and ensures all deliverables comply with industry codes - Leads and drives the delivery of larger medical conference and meeting events, including symposia, advisory boards, investigator meetings, and communication and publication workshops, including on-site management Scientific Knowledge: - Develops and maintains in-depth knowledge across relevant therapy areas, with emerging expertise in at least one therapy area (e. g.