Parexel's Regulatory Medical Writing Services works closely with our clients around the world to develop and launch new medicines and treatments that improve healthcare for millions of patients. We’re one of the largest providers of medical writing services worldwide, and have managed thousands of writing projects in more than 29 countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. As a result of continued customer satisfaction and business growth, this global team is expanding and offers many opportunities for career development.
In this role, you’ll prepare clinical documents for comprehensive clinical trials and programs. Using compliant Parexel and sponsor formats, styles and management systems, you’ll manage clinical document deliverables such as model informed consent forms, clinical study reports, pharmacovigilance documents and more. Our Medical Writers also participate in ongoing professional development programs to maintain current knowledge in the various areas. Explore opportunities within our core Clinical Development, Biotech, or Functional Service Provider (FSP) teams below.
- Full Time
- Travel: No
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- Versatile
- Tech-Savvy
Rewards
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Global Impact
We are one truly global team working together to propel each client´s journey ahead faster.
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Work-life Balance
We value work-life balance. We try and keep regular hours and an emphasis on life outside the office.
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Career Development
Opportunity to learn and grow through a performance and development goal-setting program.
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Home based
Love where you work, and work where you love.
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Variety
Opportunity to work on a wide range of therapeutic areas, document types and clinical projects.
Responsibilities
We are looking for a Principal Medical Writer due to an ever expanding team. This role can be fully home based in various European countries such as Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden or the UK.
The Principal Medical Writer will research, create, and edit all documents associated with clinical research. The Principal Medical Writer may operate as the project lead writer/submission coordinator and primary client contact to manage contributions of multiple writers working on related documents. The Principal Medical Writer also facilitates process improvement and technical mentoring/training and supports Medical Writing Services management during the sales process by providing client liaison and proposals input.
Qualifications
Skills:• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, verbal, and written communication skills.
• A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning.
• Motivation to work consistently in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail, e.g., organizational skills.
• Competent working in a matrix environment and values the importance of teamwork. Possesses team leadership skills and cross-cultural sensitivity.
• Exhibits sound judgement: escalates issues to project teams or departmental management as appropriate. Presents solutions and follows through to ensure problems have been satisfactorily resolved.
• Ability to negotiate on behalf of medical writing to ensure resources, timelines and expectations are aligned.
• Understands and satisfies client needs.
• Establishes a connection with the client beyond one's project, to gain repeat business and/or to widen existing scope and services. Ability to gain trust and confidence within the company.
• Provides departmental expertise and perspectives to promote prospective business opportunities; provide Parexel colleagues with pertinent information to formalize a sound business strategy.
Knowledge and Experience:
• Demonstrated understanding of clinical research, the drug development process, and applicable regulatory guidelines and regulations.
• Broad experience in preparation of all types of clinical regulatory documentation. Experience in management of complex medical writing projects.
• Knowledge of resource management and productivity metric management.
• Advanced word processing skills, including MS Office (expertise in Word); software and systems knowledge or ability to learn and adapt to various IT systems: document management systems, collaborative authoring (e.g., SharePoint), and file conversion and databases (Excel).
• Ability to travel.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
Education:
• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences/Health Related Sciences or equivalent.
Apply today to begin your Parexel journey!
You can also get further information about this role by visiting our stand at the EMWA Conference 3rd - 7th May 2022 in Berlin!
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