At a Glance
- Tasks: Create impactful medical content and engage with clients in a dynamic team environment.
- Company: BGB Group, a leading healthcare communications agency known for excellence.
- Benefits: Collaborative culture, professional development, and opportunities to work with top biopharmaceutical clients.
- Other info: Join a diverse team of experts and benefit from ongoing teaching and mentorship.
- Why this job: Make a difference in healthcare by applying your scientific knowledge in a creative way.
- Qualifications: 1+ years in medical communications; detail-oriented and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Our Agency BGB Group is a healthcare communications agency that offers a wide range of services, including traditional pharmaceutical advertising, promotional medical education, payer marketing, and consulting services. Known for excellence and professionalism, we’re hired as strategic and creative partners by our biopharmaceutical clients to drive category/brand awareness and growth.
Position Overview
The Senior Medical Writer must have a proven record of independently and successfully executing the responsibilities and demonstrating the competencies outlined below. They must demonstrate greater independence and ownership compared with the Medical Writer. Please see required experience below.
Responsibilities
- Content Development and Execution: Conducts required research in a timely and proficient manner, utilizing the appropriate resources; develops scientifically accurate, strategically aligned, grammatically correct, and impactful content from initiation through completion, with input from the manager; accurately and efficiently annotates content per brand style guide and AMA rules; assumes accountability for accuracy of work.
- Planning: Understands the product/scientific/therapeutic and competitive space and proactively provides recommendations regarding planned projects to the internal team; understands internal BGB processes and adheres to timelines and procedures, as agreed to by the cross-functional team.
- Client Interface: Actively engages in discussions with clients in a team setting; builds skills and is comfortable speaking to content during client calls; builds rapport with clients over time through demonstration of subject matter knowledge; may, at times, act as client-facing medical lead, with support from the manager; partners with the manager and Account team to provide the client with a united, organized, professional, pleasant experience on teleconferences and in person.
- Agency Interface and Process: Understands the role of Medical within the agency and works to set appropriate expectations and operating norms within the team; shares best practices and strategic insights within the team to maximize efficiencies; leads by example to demonstrate efficiency, team productivity, and superior scientific quality for all deliverables.
Our Clients & Therapeutic Areas
Our clients include more than 20 companies across more than 48 brands, ranging from some of the biggest multinational companies in the world (including 6 of the top 10 biopharmaceutical companies) to smaller biotechs and companies focused on a single disease with a single product. We work in scientifically challenging and rapidly evolving disease states, including cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, immunology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, pulmonology, and rheumatology.
Our Teams
Our Medical and Scientific Affairs Department consists of 70+ full-time team members, including MDs, PhDs, PharmDs, and engineers. Our current staff is represented by a wide range of institutions, including Albert Einstein, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, New York University, Northwestern, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Mt. Sinai, Princeton, Rockefeller, Rutgers, Stanford, Thomas Jefferson, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, University of Chicago, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, University of Pittsburgh, University of Pennsylvania, University of the Sciences (Philadelphia), and Yale.
Our Commitment to Teaching & Development
We are an official student rotation site for six different pharmacy schools; teaching and mentoring is a part of the fabric of our business. Additionally, we have regular internal meetings to ensure we’re teaching each other, including lunch n’ learns, “medical buddy” programs, and outside speakers. We’ve contracted to work with one of the nation’s top executive coaches to provide ongoing group and one-on-one coaching.
Preferred Qualifications
We’re looking for smart, talented, and driven individuals who are interested in applying their scientific training to drug development strategy and scientific knowledge exchange. Our ideal candidates are detail-oriented and team-focused, with excellent interpersonal communication skills.
Experience: Senior medical writers must have at least one year of experience in medical communications or related industry. We welcome candidates from other career paths who want to switch to medical communications; a position will be determined by analysis of relevant skillsets.
BGB Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or any category or class of person protected by law.
Senior Medical Writer in London employer: BGBx
At BGBx, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters a culture of collaboration and innovation. Our small team energy combined with the support of a larger organisation allows for high-impact work and early responsibility, ensuring that you can make a meaningful difference from day one. With a strong focus on professional growth, mentorship, and a genuinely fun environment, we are committed to investing in our employees' well-being and career development, making BGBx a truly rewarding place to work.
