At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead high-quality medical writing projects and mentor junior writers in a dynamic environment.
- Company: Join an award-winning global healthcare communications agency with a creative and collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid working, 25 days' holiday, private healthcare, and enhanced family benefits.
- Other info: Opportunity to work with major pharmaceutical and MedTech clients in Central London.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in healthcare communications while shaping the future of medical writing with AI.
- Qualifications: Extensive experience in medical writing and leadership skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 £ per year.
Are you an experienced Principal Medical Writer, or a highly experienced Senior Medical Writer ready for your next challenge? We’re supporting an award-winning global healthcare communications agency working with leading pharmaceutical, healthcare and MedTech brands. This is a senior, influential role combining hands-on medical writing with scientific leadership, people development, editorial oversight and AI innovation.
You’ll take the lead across key accounts, act as a trusted scientific contact for clients and help develop the capability of the wider medical writing team.
Everything you need to know about the role:
- You’ll lead the development of high-quality promotional HCP communications, scientific platforms, congress materials, presentations and digital content, translating complex clinical data into clear, compelling and compliant narratives.
- Lead key accounts and contribute to pitches, workshops and strategic discussions.
- Provide senior editorial and scientific oversight, developing the work of junior writers.
- Line manage, coach and mentor Medical Writers, supporting their career development.
- Use AI tools to improve research, writing, fact checking and editorial workflows, while helping the wider team adopt them appropriately.
- Work closely with Account Management on scoping, resource planning and proposals.
- Collaborate with Creative, Strategy, Digital and Client Services teams to deliver integrated campaigns.
- Ensure work meets pharmaceutical compliance requirements and agency/client QC processes, including Veeva.
Experience and qualities that make you a strong fit:
- Extensive medical or healthcare communications agency experience who is already operating at Principal level, or a highly experienced Senior Medical Writer ready to take on broader leadership responsibility.
- Strong hands-on experience developing promotional HCP content.
- Proven experience leading complex medical writing projects.
- Experience line managing, coaching or mentoring junior writers.
- Excellent editorial, critical appraisal and scientific review skills.
- Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical compliance codes, MLR processes and Veeva.
- Practical experience using AI tools within medical writing or research.
- The confidence to work with clients and contribute to strategic discussions.
- Excellent organisation, attention to detail and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced agency environment.
- A collaborative, curious and proactive approach, with a genuine passion for healthcare communications and creativity.
What’s on offer?
- Join a highly collaborative, creatively ambitious agency where Medical Writers have the opportunity to influence both the work and how the discipline continues to evolve.
- Work across major pharmaceutical, healthcare and MedTech clients.
- Lead high-profile promotional and scientific communications projects.
- Develop your leadership and people-management experience.
- Help shape the use of AI within medical writing.
- Hybrid working from modern Central London offices.
- 25 days’ holiday.
- Private medical healthcare, life assurance and income protection.
- Enhanced maternity/paternity benefits.
- Plus a range of health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits.
Could this be the role for you? If you’re an established Principal Medical Writer or highly experienced Senior Medical Writer looking for a role combining scientific leadership, creativity, people development and innovation, we’d love to hear from you. To find out more or apply, please send your CV to lucy@carrotrecruitment.com.
Principal Medical Writer - Promotional Medical Communications employer: Carrot Recruitment
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