Principal Medical Writer

Ogilvy Health UK is made up of healthcare communication specialists across the disciplines of medical education and communications; brain sciences; brand promotion; digital and social; strategic planning; public relations and creative/design. We believe we are like no other: we blaze new trails; we encourage a culture of creativity and innovation; we challenge, and we change; and we recognise and reward our team. In medical education, our approach is founded on expertise that combines biomedical science, learning theory and behaviour change to create impactful medical and professional education.

Ogilvy Health is seeking an exceptional Principal Medical Writer to join our dynamic team in the UK. This is a unique opportunity to lead on a high-profile, strategic account that spans comprehensive medical education and brand marketing communications. At Ogilvy Health, we combine scientific depth with creative communications to make a real impact on health outcomes. You'll join a collaborative environment where innovation thrives, and your expertise will be valued in shaping compelling scientific narratives for leading pharmaceutical brands.

The Opportunity

As a Principal Medical Writer, you will play a pivotal role in driving the scientific narrative and content strategy for a key, fast-growing account. This account represents a significant investment and covers a diverse and extensive range of project types, delivered by an integrated medical education and brand marketing communications team. You will be instrumental in developing high value scientific content across various platforms, working closely with clients and top-tier global specialists.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Leading the development of scientifically accurate, strategically effective, and highly engaging medical education and brand marketing communication materials.
• Crafting high science content, including disease state overviews, unmet needs, and complex clinical data, often for presentation by Key Opinion Leaders at major scientific congresses.
• Collaborating effectively with client Medical Directors and global specialist healthcare professionals to discuss and shape scientific content.
• Ensuring all content adheres to relevant industry guidelines, including ABPI and Sunshine Act requirements.
• Working seamlessly within an integrated MedEd and wider Health Advertising team to deliver cohesive solutions.

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrable experience in a medical communications agency setting.
• In-depth understanding of a broad range of therapy areas, including disease specifics, treatment options, patient pathways, mechanisms of action of drug options, and complex scientific data.
• Ability to engage in high-level scientific discussions with Medical Directors (client-side) and global specialist healthcare professionals.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and the drug development process, spanning pre and post-launch environments.
• Extensive experience in delivering scientifically robust and strategically impactful content for pharmaceutical clients.
• Expertise in writing high-science content on disease state, unmet need, and clinical data on behalf of top-tier Key Opinion Leaders, often for presentation at scientific congresses.
• Experience in liaising with global clinicians and other healthcare professionals within permitted guidelines.
• Thorough knowledge of and compliance with key industry guidelines (e.g., Sunshine Act) and a working knowledge of ABPI guidelines.
• An understanding of statistical analyses.
• Specific expertise in Immunology and Dermatology would be desirable.

Join a friendly, non-hierarchical, and eclectic team united by a shared commitment to doing the best work of our lives. Beyond client work, you'll have opportunities to engage with our vibrant culture and social teams, and contribute to our fantastic DEI initiatives, championing diversity across our agency and industry.

We offer a flexible working hybrid model: 2 days in the office and 3 days working remotely from wherever you work best.

25 days holiday + your birthday off and a paid volunteering day - after 2 years service you can purchase up to an additional 5 days per year. Enhanced parental leave. A generous pension scheme - you pay in 4% we pay 6%, following probation contributions are matched up to 10.5% (17.5% in total). Choose from either Private Medical Cover (Bupa from day one) OR Dental cover OR a monthly leisure allowance of £45 to spend on your health & wellbeing. A fantastic Employee Assistance Programme provided by Telus which offers brilliant support, expert advice and specialist counselling. Help at Hand - quick free access to a remote GP, mental health support, physio or a medical 2nd opinion. Free 1-2-1 Coaching - online coaching for your professional or personal growth provided by Thrive Partners.

Our ambition is to attract the very best diverse talent to Ogilvy, and to be the employer of choice in the UK. We want everyone to feel welcome when they join us, and once they’re here, for them to want to stay with us, grow their career, and to feel they belong with us. We are an equal opportunity employer and we’re committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming environment for everyone who wants to work at Ogilvy.

For us, diversity, equity and inclusion is integrated into everything that we do. We believe that for creativity to flourish, everything about how we work must have diversity at its core. Your race, colour, ethnic, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, have no bearing on our hiring decisions, but we encourage everyone to feel free to express their true selves in an environment we are consistently striving to make as inclusive as possible.

We aim to facilitate an accessible and positive application experience for all candidates. If you require any adjustments from us to support you through the process or expect to require any adjustments to working conditions to be able to best perform in the role, please let us know. We are happy to consider all reasonable adjustments.

If you live with a disability and you would like to take advantage of our offer of a guaranteed interview under the Disability Confident Scheme, please ensure you fill out our voluntary Equal Opportunities Questionnaire when applying.

At Ogilvy we pride ourselves in our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. We strive to recruit from a diverse range of candidates and create an environment which provides the right conditions for belonging.