Principal Medical Writer

Job Title: Principal Medical Writer

Business Introduction

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people's lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients' needs and have the highest probability of success. We're uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.
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Job Purpose

The Principal Medical Writer is an individual expert contributor capable of independently executing complex writing assignments involving a thorough understanding of clinical trial designs and interpretation of statistically analyzed research data. He/she would be expected to drive and coordinate the process to draft, review and approve written assignments including marketing application submission documents. He/she has the ability to plan and prioritize without supervision. This role requires extensive clinical document expertise and will support continuous improvement and the implementation of best practices.

Key Responsibilities (suggested no more than 10 bullet points)

• Proven track record in writing clinical regulatory documents including, but not limited to: protocols, clinical study reports, NDA/MAA CTD submission documents, investigator brochures, briefing documents, and responses to regulatory authority questions.
• Work in a matrix team to ensure delivery of high quality, fit-for-purpose clinical documents that accurately reflect associated data, and are in line with GSK standards and global, regional and/or local regulatory requirements.
• Experienced as a significant contributor in planning and production of clinical dossier documents for regulatory submissions worldwide.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in management of projects of increasing scope and complexity.
• Understanding of the interdependencies of various contributing functions (e.g., clinical pharmacology, biomarkers, health outcome).
• Ability to quickly assess complex situations, apply scientific, operational, and submission development knowledge and implement effective plans for solutions.
• High-level technical, statistical, and computer skills, and the ability to interpret complex clinical data.
• Assess trends and patterns in text and statistical data, and effectively organizes content and messages in clinical reports and summary documents.
• Review reporting and analysis plans and provides critical input on the content and display of tables.
• Familiarity with approaches to expedite document preparation such as review tools and automation.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to adjust behaviors and priorities based on a changing environment (e.g., ability to support documents in different therapeutic areas).
• Effectiveness in both oral and written communications.

Education Requirements (minimum expected)

PhD or relevant working experience within the life sciences space.

Job Related Experience (minimum requirements)

• Clinical regulatory writing experience in the pharmaceutical industry
• Demonstration of leadership.
• Experience in multicultural settings (to reflect our external customers/clients [health authorities/patients] and diverse environments with respect to dynamics of human interaction (including working with remote teams)
• Ability to interpret, describe and document clinical data.
• Working knowledge of International Committee for Harmonisation (ICH)/Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
• Computer skills and general computer literacy.
• Excellent English language skills (verbal and written)

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we're committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

Inclusion at GSK:

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