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Principal Medical Writer

Our Principals play a fundamental role in shaping individual projects within an account with the support and direction of others. They co-lead the creation of outstanding medical content across various therapy areas and provide strategic insights to elevate client deliverables. This position is ideal for a proactive communicator who enjoys managing writing teams, ensuring quality and accuracy, and acting as a primary contact for clients. Our Principals have the opportunity to specialise in content development, team leadership, and/or strategic thinking.

Key Responsibilities

All Principals share the following core responsibilities

Therapy area and scientific expertise: Co-lead development of high-quality medical content under senior direction across multiple therapy areas and initiatives to meet/exceed client expectations

Strategic thinking

Provide strategic input to aligned accounts
Demonstrate confidence and competent in questioning to probe and understand client briefs and distill for Real Chemistry teams
Adopt a questioning mindset to scientifically and strategically challenge and elevate outputs with clients and internal teams
AI: Co-lead implementation of AI into new projects and initiatives under senior direction within an account
Client relationships: Act as day-to-day medical contact for clients

Managing and advising

Manage and mentor junior individuals and teams to work competently, confidently and efficiently to deliver high-quality work in high-pressure situations
Be responsible for guaranteeing the accuracy and quality of assets and that they are crafted and delivered in line with client objectives and expectations
Delegate work within account to ensure everyone is hitting billable targets and learning through new opportunitiesThe Principal, Medical Content additionally has the following responsibilities
Project expertise: Co-lead excellent medical content across a broad range of deliverables, demonstrating versatility

Content excellence

Uphold and advocate for the highest standards in medical writing within accounts
Identify the most appropriate channel, style and format for a project to achieve client objectives and maximise engagement

Quality standards

Uphold the highest standards within accounts
Advocate for best practices in project management and delivery to maintain the highest content quality within account
Lead development of knowledge training for junior members within account

The Principal, Medical Team additionally has the following responsibilities

Coaching and mentoring

Provide coaching and mentorship to JMWs/MWS/SMWs
Coordinate specialised mentorship programs for JMWs

Overarching planning to meet KPIs/timelines/budget

Manage and prioritise competing workloads within the account, fostering a comprehensive understanding of the team's projects
Be responsible for guaranteeing that assets are crafted and delivered in line with KPIs, timelines, and budget constraints

Financial and resource management

Define and organise resource distribution within accounts to facilitate strategic succession planning and to optimise the alignment of medical colleagues' skills and capacity with account requirements