AddressPosted Date: Mar 14 2024
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:
- 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.
Why you?
Qualifications:
- PhD or relevant working experience within the life sciences space.
- 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)
- LI-GSK
Why GSK?
Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.
These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:
- Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
- Managing individual and team performance.
- Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution. Implementing change initiatives and leading change.
- Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams.
- Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally.
- Developing people and building a talent pipeline.
- Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation.
- Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally.
- Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen.
If you have a disability and require assistance during the course of the selection process, you will have the opportunity to let us know what specific assistance you require in order to make suitable arrangements.
Why Us?
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.
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