PRINCIPAL MEDICAL WRITER
We are looking for a highly motivated team member with strong scientific and writing capabilities to deliver best‑in‑class medical education programmes including digital deliverables and patient engagement.
Full time
Position is full time.
Location
Offices in London, Macclesfield and Manchester. We are open to applications from across the UK and offer remote and flexible hybrid working.
About the Role
An exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team with a strong track record of building long‑term strategic partnerships and delivering best‑in‑class medical education for a prominent client. The Principal Medical Writer is a key member of the Medical team.
Responsibilities
- Play an active role in building client strategy based on deep therapy‑area knowledge and high writing standards.
- Act as a scientific and strategic partner for clients.
- Collaborate with account management to build and advance client partnerships.
- Support the Executive Scientific Director/Scientific Director in building scientific strategy aligned with client commercial objectives.
- Integrate core editorial processes and best‑practice writing principles within project teams.
- Develop content autonomously against agreed briefs to the required standards.
- Serve as the key figure for scientific review ensuring factual accuracy, alignment to strategy, and regulatory compliance.
- Work efficiently across divisions and teams to deliver projects on time and on budget.
- Train, mentor others, and co‑create processes that improve efficiency.
- Champion excellent standards across all activities.
Essential Criteria
- Degree in a scientific, medical or life sciences field.
- Experience managing own time in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
- Experience working in an agile environment.
- Experience collaborating efficiently in a cross‑capability team.
- Experience writing for a variety of medical/scientific audiences.
- Proven ability to create high‑quality medical/scientific content.
- Experience delivering a wide variety of medical writing outputs.
- Experience in a healthcare communications agency environment.
- Confidence in being a therapy area expert.
- Confidence in contributing to medical/scientific discussions.
- Proven ability to build professional external partnerships through work.
- Experience reviewing colleagues' medical writing.
- Experience coaching or mentoring others.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience creating content for digital/online and omnichannel outputs.
- Confidence in giving strategic counsel.
- Experience leading a high‑performing team.
- Experience managing projects, including resourcing and budgeting.
- Experience line‑management and development of other medical writers.
- Ability to delegate appropriately.
- Proven ability to build therapy‑area expertise quickly.
Benefits of Working With Us
- Discretionary bonus scheme.
- Contributory pension with Lucid contribution up to 5% of basic salary (enrolment after 3 months).
- Cycle‑to‑work scheme.
- 25 working days holiday, 1 celebration day, 4 Christmas closure days + 8 bank holidays per year (pro‑rata for part‑time).
- Flexible holiday buy and sell scheme.
- Family‑friendly policies.
- Private family health cover, Employee Assistance Programme, and comprehensive rewards scheme.
- 4× basic salary life assurance cover.
- Medicash Healthcare Cash Plan (Level 1 company cover).
- Season Ticket Loans.
- Regular incentive schemes aligned to individual and team performance.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds and identities. We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment experience to everyone. This commitment to inclusion is explicitly inclusive of race, colour, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or disability.
We encourage you to apply, have a discussion with us about the role or other opportunities at Lucid Group that we may have now or in the future.
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