PRINCIPAL MEDICAL WRITER
We are looking for a highly motivated team member with strong scientific and writing capabilities seeking to apply their skills to delivering best‑in‑class medical education programmes including digital deliverables and patient engagement.
Location
Our offices are in London, Macclesfield, and Manchester. We are open to applications from all over the UK as we have remote and flexible hybrid working policies.
About Lucid Group
We are a global healthcare communications agency with deep therapeutic expertise that traverses the asset lifecycle, delivering transformative outcomes for healthcare brands for over 20 years. Our more than 500 highly trained professionals work with speed and agility to craft and execute breakthrough strategies that maximise performance and unlock a brand’s full potential.
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Medical Writer 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 client priding on a blockbuster agent portfolio, competitive pipeline, and innovative therapy types. A Principal Medical Writer is a key member of the Medical team, responsible for delivering strategic and scientific value that aligns with the client’s plan. They are ambassadors for Lucid Group, helping build the profile and client base of the Company.
You will be responsible for:
- Playing an active role in building strategy with our clients based on their excellent knowledge of therapy area and highest standards of writing
- Being an invaluable scientific and strategic partner for clients
- Collaborating with the account management team to build and advance client partnerships
- Responsible for delivering best‑in‑class medical communications for our clients by playing an active role in supporting the Executive Scientific Director/Scientific Director to build our scientific strategy based on your excellent knowledge of therapy areas and the client’s commercial objectives
- Ensuring the integration of core editorial processes and best‑practice writing principles within project teams
- Working autonomously to develop content against an agreed brief to the above principles, when required
- Being the key figure for scientific review for the highest level of factual accuracy, alignment to scientific strategy and adherence to regulatory requirements/code, to deliver best‑in‑class programmes
- Working efficiently across company divisions and teams to ensure excellence is always delivered for all projects, on time and on budget
- Training, mentoring others and co‑creating and implementing processes that improve efficiency
- Championing excellent standards in everything you are involved in and around you
What we’re looking for
Essential Criteria
- A degree in a scientific, medical or life sciences field
- Experience managing their own time in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment
- Experience working in an agile environment
- Experience working collaboratively and 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 working in a healthcare communications agency environment
- Competent and confident being a therapy area expert
- Competent and confident contributing to medical/scientific discussions
- Proven ability to build professional external partnerships through their work
- Experience in reviewing colleagues’ medical writing
- Experience in coaching or mentoring others
Desirable Criteria
- Experience creating content for digital/online and omnichannel outputs
- Competent and confident giving strategic counsel
- Experience in leading a high‑performing team
- Experience in managing projects, including resourcing and budgeting
- Experience in line‑management and development of other medical writers
- Proven ability to delegate appropriately
- Proven ability to build therapy area expertise in narrow timeframes
Benefits of working with us
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Contributory pension with Lucid contribution up to 5% of basic salary
- Cycle to work scheme
- 25 working days holiday, 1 Celebration Day, 4 Christmas closure days plus 8 Bank Holidays
- Flexible holiday buy and sell scheme
- Family friendly policies
- Private family health cover, including Employee Assistance Programme
- 4x basic salary life assurance cover
- Medicash Healthcare Cash Plan
- 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.
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