Are you an experienced Principal Medical Writer, or a highly experienced Senior Medical Writer ready for your next challenge?
We’re supporting an award-winning global healthcare communications agency working with leading pharmaceutical, healthcare and MedTech brands.
This is a senior, influential role combining hands-on medical writing with scientific leadership, people development, editorial oversight and AI innovation. You’ll take the lead across key accounts, act as a trusted scientific contact for clients and help develop the capability of the wider medical writing team.
Everything you need to know about the role
You’ll lead the development of high-quality promotional HCP communications, scientific platforms, congress materials, presentations and digital content, translating complex clinical data into clear, compelling and compliant narratives.
Alongside your own writing, you’ll:
- Lead key accounts and contribute to pitches, workshops and strategic discussions
- Provide senior editorial and scientific oversight, developing the work of junior writers
- Line manage, coach and mentor Medical Writers, supporting their career development
- Use AI tools to improve research, writing, fact checking and editorial workflows, while helping the wider team adopt them appropriately
- Work closely with Account Management on scoping, resource planning and proposals
- Collaborate with Creative, Strategy, Digital and Client Services teams to deliver integrated campaigns
- Ensure work meets pharmaceutical compliance requirements and agency/client QC processes, including Veeva
Experience and qualities that make you a strong fit
We’re looking for someone with extensive medical or healthcare communications agency experience who is already operating at Principal level, or a highly experienced Senior Medical Writer ready to take on broader leadership responsibility.
You should have:
- Strong hands-on experience developing promotional HCP content
- Proven experience leading complex medical writing projects
- Experience line managing, coaching or mentoring junior writers
- Excellent editorial, critical appraisal and scientific review skills
- Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical compliance codes, MLR processes and Veeva
- Practical experience using AI tools within medical writing or research
- The confidence to work with clients and contribute to strategic discussions
- Excellent organisation, attention to detail and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced agency environment
- A collaborative, curious and proactive approach, with a genuine passion for healthcare communications and creativity
What’s on offer?
You’ll join a highly collaborative, creatively ambitious agency where Medical Writers have the opportunity to influence both the work and how the discipline continues to evolve.
- Work across major pharmaceutical, healthcare and MedTech clients
- Lead high-profile promotional and scientific communications projects
- Develop your leadership and people-management experience
- Help shape the use of AI within medical writing
- Hybrid working from modern Central London offices
- 25 days’ holiday
- Private medical healthcare, life assurance and income protection
- Enhanced maternity/paternity benefits
- Plus a range of health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
Could this be the role for you?
If you’re an established Principal Medical Writer or highly experienced Senior Medical Writer looking for a role combining scientific leadership, creativity, people development and innovation, we’d love to hear from you.
To find out more or apply, please send your CV to lucy@carrotrecruitment.com.