Principal Medical Writer

Overview

In this role you drive high-quality promotional HCP content and scientific platforms, leading key accounts and mentoring the medical writing team. You’ll blend hands-on writing with scientific leadership, editorial oversight, and AI-enabled workflows to deliver compliant, compelling narratives. You’ll collaborate across creative, strategy, digital, and client services to shape integrated campaigns and client strategy. This is a senior, influential position that shapes how the discipline evolves within a globally recognized healthcare agency.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working from Central London offices
• 25 days’ holiday
• Private medical healthcare
• life assurance and income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity benefits
• health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits

Responsibilities

• Lead key accounts and contribute to pitches, workshops and strategic discussions
• Provide senior editorial and scientific oversight and develop junior writers
• Line manage, coach and mentor Medical Writers
• Utilize AI tools to improve research, writing, fact checking and editorial workflows
• Collaborate with Account Management on scoping, resource planning and proposals
• Work with Creative, Strategy, Digital and Client Services to deliver integrated campaigns
• Ensure compliance with pharmaceutical codes, MLR processes and QC, including Veeva

Key requirements

• Extensive medical/healthcare communications agency experience at Principal level or senior writer with leadership aspirations
• Hands-on experience developing promotional HCP content
• Proven ability to lead 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 in medical writing or research
• Confidence to work with clients and contribute to strategic discussions
• Strong organization, attention to detail and ability to thrive in a fast-paced agency environment
• Collaborative, proactive approach with passion for healthcare communications and creativity

• collaborative
• proactive
• curious
• Veeva
• MLR/compliance processes
• AI tools in medical writing

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