Medical Writer - Germany

Our Medical Writers play a fundamental role in our business by contributing to day-to-day project delivery within an account to create outstanding medical content across a variety of therapy areas. This position is ideal for a proactive communicator with a passion for science, a keen interest in AI, and a keen eye for detail who is looking to develop their medical writing career further. Additionally, our Medical Writers in Germany will support both the adaptation of global, English-language content as well as the creation of original, German-language content.

Key Responsibilities

• Scientific knowledge:
  • Has a good understanding of assigned therapeutic areas (e.g. oncology, rare diseases, CRM)
  • Effectively analyses and interprets scientific data to work on a wide range of assigned projects
• Strategic knowledge:
  • Understands the medical affairs and commercial spaces within which clients (e.g. pharma companies) work
  • Reviews literature and competitive information to continually expand understanding of brand/marketplace and emerging competitors and shares findings and implications with teams
  • Participates in meetings and strategic discussions with clients, authors, and advisors

• Language ability:
  • Fluent in both German and English

• AI
  • Confidently and efficiently uses AI tools to support assigned tasks, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in their work
  • Seeks out new opportunities to apply AI tools to improve personal workflow and task management
• Project ownership:
  • Takes responsibility for day-to-day delivery of scientific content under limited supervision
  • Ensures communication objectives are met on assigned projects
• Editorial:
  • Adapts writing style to suit different audiences (e.g. primary and secondary care physicians, nurses or patients)
  • Structures and writes more commercially focused or complicated materials such as story flows/strategic frameworks, competitor intelligence, advisory board reports, etc. with limited supervision
• Quality control:
  • Ensures all work is referenced appropriately and is provided with a full reference pack
  • Ensures all work is tagged appropriately in Veeva Vault Project Management (VVPM) systems
  • Is fully adherent to and shows a good working knowledge of the FSA code of conduct
  • Demonstrates knowledge of good practice/industry guidelines and ensures project work is compliant with these with supervision from senior team
• On-site: May go on-site across a variety of events and interacting with clients and faculty to develop and finalise content
• Client liaison: Has begun to have client contact for content development on straight-forward projects and escalates queries in more challenging scenarios
• Project management
  • Adheres to project schedules and briefs
  • Understands key dates in project timelines and keeps the account team apprised of status on projects by providing timely and accurate communication
  • Proactively clarifies how a project status is tracking versus the number of hours available
  • Participates in the tracking of project deliverables, identifying impact of out-of-scope changes
  • Adheres to project budgets, or proactively provides appropriate reasons not to

Qualifications and skills

• You should bring a strong scientific background with a degree in a scientific or medical discipline (post-graduate degree preferred). A high level of academic achievement is expected
• A passion for, and profound understanding of, healthcare, science, medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry is essential, as well as a keen interest in AI technologies
• You'll need to be personable, articulate, and have an eye for detail
• You should bring previous experience as a (junior) medical writer at an agency or within a pharmaceutical organisation
• You should be well-versed in using MS Office applications (esp. PPT) and can break down complex scientific information into easy-to-understand and visually engaging content