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Principal Medical Writer
@AbbVie
[Hiring] Principal Medical Writer @AbbVie
Mar 30, 2025 - AbbVie is hiring a remote Principal Medical Writer. 💸 Salary: unspecified. 📍Location: USA.
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Role Description
The Principal Medical Writer is responsible for providing writing support and advanced scientific writing expertise to the teams, ensuring successful preparation of high-quality documents and effective implementation of the writing process.
- Serves as medical writing lead on more complex writing assignments.
- Works closely with in-function and cross-functional team(s) on document strategies.
- Implements all activities related to the preparation of writing projects.
- Serves as a subject matter expert within department for assigned therapeutic/product areas.
- Converts relevant data and information into a form that meets writing project requirements.
- Explains data in manner consistent with the target audience(s) and requirements for the project.
- Coordinates the review, approval, and other appropriate functions involved in the production of writing.
- Arranges and conducts review meetings with the team.
- Ensures required documentation is obtained.
- Responsible for effective communication among project team members and contributors to assigned project.
- Communicates deliverables needed, writing process, and timelines.
- Holds team members and contributors accountable to agreed-upon project dates.
- Negotiates with functional areas on project outcomes and deliverables to meet conflicting demands.
- Identifies and resolves conflicts (including document content issues), removes barriers, and generates innovative ways to ensure teams achieve project goals.
- Understands, assimilates, and interprets sources of info with appropriate guidance/direction from project teams and/or authors.
- Interprets and explains data generated from a variety of sources, including internal/external studies, research documentation, charts, graphs, and tables.
- Verifies that results are consistent with protocols.
- Confirms completeness of information to be presented.
- Challenges conclusions when necessary.
- Independently resolves document content issues and questions.
- Understands/complies with appropriate conventions, proper grammar usage, and correct format requirements.
- Performs literature searches as needed for drafting document content.
- Interprets literature information and makes recommendations for application to writing projects.
- Works with publication strategy leads and cross-functional partners throughout the writing process.
- Addresses questions/feedback, as appropriate, and works with team to draft responses as necessary.
- Maintains expert knowledge of US and international regulations, requirements, and guidance associated with preparation of writing projects.
- Advises teams regarding compliance with guidelines or regulations.
- Learns and applies knowledge of therapeutic area and product to scientific publishing projects.
- Serves as a department representative on project teams.
- Acts as Subject Matter Expert regarding computer-based technologies used by the respective departments.
- Coaches, mentors, and assists more junior medical writers.
- Provides guidance to non-AbbVie medical writers and external vendors/agencies.
- Recommends, leads, and implements tactical process improvements, both within the department and division wide.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science required, with significant relevant writing experience, or Bachelor's degree in English or communications, with significant relevant science experience.
- Masters or PhD in science discipline preferred with relevant writing experience.
- American Medical Writing Association (AMWA) certification or other is preferred, with a specialty in Editing/Writing or Pharmaceutical.
- 4 years relevant industry experience in medical writing in the healthcare industry or academia required or in a related area such as quality, regulatory, publications, clinical research, or product support/R&D.
- 2 years relevant industry experience preferred.
- 4 years experience in experimental design and clinical/preclinical data interpretation preferred.
- High-level content writing experience and experience with all types of writing projects.
- Expert in assimilation and interpretation of scientific content with adeptness in ability to translate for appropriate audience.
- Working knowledge of statistical concepts and techniques.
- Expert knowledge of US and international regulations, requirements, and guidance associated with preparation of assigned writing projects.
- Ability to advise teams regarding compliance with regulations.
- Expert knowledge and experience working with templates and relevant systems.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Superior attention to detail.
- Ability to find and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, consistency, clarity, and accuracy.
- Extensive experience in working with collaborative, cross-functional teams, including project management experience.
- Expert in word processing, flow diagrams, and spreadsheets.
- Excellent working knowledge of software programs in Windows environment.
Benefits
- Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick).
- Medical/dental/vision insurance.
- 401(k) to eligible employees.
- This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.
- This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.
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Writing
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Salary
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unspecified
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Remote
Location
USA
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 30, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: USA |
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