Senior Medical Writer

Are you energized by a medical writing role that allows you to leverage your scientific knowledge while driving compliance in support of the business?  If so, this Scientific and Medical Writing Manager role could be an ideal opportunity to explore.

As a Scientific & Medical Writing Manager, you will ensure the medical accuracy of translations and inclusion mandatory information per global guidance. In addition, you will certify that the material complies with applicable local codes, relevant policies and SOPs, and that final material is appropriate for use with the intended target audience.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career.  These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Ensure full compliance with governance principles while seeking appropriate business solutions
• Lead and perform as the Local Operating Company (LOC) medical signatory related to promotional and non-promotional material requiring copy approval for selected markets
• Work with the Commercial Content Specialist to ensure that materials going to market are in line with the GSK strategy and to the required standard. 
• Confirm translation accuracy of all materials
• Support Medical Material content monitoring and Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) Tracking

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• PharmD – Pharmacist degree or PhD in life sciences
• Experience in copy approval and governance
• Experience with content that involves basic sciences
• Experience with content for disease areas such as infectious disease, respiratory, vaccine, preventable illness

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Doctor of Medicine degree (MD)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated learning agility with an ability to problem solve
• Demonstrate a high level of personal accountability and integrity

Our values and expectationsare at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigor and risk.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.
• Sustaining energy and well-being.
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, honest and open conversations.
• Budgeting and cost-consciousness.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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