Principal Medical Writer

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Position Summary

The Principal Medical Writer is a seasoned expert who owns complex safety writing deliverables end-to-end. In this role, they independently lead the authoring of high-impact safety documents—such as aggregate reports and Risk Management Plans (RMPs)—translating complex safety data and analyses into clear, compelling outputs. They are accountable for driving timelines, managing stakeholders, and ensuring the quality of safety deliverables that address important safety issues. Beyond day-to-day delivery, this role is a key champion for continuous improvement, best practices, and the smart adoption of new tools and technologies in the safety writing space.

Responsibilities

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

Independently lead preparation of complex clinical and post-market safety documents (e.g., DSURs, PSURs/PBRERs, ACOs, PADERs/PAERs, RMPs, and responses to regulatory authority questions), with strong hands-on experience across all key aggregate safety documents.

Operate effectively within a global, complex matrix organization, working autonomously and confidently influencing stakeholders on process discipline, quality standards, and “how” work should be done.

Lead cross-functional teams to develop content strategy, coordinate contributions, manage review schedules and timelines, and ensure high-quality, fit-for-purpose documents that accurately reflect safety, clinical, and statistical data and meet GSK and global/regional/local regulatory requirements.

Provide oversight to co-authors, vendor writers, and teams of writers—serving as a mentor/buddy, ensuring the quality of contributions, and leading initiatives to improve medical writing processes, including effective use of authoring/review tools and other automation/AI-enabled technology platforms.

Why You?

This role is hybrid. You will work on-site in Canada part of the week and remotely the remainder. Exact on-site days will be agreed with your manager.

Basic Qualifications

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, health sciences, pharmacy, nursing or a related field.

Minimum 5 years of advanced medical/regulatory safety writing experience in pharmaceutical, biotech or clinical research settings, including summarization and interpretation of complex data and independent preparation of complex clinical and safety documents for regulatory use.

Advanced understanding of, and ability to apply, statistical, regulatory and medical communication concepts needed to independently write complex safety documents.

In-depth working knowledge of relevant regulatory guidance (e.g., ICH, GVP, FDA, EMA) pertaining to clinical trial conduct, pharmacovigilance, and document-specific requirements, as well as Good Clinical Practice (GCP).

Strong understanding of core cross-functional clinical research roles and procedures (e.g., safety, regulatory, clinical, epidemiology, statistics and programming) and how they relate to document strategy and operational preparation.

Experience across multiple therapeutic areas, with confidence to quickly dive into new areas without extensive lead time.

Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced, global/matrix environment, working autonomously while effectively influencing stakeholders.

Strong written and verbal English communication skills and excellent attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

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

Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD, MSc, MPH) or equivalent scientific training.

Advanced safety writing skills with expertise across most key safety document types and experience leading regulatory submission projects or preparing dossier modules.

Comfort interpreting statistical outputs and collaborating with statisticians on tables and data displays.

Highly collaborative and capable of leading cross-functional, multicultural, and hybrid/distributed teams across regions—negotiating solutions, advising on document structure and content, and working effectively with diverse stakeholders (e.g., health authorities, external partners, contractors/CROs, and patients).

Experience working with external partners, contractors or clinical research organizations, including vendor oversight and coordination.

Prior mentoring, training or people development experience, supporting the growth of less experienced writers and team members.

Able to independently lead multiple projects simultaneously and deliver multiple high-quality documents on schedule.

Advanced computer skills and general computer literacy, including comfort with collaboration tools and remote-working technologies.

Excellent English language proficiency, both verbal and written.

What you will gain

You will join a team focused on patient impact and continuous learning. You will develop technical and strategic skills in regulatory writing, submission planning and cross-functional collaboration. Your work will shape development programs and contribute to better outcomes for patients.

Ready to apply?

If this role fits your skills and ambition, we want to hear from you. Please apply and tell us how your experience will help shape treatments that matter.

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Skills

Clinical Development, Clinical Trial Designs, Communication, Customer Service, Decision Making, Emotional Intelligence, Influencing Without Authority, Learning Agility, Literature Reviews, Medical Writing, Pharmaceutical Industry, Presentation Techniques, Regulatory Submissions, Scientific Writing, Strategic Thinking  

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Compensation Grade:

7

Job Posting End Date:

Not Available

Eligible for Employee Referral Bonus:

Yes

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