Description:
We’re looking for a Scientific Team Leader to join a dynamic group delivering high-quality medical education for global clients. You will lead, develop and line manage a talented team of medical writers creating innovative and evidence-based solutions to educate healthcare professionals.
Responsibilities
Project delivery
- Provide strategic direction and lead all aspects of tactical delivery of scientific content for a range of medical education projects
- Review scientific content to ensure educational objectives, internal quality standards, agreed specifications, budgets and timeframes are met
- Ensure adequate resourcing is maintained across all projects
Medical writer development
- Develop team writers to their full potential and to meet customer and business needs:
- Set writers’ objectives and personal development plans and monitor progress throughout the year
- Provide coaching, mentoring and training, where required
- Provide supervision to ensure individual/team output is maintained
Business planning/commercial
- Provide support to the Business Development team through identification of opportunities, proposal development and pitch preparation and attendance
- Provide editorial advice to the management team (e.g. quality standards, training needs and resourcing)
- Maintain broad awareness of developments in relevant therapeutic areas and discipline, editorial issues and technological developments within publishing and communications, and the wider company’s product portfolio
Financial
- Record and monitor actual time spent on a project against budgeted time, and complete timesheets in an accurate and timely manner
- Monitor own and writers’ adherence to budget and utilisation rates and take remedial action, if required
- Contribute to revenue targets by ensuring that projects meet schedules
Organisational and teamwork
- Assist the Scientific Services Director in review of test projects and/or recruitment by interviewing candidates, if required
- Support team working principles and collaboration within the project team(s) and other departments and business units within the company
- Line management of up to four direct reports (Senior Medical Writers, Medical Writers)
- Provide recommendations to the Scientific Services Director for promotions
Experience
Experience, Skills & Qualifications
Essential
- Proven medical writing experience in a medical communications agency, with reviewing and coaching/mentoring experience
- Demonstrable experience of client liaison and interaction including client visits and on-site experience
- Proven ability in all aspects across a broad range of content and deliverables.
- Management or supervisory experience
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of working within creative, digital formats such as animations, web sites, podcasts, e-learning modules and others