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Principal Medical Writer

Key roles and responsibilities

  • Take accountability for the successful delivery of individual projects, including management of (but not necessarily development of) budgets, timelines, and other ‘non-editorial’ aspects.
  • Take responsibility for the independent management of individual or collections of projects, including management of (but not necessarily development of) budgets, timelines, and other ‘non-editorial’ aspects, with support, if needed, from an account lead/other senior team members.
  • Be accountable for developing high-quality written content in line with provided briefs, with limited support from more senior team members.
  • Provide in-house or freelance writers and other specialists with comprehensive and easy-to-understand briefs for individual projects.
  • Review and edit work delivered by in-house or freelance writers so that each deliverable provided to our clients is of the highest standard.
  • Independently prepare for, lead, and summarise client calls relating to individual or collections of projects, pulling in support from other team members to develop content for or deliver presentations at the call, if necessary.
  • Take full responsibility for monitoring and managing own workload, and actively support the account lead with the management of workload and workflow on the account.
  • Working with other senior account team members, help to establish and grow working relationships with each client, such that our reputation within the client company is established/enhanced.
  • Take on line-management responsibilities, if needed by the company.
    • Where line-management responsibility is taken, a PMW is able to provide expert guidance so that line reports fulfil their roles and responsibilities for the company and are fully supported in their continuing professional development.
    • As a line manager, a PMW takes responsibility for upholding and championing Aspire’s values with their line reports.
  • Provide support and mentorship for more junior team members or new team members, as needed.
  • With support from more senior team members as necessary, identify and suggest organic growth opportunities within your client account.
  • Contribute to the growth of Aspire by participating in new business activities with existing clients and potential new clients, as required.
  • Actively engage with key company-wide initiatives and encourage and support others to participate.
  • Follow, and encourage and support others within your account team, to follow company procedures with respect to administrative and project-related tasks. To include, but not limited to, daily completion of Toggl timesheets, adherence to editorial procedures, timely completion of the freelance booking and purchase order spreadsheets (including scoring freelancers’ work), the Toggl freelance timesheet, and Dropbox housekeeping.
  • Liaise with clients, healthcare professionals, contractors, and any other relevant third parties in a professional, courteous, and efficient manner. Support and encourage more junior and new team members to liaise with third parties in a similar manner.
  • Keep up to date with relevant industry guidelines including, but not limited to, Good Publication Practice and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals. Within your account or the wider company, encourage others to keep up to date with guidelines through regular discussions in account meetings, in one-to-ones and when supporting other team members with projects, as appropriate.
  • During your day-to-day work and internal and external interactions, champion adherence to Aspire’s Values. Where you notice others not adhering to our values, act on this by discussing with the team member(s) in question or raise with a more senior member of the Aspire team.

Aspire Scientific: Vision and Values

Culture

  • We care for our team by fostering a people-first culture of trust, transparency, and flexibility that actively encourages a healthy and sustainable work–life balance.

Talent

  • We recruit, invest in, and retain outstanding people. We provide the resources and ongoing training and development opportunities to nurture talented, stable teams who excel at what they do.

Excellence

  • We develop successful client partnerships through excellence in medical writing and communication, underpinned by therapy area knowledge, industry expertise and a commitment to best practices.