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Job Post Details

FSP Functional Lead for Medical Writing - job post

Thermo Fisher Scientific
3.4 out of 5 stars
Remote
Full-time
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Job details

Job type

  • Full-time

Shift and schedule

  • Monday to Friday

Full job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Join Us as the FSP Functional Lead for Medical Writing!

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

The FSP Functional Lead for Medical Writing is responsible for the Medical Writing FSP portfolio, providing global strategic direction, creative solutions, medical writing expertise and oversight to internal and external clients.

This role involves developing the departmental organizational structure, as well as recruiting, training, and motivating staff to ensure performance excellence.
The FSP Functional Lead for Medical Writing also leads the implementation of changes in departmental remit, processes, and operations to align Medical Writing regionally with the strategic direction and goals of the organization.

What You'll Do:

  • Provides program-level and strategic oversight to one or more Medical Writing groups, developing and communicating the strategic direction for the groups.
  • Recruits, engages, manages, and motivates staff to ensure excellence in performance.
  • Develops an organizational structure and communicates departmental goals and priorities.
  • Leads the implementation of changes in departmental remit, processes, and operations to develop
the group in line with the strategic direction and goals of the organization.
  • Develops and leads development and management of the departmental budget.
  • Promotes and advocates for the business needs of the Medical Writing group.
  • Builds relationships with other PPD departments and seeks opportunities to collaborate with other functions for mutual benefit (e.g., Phase I medical writing, Pharmacokinetic, biostatistics, pharmacovigilance, regulatory).
  • Anticipates the need for change and actively supports a changing environment.
  • Provides creative, novel and strategically aligned global ideas for taking the organization forward.
  • Identifies and develops business opportunities involving new Medical Writing projects and
opportunities for the company.
  • Leads collaborative working relationships with business development and senior management in
securing new business by making presentations to clients, conducting contract negotiations,
developing, and reviewing proposal texts and budgets, in collaboration with Proposal & Contracts
Development.
  • Resolves or escalates serious project issues and risks to senior management. Prepares reports
regarding significant project issues to senior management as needed.
  • Provides accountability and leadership in handling complex client management issues.
  • Assumes primary responsibility for the visibility and reputation of the Medical Writing group within
PPD.

Education & Experience Requirements:
Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 15+ years) or equivalent and relevant combination of education, training, & experience.
7+ years of management responsibility
Advanced leadership skills

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage people including performance, training, mentoring, directing and motivating staff
  • Extensive business knowledge with comprehensive understanding of the organization and functional areas
  • Excellent project management skills, including the ability to organize, plan and manage projects, create and modify budgets, develop timelines, allocate resources, and forecast departmental workload
  • Excellent knowledge of global/regional medical writing/regulatory requirements for clinical trials, marketing authorization and late phase procedures; experience across the product development lifecycle
  • Ability to contribute to and drive strategic planning on behalf of the organization and department, including effective communication, logic and influence
  • Innovation and leadership in developing new ideas related to Medical Writing, including process improvements
  • Demonstrated ability to build teams, maintain collaborative relationships, initiate cross-functional
mentoring; anticipate resistance; influence without authority and provide a senior-level presence
when necessary

Ability to effectively communicate, negotiate, engage and support potential clients, corporate leaders
and across functional area strong presentation skills

Excellent interpersonal skills including problem solving, judgment, and decision-making skills; self
motivated and adaptable

Working Conditions and Environment:
  • Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.

Why Join Us?

When you join Thermo Fisher Scientific, you become part of a global team that values passion, innovation, and a commitment to scientific excellence. You’ll work in an environment where collaboration and development are part of the everyday experience—and where your contributions truly make a difference.

Apply today to help us deliver tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

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