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BeiGene Senior Manager, Medical Writing in San Mateo, California
Job Summary:
The Senior Manager, Medical Writing is responsible for writing, editing, and formatting clinical regulatory documents that conform to domestic and/or international regulatory submission and internal document standards, while meeting project timelines and to oversee these activities in more junior medical writers. Clinical regulatory documents include, but are not limited to study reports, clinical study protocols or amendments, investigator brochures, and clinical sections of INDs, NDAs, MAAs and other regulatory submission documents. The Manager, or Senior Manager, Medical Writing is also responsible for mentoring junior writers and managing direct reports, if applicable.
Essential Functions of the job:
Works effectively with cross-functional groups to produce high-quality, scientifically accurate documents under strict timelines, and ensures consistency between related documents
Responsible for ensuring that assigned documents undergo a quality check before approval, and that documents are routed correctly during review and approval cycles
Manage timelines and communicate with team members to maintain awareness of expectations, milestones, and deliverables
Review and edit documents, including those authored by others both internally and externally
Collaborate within the medical writing group to develop and maintain medical writing processes, standards, and tools (eg, SOPs, Work Instructions, templates, style guide, etc.)
Ensure clinical documents adhere to BeiGene standards and regulatory guidelines
Manage and mentor direct reports as applicable
Coordinate and manage contract medical writers as needed
Qualifications:
Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrated ability to communicate and write English clearly, concisely, and effectively
Well-organized: ability to prioritize tasks, work simultaneously on multiple projects, and complete high-quality documents according to tight timelines and shifting priorities/demands
Independently motivated with good problem-solving ability
Excellent interpersonal skills; a team player
Ability to coordinate and manage communications to enable timely reviews from other authors and reviewers and to function as a collaborative team member
Strong project management skills
Recent and significant experience in writing of regulatory documents such as clinical study reports, protocols, and protocol amendments
Keen understanding of the key requirements for regulatory submissions as stipulated in FDA and ICH guidelines
Experience in writing clinical sections of INDs, MAAs, and NDAs is a plus
The technical/scientific ability to critically analyze, synthesize, and present complex information in well-constructed documents
Working knowledge of drug/biologics development, clinical research, study design, biostatistics, the regulatory environment, and medical terminology preferred
Ability to comply with company and/or industry style guides and templates
Excellent attention to detail related to consistency, grammar, syntax, and scientific accuracy
Technical expertise in Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, and electronic document management systems; proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Mentors junior medical writers and may manage staffing and performance, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, coaching, and performance reviews for direct reports.
Computer Skills:
- Technical expertise in Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, and electronic document management systems; proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
Education/Experience Required:
- 7+ years of relevant industry experience as a regulatory medical writer with a BA/BS degree.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.