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Medical Writer

BGBxOntario, Canada · Posted 17 days ago
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About Us

At BGBx, we're driven by a simple idea: breakthrough thinking creates breakthrough impact. As an independent commercial solutions partner to pharmaceutical and life science companies, we bring together strategists, scientists, communicators, creatives, technologists, and data experts to tackle some of healthcare's most important challenges.

Our teams work across consulting and communications to help clients shape strategy, launch innovations, engage stakeholders, and drive meaningful results throughout the product lifecycle. The work is complex, fast-moving, and deeply connected to improving lives, creating opportunities for curious minds to make a real difference every day.

If you're energized by collaboration, inspired by innovation, and motivated by work that matters, you'll find a place to grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact at BGBx.

Medical Writer

Position Overview

The Medical Writer is the Medical content lead on their account(s) and is responsible for day-to-day development of medical content. The Medical Writer is responsible for delivering high quality, scientifically rigorous content that is in line with brand strategy and objectives, while adhering to timelines and internal processes. The Medical Writer must be able to fulfill the responsibilities and demonstrate the competencies outlined below under the direct supervision of their manager or designated senior team member.

Key Responsibilities:

Content Development and Execution:

  • Conducts required research in a timely and proficient manner, utilizing the appropriate resources
  • Develops scientifically accurate, strategically aligned, grammatically correct, and impactful content, from initiation through completion, with input from manager
  • Accurately and efficiently annotates content per brand style guide and AMA rules
  • Assumes accountability for accuracy of work

Planning:

  • Understands the product/scientific/therapeutic and competitive space and proactively provides recommendations regarding planned projects to internal team
  • Understands the internal BGB processes and adheres to timelines and procedures, as agreed to by the cross-functional team

Client Interface:

  • Actively engages in discussions with clients in a team setting
  • Builds skills/is comfortable speaking to content during client calls
  • Builds rapport with clients over time through demonstration of subject matter knowledge
  • May, at times, act as client-facing medical lead, with support from manager
  • Partners with manager and Account team to provide the client with a united, organized, professional, pleasant experience on teleconferences and in person
  • Local (tri-state) client engagement travel as needed/required

Agency Interface and Process:

  • Understands the role of Medical within the agency and works to set appropriate expectations and operating norms within the team
  • Shares best practices and strategic insights within team to maximize efficiencies
  • Leads by example to demonstrate efficiency, team productivity, and superior scientific quality for all deliverables

Preferred Qualifications:

  • We’re looking for smart, talented, and driven individuals who are interested in applying their scientific training to drug development strategy and scientific knowledge exchange. We’re looking for individuals who would enjoy working on a range of projects, including traditional “left-brained” projects (complex scientific analysis) and traditional “right-brained” projects (creative, innovative communications). Our ideal candidates are detail-oriented and team-focused, with excellent interpersonal communication skills. We’re currently recruiting for:

    • Entry-level medical writers: An MD, PharmD, PhD, or MS degree in a relevant scientific discipline is required, as well as medical writers with at least one years’ worth of experience in medical communications or related industry

Our Clients & Therapeutic Areas

  • Our clients include more than 20 companies across more than 48 brands. They range from some of the biggest multinational companies in the world (including 6 of the top 10 biopharmaceutical companies) to smaller biotechs and companies focused on a single disease with a single product.
  • We work in some of the most scientifically challenging and rapidly evolving disease states, including cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, immunology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, pulmonology, and rheumatology.

Our Teams

  • Our Medical and Scientific Affairs Department consists of 70+ full-time team members, including MDs, PhDs, PharmDs, and engineers. Our current staff is represented by a wide range of higher learning institutions, including (but not limited to) Albert Einstein, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, New York University, Northwestern, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Mt. Sinai, Princeton, Rockefeller, Rutgers, Stanford, Thomas Jefferson, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, University of Chicago, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, University of Pittsburgh, University of Pennsylvania, University of the Sciences (Philadelphia), and Yale.

Our Commitment to Teaching & Development

  • We are an official student rotation site for six different pharmacy schools; teaching and mentoring is a part of the fabric of our business. Additionally, we have regular internal meetings to make sure we’re teaching each other, including lunch ‘n’ learns, “medical buddy” programs, and outside speakers.

Salary Range: $75,000 - $105,000 CAD

What We Offer

At BGBx, we invest in our people because exceptional talent drives exceptional work. We provide a competitive r

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