Principal Medical Writer

About this role

At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact-obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Our #LifeatRealChem culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, if you share our passion for healthcare and connection, we invite you to explore our opportunities.

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Principal Medical Writer

Our Principals play a fundamental role in shaping individual projects within an account with the support and direction of others. They co-lead the creation of outstanding medical content across various therapy areas and provide strategic insights to elevate client deliverables. This position is ideal for a proactive communicator who enjoys managing writing teams, ensuring quality and accuracy, and acting as a primary contact for clients. Our Principals have the opportunity to specialise in content development, team leadership, and/or strategic thinking.

Key Responsibilities

All Principals share the following core responsibilities

• Therapy area and scientific expertise: Co-lead development of high-quality medical content under senior direction across multiple therapy areas and initiatives to meet/exceed client expectations

• Strategic thinking:

• Provide strategic input to aligned accounts

• Demonstrate confidence and competent in questioning to probe and understand client briefs and distill for Real Chemistry teams

• Adopt a questioning mindset to scientifically and strategically challenge and elevate outputs with clients and internal teams

• AI: Co-lead implementation of AI into new projects and initiatives under senior direction within an account

• Client relationships: Act as day-to-day medical contact for clients

• Managing and advising:

• Manage and mentor junior individuals and teams to work competently, confidently and efficiently to deliver high-quality work in high-pressure situations

• Be responsible for guaranteeing the accuracy and quality of assets and that they are crafted and delivered in line with client objectives and expectations

• Delegate work within account to ensure everyone is hitting billable targets and learning through new opportunitiesThe Principal, Medical Content additionally has the following responsibilities

• Project expertise: Co-lead excellent medical content across a broad range of deliverables, demonstrating versatility

• Content excellence:

• Uphold and advocate for the highest standards in medical writing within accounts

• Identify the most appropriate channel, style and format for a project to achieve client objectives and maximise engagement

• Quality standards:

• Uphold the highest standards within accounts

• Advocate for best practices in project management and delivery to maintain the highest content quality within account

• Lead development of knowledge training for junior members within account

The Principal, Medical Team additionally has the following responsibilities

• Coaching and mentoring:

• Provide coaching and mentorship to JMWs/MWS/SMWs

• Coordinate specialised mentorship programs for JMWs

• Overarching planning to meet KPIs/timelines/budget:

• Manage and prioritise competing workloads within the account, fostering a comprehensive understanding of the team's projects

• Be responsible for guaranteeing that assets are crafted and delivered in line with KPIs, timelines, and budget constraints

• Financial and resource management

• Define and organise resource distribution within accounts to facilitate strategic succession planning and to optimise the alignment of medical colleagues' skills and capacity with account requirements

• Participate in general financial oversight of the account

The Medical Strategist additionally has the following responsibilities

• Business development:

• Support definition/shape of strategy on new business proposals and pitches

• Contribute to identification of opportunities for organic growth through participating in key…