Senior Medical Writer - Medical Communications

About Avalere Health

Guided by a single mission to make EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE, our Advisory, Medical, and Marketing capabilities move as one, ensuring every patient is identified, supported, treated, and cared for. Equally.

Avalere Health is a global strategic partner, perfectly formed to solve the biggest challenges in health—at pace and at scale. We are united across the product lifecycle, uniquely positioned to understand every angle of life, health, and the human condition. Partnering with our clients, we are building a world where healthcare is not a barrier. And no patient is left behind.

We are powered by our unique and proprietary model, SenseMaking. Combining strategic tools and human ingenuity,  SenseMaking allows us to  transform limitations into pathways, obstacles into possibilities, and intricacy into action. Our talented, diverse, and passionate team—known as SenseMakers—strive each day to make EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE.

Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits

Location: UK, hybrid or remote

About the role

As a Senior Medical Writer, you will play a key role in creating and delivering original, accurate, and high-quality scientific content, including manuscripts, slide decks, and other editorial materials, all while meeting project specifications, timelines, and budgets. You will provide expert editorial oversight, ensuring excellence in both project execution and business development initiatives. Acting as a scientific and therapeutic specialist within project constraints, you will serve as the lead writer for assigned accounts, shaping impactful communications that resonate with target audiences.

• Research, write, and revise high-quality, original editorial content
• Ensure scientific accuracy while editing and referencing
• Liaise with clients, authors and colleagues to progress projects effectively
• Attend congresses, symposia and advisory board meetings as required and liaising with speakers and clients
• Provide input on project specifications, costings and schedules, working with the internal account team to ensure projects are delivered to time and budget
• Provide good briefings to colleagues and freelancers
• Actively participate in account development meetings to grow repeat business
• Mentor new writers (depending on individual, level of experience and job opportunity)

• Bachelor’s degree in the life sciences; PharmD or PhD highly advantageous.
• Minimum 2 years' of medical writing experience in an agency setting.
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office, specifically Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Proficiency in Internet and PubMed searches.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and as part of a team.

What we can offer

Avalere Health aims to empower every employee to develop and thrive. We empower our team with the tools, skills, and support needed to think differently and to solve healthcare’s most complex challenges.

At the center of our people-led culture is our Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career. We also pride ourselves on our personalized learning approach to ensure you receive the training you need to help you grow within the company and take advantage of our global scale and scope.

We are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion in every aspect of our organization. We encourage diversity of thought, inclusive behavior, and break down barriers to ensure every individual feels valued and encouraged to contribute their unique abilities and potential. As part of our commitment to building a healthier world, every employee is also encouraged to participate in our community engagement efforts, which support a wide range of healthcare programs and wellbeing causes worldwide.

We have city hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization while maintaining and fully supporting flexible working practices. Our compensation and benefits package is benchmarked across the industry. We offer a generous company pension/retirement plan, private medical insurance, comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives, compelling time-off policy, plus many other excellent employee benefits. 

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