Principal Medical Writer

6 months ago


London, United Kingdom Ogilvy Health Full time

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry. Ogilvy was recognised as the most creative and most effective agency network in the world, ranking #1 on WARC’s Creative 100 and Effective 100 lists. The WARC 100 lists act as an industry benchmark for success based on results from the most prestigious global and regional industry competitions.

Ogilvy Health is one of the largest global networks in healthcare communications and provides strategic, integrated communication solutions for our clients, including many of the biggest names in the pharmaceutical industry. In medical education, our approach is founded on expertise that combines biomedical science, learning theory and behaviour change to create impactful medical and professional education. We’re ‘Scientifically Grounded, Creatively Driven’.

About the Role

We're looking for a seasoned Principal Medical Writer to join us to oversee the development of robust scientific content and the onsite delivery of an innovative and award winning standalone event. This is a pivotal role which will lead on the development and delivery of the scientific programme, whilst overseeing a 5-person high performing scientific services team. 

What You’ll Do

Designing and creating the full range of medical education/communication programmes for implementation under their guidanceDirecting delivery of high-quality scientific content and providing internal leadership of editorial teams across several accountsLeading scientific discussions with clients and external experts, face to face and on callsDeveloping scientific strategy to inform tactical planning of accounts, both internally and with clientsManaging editorial resourceDriving organic growth opportunities on accountsActing as scientific lead for proposals and pitchesLine management, mentoring, coaching, and training

What You’ll Need 

Extensive agency experience, with time served as a Senior Medical WriterA track record of scientific and editorial leadership for large/complex accountsStrong leadership and communication skills, high emotional intelligence, the ability to adapt your approach according to the needs of clients and teams, and the ability to respond rapidly to situations and manage internal/external issuesA track record of identifying organic growth and contributing scientific insight to proposals and pitchesAbility to deliver events, and experience of digital projectsExcellent understanding of pharmaceutical regulations, e.g. ABPI, GPP3, ICMJE

How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates. 

Benefits 

25 days holiday + your birthday off and a paid volunteering day - after 2 years service you can purchase up to an additional 5 days per yearEnhanced parental leave A generous pension scheme - you pay in 4% we pay 6%, following probation contributions are matched up to 10.5% (17.5% in total)Choose from either Private Medical Cover (Bupa) OR Dental cover OR a monthly leisure allowance of £45 to spend on your health & wellbeing A fantastic Employee Assistance Programme provided by Telus which offers brilliant support, expert advice and specialist counsellingHelp at Hand by Unum - quick, free access to a remote GP, mental health support, physio or a medical 2nd opinionFree 1-2-1 Coaching - online coaching for your professional or personal growth provided by Thrive PartnersA comprehensive Learning & Development programme 

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