Medical Writer

Opportunity Overview

A confidential client of Brown Consulting Group is hiring a Medical Writer to join a remote content team. The client is a specialized medical communications agency that works with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, healthcare professional organizations, and patient advocacy groups to produce customized, evidence-based communications that encourage better health behaviours and improved patient outcomes.

Role Summary

In this position, you will develop accurate, audience-focused medical communications across a range of therapeutic areas. Typical assignments may include symposium materials, educational modules, advisory meeting content, patient-facing information, manuscripts, and other healthcare communication assets. You will work closely with internal teams, clients, healthcare professionals, and vendors to ensure every deliverable is scientifically sound, strategically aligned, and compliant with brand, regulatory, and review requirements.

Responsibilities

• Choose and evaluate appropriate supporting evidence for each assignment, drawing from scientific publications, conference content, regulatory sources, funding reports, and other trusted healthcare references.
• Build content outlines that match the project’s goals, format, scope, quality expectations, deadlines, and budget.
• Write current, evidence-based, clear, and audience-appropriate material for pharmaceutical teams, medical teams, healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers, and general audiences.
• Ensure all content reflects client messaging, brand positioning, style guidance, compliance rules, and regulatory obligations.
• Work within project-specific requirements such as accreditation rules, pharmaceutical industry codes of conduct, and advertising standards.
• Prepare materials for review by citing sources, highlighting evidence, and organizing reference files to support fact-checking, tagging, and medical-legal-regulatory and accreditation review processes.
• Join calls with pharmaceutical clients and healthcare professional faculty as needed, contributing to discussions under the direction of project leads.
• Help with project planning, scoping, estimates, progress tracking, and reporting for content development work.
• Coordinate with internal teams on project communications, status updates, and related materials such as invitations, online surveys, and event guides.
• Support virtual and in-person programs through setup, note-taking, faculty support, and client service assistance when required.
• Look for ways to improve quality, efficiency, workflows, and overall day-to-day processes.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a graduate-level background in life sciences, health sciences, or a closely related discipline, along with 1 to 3 years of medical writing experience. Experience in biopharmaceutical, disease-treatment, healthcare, pharmaceutical, agency, clinical, or marketing settings is preferred, and oncology experience is considered an advantage.

You should be able to critically assess medical literature and apply evidence-based medicine principles, including knowledge of clinical trial design, eligibility criteria, endpoint selection, and data interpretation. Experience reviewing therapeutic-area resources such as treatment guidelines, disease-management references, and care-path documentation is also important.

This role requires the ability to create scientifically robust content while keeping the writing concise, coherent, and relevant to the target audience. You should also be comfortable working with regulatory, medical-legal, accreditation, and external-review guidance, including PAAB standards and pharmaceutical company MLR requirements.

Excellent professional English is essential, including strong grammar, vocabulary, and the ability to communicate in a polished tone both in writing and speaking. Comfort in virtual and in-person interactions with colleagues, clients, healthcare professionals, and vendors is also expected.

We are looking for someone who is inquisitive, practical, and open to feedback, with the confidence to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and stay up to date with evolving industry practices. Strong organization, time tracking, and deadline management skills are also important, especially when discussing project costs and related requirements.

Technical Skills

The role calls for advanced use of Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint. Familiarity with AMA citation style is needed, and experience with reference tools such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote is helpful. Prior use of time-tracking tools is expected, and Blue Memento experience is a plus. French written and spoken ability is an added advantage.

Application Instructions

Interested candidates should send a resume and a short cover letter describing relevant medical writing experience. Phone inquiries and solicitations are not welcome. All applications will be reviewed, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.