Principal Medical Writer

Are you an experienced Principal Medical Writer, or a highly experienced Senior Medical Writer ready for your next challenge?

We’re supporting an award-winning global healthcare communications agency working with leading pharmaceutical, healthcare and MedTech brands.

This is a senior, influential role combining hands-on medical writing with scientific leadership, people development, editorial oversight and AI innovation. You’ll take the lead across key accounts, act as a trusted scientific contact for clients and help develop the capability of the wider medical writing team.

Everything you need to know about the role

You’ll lead the development of high-quality promotional HCP communications, scientific platforms, congress materials, presentations and digital content, translating complex clinical data into clear, compelling and compliant narratives.

Alongside your own writing, you’ll:

• Lead key accounts and contribute to pitches, workshops and strategic discussions
• Provide senior editorial and scientific oversight, developing the work of junior writers
• Line manage, coach and mentor Medical Writers, supporting their career development
• Use AI tools to improve research, writing, fact checking and editorial workflows, while helping the wider team adopt them appropriately
• Work closely with Account Management on scoping, resource planning and proposals
• Collaborate with Creative, Strategy, Digital and Client Services teams to deliver integrated campaigns
• Ensure work meets pharmaceutical compliance requirements and agency/client QC processes, including Veeva

Experience and qualities that make you a strong fit

We’re looking for someone with extensive medical or healthcare communications agency experience who is already operating at Principal level, or a highly experienced Senior Medical Writer ready to take on broader leadership responsibility.

You should have:

• Strong hands-on experience developing promotional HCP content
• Proven experience leading complex medical writing projects
• Experience line managing, coaching or mentoring junior writers
• Excellent editorial, critical appraisal and scientific review skills
• Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical compliance codes, MLR processes and Veeva
• Practical experience using AI tools within medical writing or research
• The confidence to work with clients and contribute to strategic discussions
• Excellent organisation, attention to detail and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced agency environment
• A collaborative, curious and proactive approach, with a genuine passion for healthcare communications and creativity

What’s on offer?

You’ll join a highly collaborative, creatively ambitious agency where Medical Writers have the opportunity to influence both the work and how the discipline continues to evolve.

• Work across major pharmaceutical, healthcare and MedTech clients
• Lead high-profile promotional and scientific communications projects
• Develop your leadership and people-management experience
• Help shape the use of AI within medical writing
• Hybrid working from modern Central London offices
• 25 days’ holiday
• Private medical healthcare, life assurance and income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity benefits
• Plus a range of health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits

Could this be the role for you?

If you’re an established Principal Medical Writer or highly experienced Senior Medical Writer looking for a role combining scientific leadership, creativity, people development and innovation, we’d love to hear from you.

To find out more or apply, please send your CV to [email protected].

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Carrot Life Sciences acts as an Employment Business and an Employment Agency on behalf of our client in recruitment for this role.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression.

If there are any arrangements or adjustments we can make to assist you at interview then please let us know and we’ll be more than happy to assist.