Job Specifications
Accelerating Life-Changing Solutions to Global Healthcare Challenges is the vision that unites us through a shared sense of purpose, whatever the role.
It speaks to the significant challenges that exist within global healthcare, and how we, as one team, can help to deliver better solutions and outcomes for our partners and for patients everywhere, sooner. Your job description outlines the important role and responsibilities that you own in achieving this vision.
Importantly too is how we go about living our vision. This is defined by the Prime mission:
Through a pioneering fusion of the finest expertise in science, strategy, evidence, technology and creativity we deliver the world-class outcomes that our global partners trust to achieve their goals.
It speaks to collaboration and to everyone's responsibility to bring together the diverse expertise that exist across our team to deliver world-class outcomes.
On this foundation, we have defined four core values, these represent the shared principles that guide our behaviours every day, whatever your role:
Be Brave, Be Human, Be Passionate, Be Exceptional.
At Prime these values are integral to who we are. They are there to guide you in your role and support you on your personal journey to success. They shape our culture and support us in achieving our vision together, as one global team.
The role
As an Associate Medical Writer you will work closely with senior members of the scientific team to develop high quality medical communications materials across a range of formats, including abstracts, posters, manuscripts, slide decks, and presentations. With guidance and mentoring, the role focuses on producing scientifically accurate, well-written content that meets client objectives, internal quality standards, and industry compliance requirements. This position offers hands on exposure to medical communications writing while building strong foundations in scientific storytelling, accuracy, and editorial best practice.
Alongside writing, the Associate Medical Writer supports project delivery by managing their own tasks and deadlines, contributing to research across therapeutic areas, and incorporating review feedback effectively. The role also involves developing knowledge of disease areas, competitors, and emerging data, as well as accurately tracking time against project budgets. Ideal for someone at the early stage of their medical writing career, this position suits a detail-oriented, curious individual with strong written communication skills and an interest in developing expertise within a fast-paced medical communications agency environment.
Responsibilities
Writing
Work alongside a senior scientific l team member to draft a range of medical communication projects (e.g. abstracts, posters, manuscripts, slide kits, oral presentations) that meet Prime standards in terms of grammatical and scientific accuracy and reflect client objectives
With support from a senior scientific l team member, maintain Prime scientific and grammatical standards and ensure all projects are data and fact-checked and receive necessary internal review by senior editorial/client services team in line with internal SOPs
With support from a senior scientific team member, interpret and incorporate internal and external review comments ensuring consistency, scientific accuracy and industry compliance
Keep up-to-date with client preferences re writing styles, wording, etc. keeping core team informed of any changes
Project Management
With support from a senior scientific team member, manage own projects to ensure delivery to deadline
Ensure all relevant information is shared with both scientific and client services team members
Research Skills
Maintain (or attain) awareness of therapeutic area, competitors, new products and new indications for relevant accounts
Research complex therapy areas and filter key information
Financial Management
Record and monitor actual versus budgeted time on own projects, complete timesheets accurately and submit on time to line manager, relevant client services lead(s) and finance department each week
General Responsibilities
Maintain a good working knowledge of the computer software required, e.g. Word and PowerPoint
Keep abreast of industry self-regulation and compliance guidelines as well as client SOPs, and maintain good working practices at all times
Any other tasks or projects as reasonably requested by the company
Requirements
A life sciences degree, ideally combined with a science Masters or PhD
Strong communication skills
Good knowledge of pharmaceutical industry and processes
Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
Good working knowledge of standard computer software e.g. Microsoft Office, Adobe, Excel
Benefits
33 days annual leave
Birthday day off
5% pension contribution
Private medical health insurance
Hybrid Working
About the Company
Prime.
Accelerating life-changing solutions.
Our world needs solutions to its healthcare challenges. Especially now.
This is what drives us at Prime. We partner with the world's leading names in healthcare and technology, to deliver meaningful solutions, sooner. We are catalysts for life-changing science.
Our people are at the heart of all we do. One diverse, worldwide, highly skilled team, sharing a very real and human, passionate, brave culture. Our fusion of expertise is complete, encompassing high science, award-wi...
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