Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Principal Med Writer

Posted Oct 15, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
Remote - India
Work arrangement
Remote
Employment
Full-time

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Role Summary

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The Principal Medical Writer develops and delivers medical and scientific documents for internal and external clients, including clinical and regulatory materials. The role also provides senior document review, guidance to team members, and support for document strategy and project operations.

What You'll Do

  • Research, write, and edit clinical study reports and study protocols, and summarize clinical study data.
  • Author complex clinical, scientific, and program-level documents, including IBs, INDs, and MAAs; review routine and complex documents.
  • Provide training and mentorship to writers and program managers on document preparation, software, document types, regulatory...
  • Ensure compliance with quality processes, develop and review best practices, and lead process improvement initiatives.
  • May act as backup program manager, including identifying out-of-scope work and supporting timelines, budgets, forecasts, contract...

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Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Provides high-quality medical and scientific writing from planning and coordination through delivery of final drafts to internal and external clients. As the lead writer, reviews documents for the team and provides training and guidance to junior team members. Provides advice on document development strategy, regulations and industry best practices. Demonstrates subject matter and therapeutic area expertise. Acts as backup program manager. Collaborates with internal and external clients, supporting and enabling effective and efficient communication that results in operational excellence.

Researches, writes, and edits clinical study reports and study protocols, and summarizes data from clinical studies.

Researches, writes, and edits clinical study reports and study protocols, and summarizes data from clinical studies.

- Serves as primary author who writes and provides input on complex clinical and scientific and program level documents, including IBs, INDs, and MAAs.

- Provides senior level review of routine and complex documents. Provides training and mentorship for other writers and program managers on document preparation, the use of software for document development, document types, regulatory requirements, and therapeutic area knowledge.

- Ensures compliance with quality processes and requirements for assigned documents. As the subject matter expert, develops and reviews best practices, methods and techniques for achieving optimal results, including various client-specific processes, and leads process improvement initiatives. May also develop, review and manage performance metrics for assigned projects.

- May serve as backup program manager. Identifies and resolves out-of-scope activities. Duties could include developing timelines, budgets, forecasts and contract modifications, and assisting business development with client presentations and proposal text review and attending bid defense meetings and capabilities presentations.

- Represents the department at project launch meetings, review meetings, and project team meetings.


Thermo Fisher Scientific

About the company

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Large Enterprise

Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global leader in serving science, providing a wide range of analytical instruments, reagents, and software solutions for healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences research. With a commitment to innovation and quality, the company enables customers to make significant advancements in scientific discovery and healthcare diagnostics. Thermo Fisher operates in more than 50 countries and employs over 80,000 people, fostering a collaborative environment aimed at enhancing global health and safety. Through its broad portfolio of brands and technologies, the company plays a vital role in accelerating life-changing research and improving patient outcomes worldwide.