Work ScheduleStandard (Mon-Fri)Environmental ConditionsOfficeJob DescriptionThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is a premier company that is dedicated to enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We are a team of 100,000+ colleagues who share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement. Together, we work to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation, and support patients in need.This is a pharmacy medical writing manager role that will work within the Medical Communications team. If you have a BS in Pharmacy or PharmD with medical information writing experience specifically, plus the number of years of experience required listed below- we would love to talk with you! Must be able to start on January 6, 2025.What will you do in this role?As a Manager Med Info Ops (Medical Writing) role at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., you will lead a team of professionals in the health care sector. Your role is crucial for delivering top-notch pharmacy medical information services, maintaining flawless operations, and implementing innovative solutions. You'll work in a collaborative environment where your leadership will drive excellence and improvement.Key Responsibilities:
Effectively manage staff, including interviewing, selection, job description preparation, professional development, goal setting, performance management, coaching, mentoring, employee counseling, and separations.
Supervisor pharmacist medical writers
Direct daily operations, field questions from the team and other departments, and resolve complex problems ensuring timely review of multiple deliverables.
Serves as lead reviewer on large review projects. Collaborates with internal and external clients ensuring deliverables are met. Manages projects to deliver quality products in agreed upon timelines. Maintains knowledge and communicates current and updated guidelines and regulations to staff regarding clinical trials and document and/or other submission specifications.
Support operational excellence by monitoring performance metrics and initiating process improvements within the department.
Develop, document, and maintain business processes for document review through SOPs, WPDs, and guides.
Interact frequently with internal personnel and outside representatives to resolve operational and scheduling issues.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or a PharmD degree with previous medical writing experience in Medical Information content that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years).
Preferred 1+ year of leadership responsibility in some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
Experience example: Independently researches, writes, and edits standard medical information writing deliverables across various therapeutic areas. Independently writes more complex medical writing deliverables. Examples may include global or regional standard response documents, custom responses, and FAQs. Provides senior review of documents and training/mentoring for other writers.
Active NC pharmacy license required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Ability to delegate tasks and facilitate completion of assignments
Effective management skills, including the ability to create and modify budgets, project timelines, allocate resources, and forecast departmental workload
Demonstrated innovation in developing new ideas related to process improvements
Strong document and quality review knowledge
Proficient in Microsoft (MS) Word and MS Excel
Advanced organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills to manage several complex projects in parallel and manage rapidly changing priorities
Ability to independently assess client needs and work with project team members in producing compliant deliverables
Ability to independently learn new technologies
Advanced editorial/prooing skills
Strong leadership to a diverse staff
Ability to work on extremely complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables
Ability to exercise independent judgment in developing methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
Our 4i Values:Integrity – Innovation – Intensity – InvolvementIf you resonate with our 4i values above, and ultimately wish to accelerate the delivery of safe and effective therapeutics for some of the world’s most urgent health needs, submit your application – we’d love to hear from you!Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com (bolded) Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.Accessibility/Disability Access (bolded) Job Seekers with a Disability: Thermo Fisher Scientific offers accessibility service for job seekers requiring accommodations in the job application process. For example, this may include individuals requiring assistance because of hearing, vision, mobility, or cognitive impairments. If you are a job seeker with a disability, or assisting a person with a disability, and require accessibility assistance or an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please submit a request by telephone at 1-855-471-2255. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.This telephone line is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes, such as not being able to get into the career website, following up on an application, or other non-disability related technical issues will not receive a response.Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.