Calico
Associate Director, Medical Writing
South San Francisco, CA · Director
Sponsorship not specified$230k-$240kDetected 16 days ago
Project ManagementProcess ImprovementVendor ManagementClinical TrialsClinical ResearchFDA RegulatoryResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMicrosoft OfficeSharePoint
About the role
- This role will function as a strong project manager and technical leader with demonstrated scientific and stakeholder-focused leadership skills.
- Actual pay will be based on a number of factors including experience and qualifications.
- This position is also eligible for two annual cash bonuses.
Responsibilities
- Document Leadership and Authoring:
- Vendor Management: Provides guidance to external writers on prioritization, content and timeline development, and process management to support clinical development and regulatory activities
- Prior writing experience in Clinical Study Protocols, Clinical Study Reports, DSUR, Investigator's Brochures, IND clinical summaries/overviews, CTD clinical summaries, and partnering with external investigators to support Investigator Initiated Study Trials
- Expert ability of Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, collaborative review management systems (e.g. SharePoint) and documents management (e.g. Veeva RIM)
- Provides guidance to external writers on prioritization, content and timeline development, and process management to support clinical development and regulatory activities
Requirements
- Experience in resource planning and management experience of contractors
- Ability to "roll up sleeves" in a start-up environment and a positive can-do attitude
Nice to have
- PharmD or PhD preferred
- Master's degree in a life science discipline from an accredited college or university
Compensation
- The estimated base salary range for this role is $230,000 - $240,000.
- This position is also eligible for two annual cash bonuses.
Benefits
- Provides medical writing leadership for clinical programs
- Develops medical writing best practices (e.g. standard timelines, clinical document templates, Calico Style Guide)
- Partners with the Quality Assurance team to develop new and update existing Standard Operating Procedures for Medical Writing processes and all clinical documents to ensure compliance with ICH requirements
- Minimum of 8+ years of scientific or medical writing experience at a biotech/ pharmaceutical company or clinical research organization setting
- Expert knowledge of standard clinical regulatory document types and associated regulatory requirements (e.g. ICH guidance, FDA, EMA, Health Canada, Asia-Pacific regulations, etc.)
Company info
- Calico (Calico Life Sciences LLC) is an Alphabet-founded research and development company whose mission is to harness advanced technologies and model systems to increase our understanding of the biology that controls human aging. Calico will use that knowledge to devise interventions that enable people to lead longer and healthier lives. Calico's highly innovative technology labs, its commitment to curiosity-driven discovery science and, with academic and industry partners, its vibrant drug-development pipeline, together create an inspiring and exciting place to catalyze and enable medical breakthroughs.
- Position Description:
- Calico is seeking an Associate Director, Medical Writing to provide leadership and functional oversight for writing and leading the review/approval process of high quality clinical and regulatory documents, in compliance with applicable guidelines and regulations. The successful candidate should be able to effectively collaborate with cross-functional representatives, collaboration partners, external vendors, and stakeholders while maintaining a positive team environment. This role will function as a strong project manager and technical leader with demonstrated scientific and stakeholder-focused leadership skills.
- Calico (Calico Life Sciences LLC) is an Alphabet-founded research and development company whose mission is to harness advanced technologies and model systems to increase our understanding of the biology that controls human aging.
- Calico will use that knowledge to devise interventions that enable people to lead longer and healthier lives.
- Calico's highly innovative technology labs, its commitment to curiosity-driven discovery science and, with academic and industry partners, its vibrant drug-development pipeline, together create an inspiring and exciting place to catalyze and enable medical breakthroughs.
- Calico is seeking an Associate Director, Medical Writing to provide leadership and functional oversight for writing and leading the review/approval process of high quality clinical and regulatory documents, in compliance with applicable guidelines and regulations.
- The successful candidate should be able to effectively collaborate with cross-functional representatives, collaboration partners, external vendors, and stakeholders while maintaining a positive team environment.
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