FSP Functional Lead – Medical Writing

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🦀 Maryland – Remote

🦀 Maryland – Remote

💵 $245k - $260k / year

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1956

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Healthcare • Logistics • Manufacturing

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Their mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by supporting life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing laboratory productivity, and improving patient health through diagnostics and the development of life-changing therapies. With a global team, they offer innovative technologies and pharmaceutical services through brands such as Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD.

📋 Description

• Provide global strategic direction, creative solutions, medical writing expertise, and oversight for the Medical Writing FSP portfolio • Provide program-level and strategic oversight to one or more Medical Writing groups • Develop and communicate strategic direction, departmental goals, and priorities • Recruit, engage, manage, train, mentor, and motivate staff • Develop organizational structure and lead changes to departmental remit, processes, and operations • Develop and manage the departmental budget • Promote and advocate for Medical Writing business needs • Build relationships with PPD departments and identify cross-functional collaboration opportunities • Develop business opportunities involving new Medical Writing projects • Partner with business development and senior management to secure new business through client presentations, contract negotiations, proposal texts, and budgets • Resolve or escalate serious project issues and risks to senior management • Prepare reports regarding significant project issues • Manage complex client issues and maintain the visibility and reputation of the Medical Writing group within PPD

🎯 Requirements

• Previous experience comparable to 15+ years, or equivalent and relevant combination of education, training, and experience • 7+ years of management responsibility • Advanced leadership skills • Strong people-management skills, including performance management, training, mentoring, directing, and motivating staff • Extensive business knowledge and comprehensive understanding of organizational and functional areas • Excellent project management skills, including organizing, planning, budgeting, timeline development, resource allocation, and workload forecasting • Excellent knowledge of global/regional medical writing and regulatory requirements for clinical trials, marketing authorization, and late-phase procedures • Experience across the product development lifecycle • Ability to contribute to and drive strategic planning • Effective communication, logic, and influence • Innovation and leadership in developing Medical Writing ideas and process improvements • Ability to build teams, maintain collaborative relationships, initiate cross-functional mentoring, anticipate resistance, influence without authority, and provide senior-level presence • Ability to communicate, negotiate, engage, and support potential clients and corporate leaders • Strong presentation skills • Excellent interpersonal, problem-solving, judgment, and decision-making skills • Self-motivated and adaptable

🏖️ Benefits

• Variable annual bonus eligibility based on company, team, and/or individual performance • Choice of national medical and dental plans • National vision plan • Health incentive programs • Employee assistance and family support programs • Commuter benefits • Tuition reimbursement • At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO) • 10 paid holidays annually • Paid parental leave: 3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave • Accident and life insurance • Short- and long-term disability • Competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan • Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount • Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities