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Principal Medical Writer, Scientific Publications - Oncology

AbbVie
Mettawa, IL, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Apr 2025

About the role

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on XFacebookInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

*Employee can work remotely anywhere in the U.S. 

 

The Principal Medical Writer is responsible for providing writing support and advanced scientific writing expertise to the teams, ensuring successful preparation of high quality documents and effective implementation of the writing process. Provides medical writing expertise for multiple compounds and/or projects within a therapeutic area. Interfaces with external groups to ensure accurate and timely completion/delivery of information and review of assigned writing projects. Serves as the scientific writing expert for the department.

Responsibilities

Serves as medical writing lead on more complex writing assignments . Works closely with in-function and cross-functional team(s) on document strategies. Implements all activities related to the preparation of writing projects

Serves as a subject matter expert within department for assigned therapeutic/product areas.

Converts relevant data and information into a form that meets writing project requirements. Explains data in manner consistent with the target audience(s) and requirements for the project. Coordinates the review, approval, and other appropriate functions involved in the production of writing . Arranges and conducts review meetings with the team. Ensures required documentation is obtained.

Responsible for effective communication among project team members and contributors to assigned project. Communicates deliverables needed, writing process, and timelines. Holds team members and contributors accountable to agreed-upon project dates. Negotiates with functional areas on project outcomes and deliverables to meet conflicting demands (time, deliverables, etc.). Must identify and resolve

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