Senior Medical Writer

Spyre Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that aims to create next-generation inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other immune-mediated disease products by combining best-in-class antibody engineering, dose optimization, and rational therapeutic combinations. Spyre's pipeline includes investigational extended half-life antibodies targeting α4β7, TL1A, and IL-23.

Role Summary:

As Senior Medical Writer, you will author and make key contributions to clinical and regulatory documents within our organization. You will be responsible for developing high-quality documents that support our clinical studies, including clinical study protocols, their amendments, clinical study reports (CSRs), investigator’s brochures (IBs), and annual reports, such as development safety update reports (DSURs). As needed, you will support other documents, such as clinical and nonclinical summary documents, reviewing ICFs, briefing documents, and responses to regulatory agencies. 
 
You will collaborate with cross-functional subject matter experts (SMEs) to meet aggressive timelines. You will project manage high-quality documents from start to finish, develop strong relationships, and be an advocate for best practices in Medical Writing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Author clinical study protocols, amendments, IBs, and other supporting documents
  • Review or develop document timelines in collaboration with our team and our CROs. Ensure that study documents will be authored, reviewed, and finalized in time for regulatory submission(s) and study execution.  
  • Co-author protocols and IBs with cross-functional SMEs. Ensure required elements are clearly described and documents comply with ethical and regulatory standards. Manage review cycles (including collaboration with stakeholders to address comments).
  • Coordinate the finalization and publication of documents.
  • Review or contribute to supporting study documents, including (but not limited to) informed consent forms, study charters, or pharmacy manuals, if required. 
• Author CSRs, clinical and nonclinical data summaries for INDs, CTAs, BLAs, and MAAs 
  • Work closely with clinical development, clinical pharmacology, translational science, data management, and/or biometrics SMEs, as well as the regulatory affairs and medical writing teams, to plan for the data that we expect to report in our CSRs. Co-author robust CSR shells in preparation for database lock(s).  
  • Co-author CSRs with accurate and concise interpretations of the results. Manage review cycles. 
  • Prepare clinical and nonclinical summaries for submission to regulatory agencies. Ensure key messages are clear and consistent across and within documents. 
  • Coordinate data integrity reviews of CSRs and data summaries, ensuring that the data and interpretations are consistent with TLFs and raw data. 
  • Assist with responses to information requests from regulators in a professional and efficient manner. 
• Identify risks and contribute to risk mitigation or contingency planning for submission activities. 
• Contribute to the maintenance of document templates, job aids, and training materials.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement. 
• Advocate across cross-functional teams to implement industry best practices such as lean authoring and strategic review.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Ideal Candidate:

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline, preferably in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biology, or related field. Advanced degree (MS, PhD, MD, PharmD) is a plus. 
• A minimum of 4+ years of regulatory medical writing experience within the biotech/pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven track record of successfully leading development of clinical study protocols, their amendments, study reports, investigator’s brochures, and other key clinical and regulatory submission documents. 
• Experience managing nonclinical summary documents.
• Strong knowledge of global pharmaceutical regulations and guidelines, including FDA, EMA, and ICH requirements.  
• Knowledge of drug-drug and biologic-biologic combination products as well as the design of clinical studies for such products is a plus. 
• Excellent leadership, collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skills. 
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities. 
• Ability to meet deadlines and adapt to changing priorities. 
• Proficiency in word processing software and document management systems.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where you help shape the culture of our young company, contribute broadly to advance meaningful medicines, and learn quickly.
• Market compet