Principal Technical Writer

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At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.                

 

 

Principal Technical Writer

 

Your Responsibilities will include:

 

• Co-author or contribute to the creation and revision of medical device labeling deliverables.
• Clearly and correctly state and summarize technical information and conclusions in documents.
• Manage, organize, and communicate project information and project activities.
• Apply corporate and regulatory documentation requirements.
• Lead teams of technical writers with regard to organizing Direction for Use content for regulatory submissions.
• Participate in or lead technical communication projects.
• Create and maintain technical communication project schedules, driving milestones to completion.  
• Interface cross-functionally within the product development team to acquire source material for documents and to develop understanding of the products and processes. Make suggestions or corrections in order to make a document more clear and concise. Initiate document Change Request approvals.
• Manage the project records during development.
• Use structured writing and content management expertise to re-work Direction for Use documents resulting in more streamlined content.

 

Required qualifications:

 

• 8+ years of experience working as a technical writer within the technology field, or 5+ years with an advanced degree/related experience
• Experience creating medical device instructions for use
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience using InDesign to create medical device labeling deliverables
• 4+ years leading and mentoring technical writing teams
• 4+ years managing technical communication project schedules
• Expert knowledge of the Technical Communications landscape, including demonstrated expertise in structured writing, style guides, and content editing
• Demonstrated experience working under the guidance of standard operating procedures governing the development of medical device products
• Expertise with an XML based Content Management system consisting of XML based IFUs
• Expertise in structured authoring and content reuse strategies

 

 

Preferred qualifications and competencies:

 

• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Project
• PMP certification
• Demonstrated knowledge of the code of federal regulations governing medical device labeling
• Experience working with content management systems as related to the modular reuse of content
• Knowledge of XML plus DITA and/or DocBook
• Experience working with medical device labeling translations, including authoring content for translatability

 

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