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Reporting to the Editorial Lead (MedComms), the Principal Medical Writer/Scientific Account Lead is responsible for leading the scientific and editorial delivery for assigned accounts, ensuring the delivery of the highest quality strategic MedComms solutions. Through a deep understanding of the market, therapy area and client, the Principal Medical Writer/Scientific Account Lead will drive MedComms business growth.Key responsibilities of this position include:- Maintain a deep scientific understanding of clients' and competitor’s brand portfolios in order to proactively provide tailored and insightful consultancy on strategic MedComms solutions. - Use scientific knowledge to create and edit high quality content to meet client objectives whilst adhering to compliance and editorial quality standards. - Provide leadership to key account team(s) to assure scientific accuracy, strategic alignment with the relevant client communications programs, and high-quality output that helps to build the scientific foundation for client brands. - Maintain knowledge of, and relationships with, key opinion leaders in key therapeutic areas in order to provide guidance and recommendations to clients. - Lead and facilitate discussions amongst key opinion leaders during briefings, speaker reviews, ad boards and manuscript development, to ensure the successful delivery of events and other medical communications projects. - Lead the delivery of the scientific and editorial components of onsite events. - Cultivate strong relationships with client’s commercial and medical contacts through credibility demonstrated by medical communication knowledge and interpersonal consultancy skills. - Proactively seek new business opportunities. - Lead client meetings/teleconferences for project kick-off and delivery and strategic planning. - In collaboration with Client Services and Business Managers ensure continued growth of key accounts and securing of new business through industry leading pitches and proposal development. - Provide line management as relevant to Medical Writer(s), setting clear goals and expectations, career and development plans and monitoring and evaluating performance. - Provide training, coaching and mentoring of editorial and other colleagues on scientific and therapy area knowledge, compliance and editorial standards.Key requirements:- Graduate degree in the sciences (PhD, MSc, BSc); healthcare science degree a plus (MD, PharmD, BSc in nursing or allied profession). - At least 5 years of scientific/medical writing. - Previous experience in a healthcare communications agency highly desired. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Ability to distill complex scientific concepts into clear, concise messages. - Attention to detail. - Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. - Good interpersonal and team management skills.Key Behaviours- Client engagement mindset. - Internal collaboration. - Team based account servicing. - Learning agility. - Positive and energising. - Creative and innovative. - Motivating and supportive leader.