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Principal Medical Writer

San Diego, CA, us💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$200,000🗓 2026-06-10 → 2026-07-30

Core

Lead strategy-driven authoring of key clinical and regulatory documents and submissions to ensure clarity, credibility, and consistency of clinical information for regulatory assessment and product labeling.

Role type

Principal Medical Writer (Regulatory & Clinical)

Builds

Regulatory submission packages (CSRs, CTDs, ODDs, PIPs) and prescribing information for rare disease therapies.

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals / Rare Diseases / Regulatory Affairs

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Regulatory medical writing expertise, clinical development knowledge, global regulatory environment understanding, project coordination, team leadership, strategic thinking, complex document authoring

Preferred skills

Experience with US and EMA submissions, coaching less experienced writers, managing cross-functional teams, handling multiple parallel tasks

Technologies

None explicitly stated

Responsibilities

Lead strategy-driven approach to authoring clinical components of regulatory submissions; prepare key clinical and regulatory documents; provide leadership and project coordination to cross-functional authoring teams; liaise with senior project staff to develop storyboards and plan document development; coach and develop less experienced Medical Writers; oversee and coordinate all Medical Writers including in-house consultants and CRO staff

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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