Sr Medical Writer (Narratives) - Homebased (UK, Serbia, Romania, Poland, Greece, Hungary, Franc[...] Lisboa

Overview

Updated: August 1, 2025 | Location: Lisboa, Portugal | Job ID: 25003697-OTHLOC-3540-2DR

Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.

Discover what our 29, 000 employees, across 110 countries already know:

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. When we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives, we create a place where everyone belongs.

Job Responsibilities

• Mentors and leads less experienced medical writers on complex projects, as necessary.
• Acts as lead for assigned writing projects.
• Manages medical writing activities associated with individual studies, coordinating medical writing activities within and across departments with minimal supervision.
• Develops or supports a variety of documents that include, but are not limited to: clinical study protocols and amendments; clinical study reports; IND submissions and annual reports; integrated summary reports; NDA and (e)CTD submissions; investigator brochures; clinical journal manuscripts, abstracts, and client presentations.
• Identifies and proposes solutions to resolve issues and questions arising during the writing process, including escalation as appropriate.
• Reviews statistical analysis plans and table/figure/listing specifications for content, grammar, format, and consistency.
• Interacts with department heads and staff in data management, biostatistics, regulatory affairs, and medical affairs to produce writing deliverables.
• Serves as peer reviewer on internal review team providing review comments on drafts and final documents.
• Adheres to regulatory standards (ICH-E3), company SOPs, client standards, and approved templates; delivers
  - time and
  - budget.
• Performs online clinical literature searches as applicable.
• Maintains familiarity with current industry practices and regulatory guidelines affecting medical writing.
• Maintains awareness of budget specifications for assigned projects and communicates changes to medical writing leadership.
• Completes required administrative tasks within specified timeframes.
• Performs other
  - related duties as assigned. Minimal travel may be required (less than 25%).

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science with relevant writing experience or Bachelor of Arts (Social Sciences, English or Communications preferred) with relevant scientific/medical knowledge.
• Extensive knowledge of English grammar and FDA/ICH regulations and guidelines; familiarity with AMA style guide.
• Demonstrated independence with presentation, proofreading, interpersonal, and leadership skills;
  - oriented approach.
• Strong proficiency in Word, Excel, Power
  Point, email, and Internet.
• Ability to interpret and present clinical data and other complex information.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 studies across 73, 000 sites and 675, 000+ trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and
- changing environment.

Syneos Health (Nasdaq:SYNH) is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. We support a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture.

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company may assign other tasks at its discretion. ADA accommodations are available to assist applicants when appropriate.