Associate Director, Medical Writing
- Employer
- Avidity Biosciences
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Start date
- Aug 19, 2024
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- Discipline
- Clinical, Medical Writing
- Required Education
- Bachelors Degree
- Position Type
- Full time
- Hotbed
- Biotech Beach
Job Details
Job Title:
Associate Director, Medical Writing
Location:
San Diego, CA / Hybrid / Remote
Position type:
FLSA:
Full time
Exempt
Department:
Regulatory
Strive to Bring a Profound Difference to our PatientsAt Avidity Biosciences, we are passionate about the impact of every employee in realizing our vision of improving people’s lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics. Avidity is revolutionizing the field of RNA with its proprietary AOCs, which are designed to combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the precision of oligonucleotide therapies to address targets and diseases previously unreachable with existing RNA therapies. If you are a committed, solution-oriented thinker, join us in making a difference and become part of our growing culture that is integrated, collaborative, agile and focused on the needs of patients.
Avidity Biosciences, Inc.'s mission is to profoundly improve people's lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics - Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™). Avidity is revolutionizing the field of RNA with its proprietary AOCs, which are designed to combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the precision of oligonucleotide therapies to address targets and diseases previously unreachable with existing RNA therapies. Utilizing its proprietary AOC platform, Avidity demonstrated the first-ever successful targeted delivery of RNA into muscle and is leading the field with clinical development programs for three rare muscle diseases: myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Avidity is broadening the reach of AOCs with its advancing and expanding pipeline, including programs in cardiology and immunology through internal discovery efforts and key partnerships. Avidity is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information about our AOC platform, clinical development pipeline, and people, please visit www.aviditybiosciences.com and engage with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Director, Medical Writing, within Regulatory Affairs, the Associate Director of Medical Writing will be responsible for timely and accurate medical writing deliverables, and effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams. The candidate will ideally have a background in drugs and biologics. We are seeking experienced, enthusiastic, independent medical writers with an aptitude for project management who thrive in high-functioning matrixed teams.
What You Will Contribute
- Ensure documents are planned, developed, managed, reviewed, quality checked, and approved according to mutually agreed timelines with input from all critical stakeholders in accordance with Avidity Regulatory Affairs and Development Team priorities.
- Coordinate and manage review cycles to triage, incorporate, and resolve team comments and lead discussion on document revision and finalization.
- Ensure emerging issues are escalated to critical stakeholders for resolution in a timely and collaborative fashion to maintain momentum and reduce conflict in order to achieve program goals.
- Foster an inclusive and supportive culture where transparency, delivery of results, integrity, and personal accountability are valued.
- Take the initiative to solve problems exercising sound judgment and appropriate flexibility within a dynamic environment.
- Work closely with regulatory strategy leads and regulatory operations teams.
- Ensure the quality and scope of documents is aligned with current regulatory expectations.
- Provide experience-based and innovative solutions to enhance efficiency of document development and identify appropriate opportunities and solutions to expedite high-impact documents.
- Coordinate, write, and compile clinical study reports (CSRs). Requires collaboration with cross-functional team members (e.g., biometrics, clinical operations, clinical development, regulatory) to ensure related documents such as statistical analysis plans and tables, figures, and listings, and study-specific documentation are accurate and provide all required data for a CSR.
- Assist in the development and maintenance of SOPs and writing tools such as templates and style manuals.
- Provide training on medical writing templates, QC procedures, SOPs and document-related processes.
- Provide expertise and training as needed for review tools, systems and processes (i.e., timeline software, EDMS, etc.) for efficient and transparent document development, revision and approval.
What We Seek
- Bachelor’s degree (PhD/Masters strongly preferred) in life science with 7+ years of experience in clinical research and development, regulatory affairs, or related pharma/biotech industry.
- Extensive experience and knowledge of current Medical Writing best practices.
- Ability to create clear and practical plans for documents and drive to successful completion.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully manage and execute complex projects and timelines in dynamic environment with limited supervision.
- Demonstrated understanding of content expectations for eCTD summary and overview documents applicable to INDs as well as US and EU marketing applications.
- Extensive experience with clinical protocols and clinical study reports, including assembly of full CSR appendices in accordance with ICH.
- Experience with successful global regulatory submissions including INDs, BLA/NDAs and/or MAAs meeting technical standards.
- Experience writing a wide range of clinical/regulatory documents (e.g., clinical protocols, CSRs, IBs, briefing documents, annual reports, designation applications [e.g., US and EU Orphan, FastTrack, Breakthrough, PRIME, PIPs]).
- Expertise in leading the development of critical documents within cross-functional teams, providing clear direction when needed.
- Extensive experience with clinical protocols and clinical study reports, including assembly of full CSR appendices in accordance with ICH.
- Familiarity with statistical analysis
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Excellent project management
- Excellent standard of written English, and ability to communicate fluently and effectively in English, both in writing and verbally.
- The base salary range for this role is $176,600 to $195,200. The final compensation will be commensurate with such factors as relevant experience, skillset, internal equity and market factors.
- Avidity offers competitive compensation and benefits which includes the opportunity for annual and spot bonuses, stock options and RSUs, as well as a 401(k) with an employer match. In addition, the comprehensive wellness program includes coverage for medical, dental, vision, and LTD, and four weeks of time off.
- A commitment to learning and development which includes a variety of programming internally developed by and for Avidity employees, opportunities for job-specific training offered by industry, and an education reimbursement program.
Avidity Biosciences
10578 Science Center Dr. Suite 125
San Diego, CA
92121
O: 858-401-7900
F: 858-401-7901
Company
Our vision is to profoundly improve people’s lives by revolutionizing the delivery of RNA therapeutics. We’re utilizing our proprietary AOC platform to design, engineer, and develop therapeutics that combine the tissue selectivity of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with the precision of oligonucleotide-based therapies in order to redefine RNA therapeutics and more effectively target underlying genetic drivers of diseases. We are delivering on this vision by investing in our platform, our pipeline and our people.
Our commitment to rigorous and innovative science is matched only by our passion to see patients’ lives changed. We consistently challenge ourselves to Be AVID – Agile, Visionary, Integrated and Diverse.
We are assembling a diverse team experienced in rare disease and RNA therapies. Our team members bring expertise in research, development and commercial execution. We are focused on cultivating the right team to not only grow the company, but also to reflect the communities we serve. We are dedicated to employing and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce at all levels of the organization to not only ensure that different backgrounds and perspectives are being heard and acted upon, but that our employees also feel understood, accepted and valued.
- Website
- http://www.aviditybiosciences.com/
- Phone
- 858-401-7900
- Location
-
10578 Science Center Drive
Suite 125
San Diego
California
92121
US
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