Senior Medical Writer - Publications, Healthcare Practice

In our dedicated Healthcare Practice, we help our healthcare clients bring products, services, and propositions to life, turning complex concepts into simple and compelling messages.

As you’d expect, we’re strong on the science. But we also provide creative flare and strategic know-how, delivering programmes built on unique ideas and insights. We communicate science with passion. It’s a combination that leads to measurable and meaningful outcomes.

What sets our healthcare team apart is their enthusiasm, authenticity, and professional and personal approach. A team that you will enjoy working with.

Role Overview

As a Senior Medical Writer, you will serve as a key writer across client accounts and workstreams, creating high-quality medical communications content that meets client objectives, timelines, and budgets while contributing to broader account strategy and team development.

You will develop accurate, insightful, and compelling content across publications and other materials, bringing at least 3 years’ experience in a medical communications agency environment.

About the role

You will play a central role in delivering scientifically robust, strategically aligned content across a range of medical communications outputs. Responsibilities include:

• Leading the development of clinical abstracts, posters, and manuscripts


• Ensuring deliverables meet client objectives, timelines, and budgets


• Contributing to account strategy and team development


• Driving quality and scientific excellence across projects

This role combines scientific expertise, project ownership, effective communication, and mentoring responsibilities. You will work closely with scientific, client services, and creative colleagues to deliver impactful work and help drive business growth.

What You’ll Bring

• A degree in a life science or biomedical discipline (MSc or PhD advantageous)


• At least 3 years’ experience in a medical communications agency environment


• Proven ability to develop accurate, insightful, and compelling content across publications and other materials


• Strong scientific literacy and the ability to interpret and communicate complex data with clarity and precision


• Excellent written English, with strong attention to detail and consistency


• Competence in Microsoft Office and reference management tools (e.g., EndNote), and client project management systems (e.g., Datavision, Veeva)


• Experience leading conversations with clients and/or external experts as a medical communications expert

What we offer

• Structured support to move into Associate Principal and Principal roles, including targeted mentoring and coaching and exposure to cross-functional strategic work


• A supportive, people-focused culture that values curiosity, creativity, and scientific excellence


• Professional development opportunities within the wider AVENIR GLOBAL network, including training to strengthen scientific, strategic, and leadership skills

Important Information

Our recruitment process can consist of virtual interviews, in person interviews, and written tasks, please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements so that we can accommodate your needs during this process.

We embrace the use of AI across our business and see it as a valuable tool in our work. However, as part of our recruitment process, we ask candidates not to use AI to generate application content or complete written tasks. Submissions may be reviewed using AI detection tools to ensure we can fairly assess each candidate’s own skills and experience. AI use is encouraged once in role.

Our Benefits

As well as the basic salary, great social events and a culture of continual learning, our competitive benefits package includes:

• 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays (rising to a maximum of 30 days alongside length of service)


• Enhanced employer pension contribution


• Private Medical insurance (for you and your family)


• Income Protection insurance


• Life Assurance at 4x your salary


• Financial support and advice


• Travel insurance (for you and your family)


• An annual wellness benefit of £150


• Four-week sabbatical after every 5 years’ service.

Madano offers a range of first rate, dedicated training that enables employees to take control of their careers to become experts in their field and trusted advisors to clients.

*Some benefits are contingent on successful completion of probation period.

Equal Opportunities

Madano is committed to a policy of equal opportunities and non-discrimination. At all times we aim to recruit, develop and promote the very best people, basing judgement solely on suitability for the job.

We particularly encourage applications from those who are significantly underrepresented in our sector, such as disabled people, ethnic minorities and neurodiverse people.

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