Senior Director, Head of Medical Writing
Company: CSL
Location: King of Prussia
Posted on: March 13, 2026
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Job Description:
CSL's R&D organization is accelerating innovation to deliver
greater impact for patients. With a project-led structure and a
focus on collaboration, we’re building a future-ready team that
thrives in dynamic biotech ecosystems. Joining CSL now means being
part of an agile team committed to developing therapies that make a
meaningful difference worldwide. Could you be our next Senior
Director, Head of Medical Writing? The job is in our King of
Prussia, PA Waltham, Maidenhead UK, Melbourne Australia or Zurich
Switzerland office. This is a hybrid position and is onsite three
days a week. Your role: The incumbent will be responsible for the
quality and delivery of high-quality clinical development documents
across the portfolio in collaboration with strategic CRO partners.
Responsible for overseeing the recruiting, staffing and training
development of the medical writing specialists in the group. Your
responsibilities will include: Oversight of Individuals Recruiting,
staffing, training and development of medical writing specialists
in the group, to maintain a dynamic and cutting-edge level of
scientific expertise. Ensuring delivery of high-quality clinical
development content including: Provision of medical writing
services to support the clinical development, clinical safety and
regulatory requirements of our clinical programs. Includes
forecasting, budgeting, resource planning and resource allocation
Efficient preparation and delivery of high-quality, strategically
aligned medical writing deliverables including the provision of a
consistent product messaging strategy Establishment of a messaging
strategy across a program of work, for the provision of strategic
input into documents such as submission plans, and for analyzing
proposed plans, programs, individual studies and related documents
for their ability to deliver the information required by the target
audience (i.e., regulatory authority) in a compelling fashion with
accuracy and consistency Provision of medical writing services to
support publications from CSL’s clinical programs (namely primary
and secondary publications) Development, oversight and delivery of
Quality Controls to assure high-quality documents. Development and
implementation of processes and templates to support consistent and
high-quality of all documents Develop a strategy for incorporating
technologies to enhance and improve delivery of medical writing
content (eg, AI tools) Support collaboration with CSL’s CRO
partners through participation in relevant oversight committees
Internal interfaces and collaboration: Member of the Clinical
Development Leadership Team Will be responsible for managing a team
of approximately 15 Medical Writers. Oversight of and collaboration
with partnering functions, e.g. Clinical Operations, Biometrics,
Research, GRA & Safety to assure an effective project related
delivery Participate and/or lead enterprise initiatives Maintaining
effective oversight of quality in conjunction with appropriate
Quality functions Strong partnership with CROs to enhance medical
writing needs ? External-scientific: Enhancing the reputation of
the Company through a culture of scientific integration of the
department with the Medical Writing community and other partners
through visible presence at relevant societies conferences,
membership of consortia and similar medico-scientific groups,
builds networks with experts in the field Ensures that the patient
and health-care provider voice is integrated into CSL’s development
mindset Building a culture of urgency, quality, innovation and peer
review across the clinical function: Providing medical writing
leadership throughout CSL Your skills & experience: Graduate level
degree (M.Sc, PhD, MD etc) 10 yrs of Pharma experience in clinical
development Experience across all phases of development, FIH, POC,
late-stage development and life cycle management. Strong track
record of successful medical writing leadership Experience across a
wide range of regulatory document writing e.g. protocols, CSRs,
CTDs, Briefing Documents, etc High level of self-awareness and the
awareness of personal impact Enhanced organizational awareness and
the ability to interact and influence from the team level to senior
management Succinct, concise and clear communication style
Extensive experience of leading teams and/or line managing a
group(s) About CSL Behring CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics
leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving
patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover,
develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with
conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and
metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use
three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation,
recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to
support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which
products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead
full lives. CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma
collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL,
headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and
delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100
countries. To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and
CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at
https://www.cslplasma.com/ . Our Benefits For more information on
CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL . You
Belong at CSL At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our
mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out.
By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity
and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our
patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our
stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our
company and industry into the future. To learn more about inclusion
and belonging visit
https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging Equal
Opportunity Employer CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you
are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable
accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit
https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement .
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