Relay Therapeutics

The Medical Writing Lead is responsible for authoring routine clinical and regulatory documents and represents Medical Writing as a cross-functional team member for clinical study level activities. This role may assist other Medical Writing staff to prepare more complex documents. 

Responsibilities: 

• Authors routine clinical and regulatory documents (e.g., clinical study protocols, clinical study reports, and Investigator’s Brochures, integrated summaries, and sections of regulatory submissions) in partnership service providers and cross-functional team members 
• Supports clinical study execution through expert review of study-level documents authored by other functions (e.g., study deviations, analysis plans, data outputs) 
• Collaborates with cross-functional team to review study results 
• Contributes scientific knowledge and analytical skills to the production of documents 
• Participates in developing key messages for routine documents and conduct literature searches 
• Develops timelines for documents and communicates with team members to maintain awareness of expectations, milestones, and deliverables 
• Act as a subject matter expert for standard operating procedures applicable to Medical Writing and identifies areas for process improvement. 
• Works effectively with an electronic document management system and related tools to develop clinical documents 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline, Ph.D. (or equivalent degree) 
• Typically requires 5+ years of experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Experience producing high-quality scientific/medical documents 
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and summarize data 
• Basic understanding of drug development, clinical research, study design, biostatistics, pharmacokinetics, regulatory requirements, and medical terminology 
• Basic project management and organizational skills
• Initiative and creativity in solving routine problems for individual documents and in identifying process improvements within the Medical Writing department
• Attention to detail related to consistency, grammar, syntax, and scientific accuracy
• Basic computer skills related to word processing, templates, table/figure creation, and literature searches 

About Relay Therapeutics

Relay Therapeutics is a clinical-stage precision medicines company transforming the drug discovery process with the goal of bringing life-changing therapies to patients. Built on unparalleled insights into protein motion and how this dynamic behavior relates to protein function, we aim to effectively drug protein targets that have previously been intractable, with an initial focus on enhancing small molecule therapeutic discovery in targeted oncology. Our Dynamo platform integrates an array of leading-edge experimental and computational approaches to provide a differentiated understanding of protein structure and motion to drug these targets. We have built a world-class team of leading experts from each of these disciplines, and they are driven by a deep collaboration at every step of our drug discovery process. 

Our team is equal parts fearless and relentless, with a shared passion for working collaboratively in intellectually stimulating environments. If you’re excited by the challenge of putting protein motion at the heart of drug discovery and passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients, join us!