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Candel Therapeutics

Senior Medical Writer

Candel Therapeutics, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Base pay range $150,000.00/yr - $180,000.00/yr

Salary: $150-$180k Location: Remote (U.S.) Core hours: Eastern or Central Time

Why WorkWithUs At Candel, our people drive our success. We value diversity, collaboration, and bold thinking in a supportive, mission-driven environment. We are a high-performing team that shows up for each other and stays focused on making a difference for patients and families. Our leadership is transparent and empowering, and our culture is built on trust, flexibility, and accountability—encouraging ownership and innovation every day.

Our Science: Advancing Cancer Immunotherapies Candel is a clinical-stage biopharma company developing off-the-shelf, multimodal immunotherapies that stimulate personalized, systemic anti-tumor responses. Our platforms use genetically modified adenovirus and HSV constructs. With positive Phase 3 results for our lead candidate,it’san exciting time to join us and help bring transformative cancer treatments to patients. Learn more:www.candeltx.com

Position Summary We are seeking an experienced Senior Medical Writer tolead,plan, author, and manage high-quality clinical and regulatory documents for Candel’s oncology programs. The role focuses on authorship of BLA components, Clinical Study Reports (CSRs), and Investigator’s Brochures (IBs). This position requires hands‑on regulatory writingexpertisealigned with ICH, FDA, and EMA expectations, strong cross-functional collaboration, and disciplined project management to meet key submission timelines. This role is remote within the U.S., with preference for candidates in Eastern or Central time zones.

Responsibilities Regulatory authorship and content development

Serve asan author for BLA clinical modules, including Module 2.5 Clinical Overview, Module 2.7 Clinical Summary, and relevant Module 5 clinical study content

Author and update Clinical Study Reports,Investigator’s Brochures,and SOPs.

Contribute to protocols, protocol amendments, SAP-aligned data displays and appendices, clinical sections of briefing packages, and responses to health-authority queries

Document strategy and project management

Develop document strategies, outlines, and timelines

Manage version control and drive document review cycles to audit-ready completion

Cross-functional collaboration

Coordinate input from Clinical, Biostatistics, Regulatory, Safety, and CMC functions to ensure accuracy, consistency, andtimelydelivery

Data interpretation and narrative development

Translate complex clinical and statistical results into clear, consistent regulatory narratives aligned with labeling and submission objectives

Standards, compliance, and process improvement

Ensure compliance with ICH guidelines, FDA/EMA guidance, company SOPs, and style conventions

Contribute to template and process improvements

Submission and inspection readiness

Support inspection and submission readiness, including document quality checks, traceability to source data, and comment reconciliation

Milestone, risk, and issue management

Track milestones and risks, elevate issues proactively, and drive resolution to maintain delivery commitments

Required qualifications

7+ years’ medical writing in pharma/biotech/CRO with substantial oncology experience

Bachelor’sdegreein life science (advanced degree preferred)

Authorshipof BLA clinical modules (2.5, 2.7, relevant 5), CSRs, and IBs

Contributions to protocols/amendments, SAP-aligned tables/appendices, briefing packages, and health-authority responses

Strong knowledge of ICH/FDA/EMA; oncology trial design, endpoints, and evolving regulatory expectations

Ability to interpret clinical and statistical results and craft clear, compliant regulatory narratives

Exceptional writing, editing, and project management; effective independent and cross-functional execution in fast, deadline-driven settings

Ownership of document strategy, outlines and timelines, version control, and end-to-end review to audit-ready quality

Direct experience with submission and inspection readiness, including quality control, data traceability, and comment reconciliation

Participation in major submissions (BLA/NDA/MAA) through filing and reviewincludingassisting withresponsestoAgency queries.

Proficiencywith document and workflow systems (e.g., Veeva, eTMF, CTMS, electronic review tools)

Proven collaboration with Clinical, Biostatistics, Regulatory, Safety, and CMC; consistent milestone and risk tracking withtimelyissue resolution

Ability to work core Eastern or Central U.S. hours (remote, U.S.-based)

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and throughout employment. We are unable to provide, assume, or sponsor work visas or employment authorization for this role now or in the future.

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