Philips
Director Medical Writing & Clinical Development
Philips, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, 02141
Director Medical Writing & Clinical Development
The Director Medical Writing & Clinical Development is a key member of the Ultrasound Medical and Clinical Affairs team and serves as a subject matter expert, mentor, and strategic guide that integrates multiple data and evidence streams to support all aspects of Clinical Development. Your role: Leads the medical writing team in planning and delivering high-quality, compliant documents through effective resources, budget, and timeline management. Compiles and analyzes clinical and safety data to support medical device performance in alignment with EU regulatory standards. Authors and maintains clinical documentation, including Clinical Evaluation Plans and Clinical Evaluation Reports, Post-market Clinical Follow-up Plans/Reports, and Investigator Brochures, contributing to Risk Management and Post-Market Surveillance activities. Drives collaboration and knowledge-sharing across medical, clinical, and regulatory teams. Develops clinical evidence strategies for New Product Introductions. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory compliance and to define medical writing scope and clinical evidence strategy. Optimizes medical writing processes by identifying and implementing automation, standardization, and workflow efficiencies. Translates complex scientific data into clear, impactful narratives for regulatory bodies, clinicians, and stakeholders to support product development and commercialization. You're the right fit if: You've acquired a minimum of 10+ years combined experience working within FDA regulated medical device and clinical environments, with a focus on the development of clinical evidence/documents. You have detailed knowledge of medical device regulations, requirements, and standards for FDA and EU especially for medium risk devices focused on AI/software and information products. You have proven strategic/functional management experience in building and developing highly organized and capable teams. You have a demonstrated track record of learning agility and comfort in taking on/shaping complex/uncertain business problems and creating creative/pragmatic solutions. You have a passion for simplification and optimizing processes and workflows, identifying opportunities for automation and software tools that improve productivity, compliance, and reduce time to market. You have a minimum of a Master's degree in life sciences or equivalent discipline. Preferred experience: Background in Real-World Data/Analytics and healthcare quality improvement. Project management background and familiarity with agile tools, information management, or dashboarding/visualization. You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements. How we work together: We believe that we are better together than a part. For our Office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company's facilities. This is an Office role. About Philips: We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody, everywhere, has access to the quality of healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others. Learn more about our business. Discover our rich and exciting history. Learn more about our purpose. Learn more about our culture. Philips Transparency Details: The pay range for this position in Cambridge, MA and Bothell, WA is $184,800 to $295,680. The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity. In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here. Additional Information: US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future. Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Bothell, WA or Cambridge, MA. This role may require travel up to 10%. This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration. Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.
The Director Medical Writing & Clinical Development is a key member of the Ultrasound Medical and Clinical Affairs team and serves as a subject matter expert, mentor, and strategic guide that integrates multiple data and evidence streams to support all aspects of Clinical Development. Your role: Leads the medical writing team in planning and delivering high-quality, compliant documents through effective resources, budget, and timeline management. Compiles and analyzes clinical and safety data to support medical device performance in alignment with EU regulatory standards. Authors and maintains clinical documentation, including Clinical Evaluation Plans and Clinical Evaluation Reports, Post-market Clinical Follow-up Plans/Reports, and Investigator Brochures, contributing to Risk Management and Post-Market Surveillance activities. Drives collaboration and knowledge-sharing across medical, clinical, and regulatory teams. Develops clinical evidence strategies for New Product Introductions. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory compliance and to define medical writing scope and clinical evidence strategy. Optimizes medical writing processes by identifying and implementing automation, standardization, and workflow efficiencies. Translates complex scientific data into clear, impactful narratives for regulatory bodies, clinicians, and stakeholders to support product development and commercialization. You're the right fit if: You've acquired a minimum of 10+ years combined experience working within FDA regulated medical device and clinical environments, with a focus on the development of clinical evidence/documents. You have detailed knowledge of medical device regulations, requirements, and standards for FDA and EU especially for medium risk devices focused on AI/software and information products. You have proven strategic/functional management experience in building and developing highly organized and capable teams. You have a demonstrated track record of learning agility and comfort in taking on/shaping complex/uncertain business problems and creating creative/pragmatic solutions. You have a passion for simplification and optimizing processes and workflows, identifying opportunities for automation and software tools that improve productivity, compliance, and reduce time to market. You have a minimum of a Master's degree in life sciences or equivalent discipline. Preferred experience: Background in Real-World Data/Analytics and healthcare quality improvement. Project management background and familiarity with agile tools, information management, or dashboarding/visualization. You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements. How we work together: We believe that we are better together than a part. For our Office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company's facilities. This is an Office role. About Philips: We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody, everywhere, has access to the quality of healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others. Learn more about our business. Discover our rich and exciting history. Learn more about our purpose. Learn more about our culture. Philips Transparency Details: The pay range for this position in Cambridge, MA and Bothell, WA is $184,800 to $295,680. The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity. In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here. Additional Information: US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future. Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Bothell, WA or Cambridge, MA. This role may require travel up to 10%. This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration. Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.