Director, Global Medical Writing

· Medical Writing lead for one or more clinical programs, leading the planning, development, and implementation of content strategy for clinical and regulatory documents o Represent Medical Writing on cross-functional clinical, regulatory, and submission teams and actively participate in NDA/MAA/IND submission planning and documentation o Author and manage the preparation of clinical documents and other assigned tasks within established timelines with the highest quality in terms of scientific content, organization, clarity, accuracy, format, consistency, and adherence to regulatory and internal guidelines, styles, and processes o Drive document strategies and messages in a collaborative way with relevant project team subject matter experts

· Maintain cutting edge knowledge base of current developments in field and related technologies.

· Incorporate process improvements and changes that align with R&D needs

· Excellent written communication skills, detailed-oriented, self-directed and with the ability to be flexible and manage workload of multiple concurrent projects to meet project timelines

· Plan and coordinate work with in-house Medical Writer team and outside CROs

· Strong team player and a change agent who further reinforces/enhances Deciphera’s cultural values

· Experienced and skilled in performing medical literature searches

· Participate in company-wide initiatives such as leading protocol template working groups or IB standardization across programs.

· Perform reviews of medical writing deliverables, as well as reviews of statistical analysis plans, tables, figures, and listings, as needed

· Manage and mentor 1–2 direct reports, with future oversight of writing across a therapeutic area

· Advanced degree (MS or Ph.D.) in a relevant scientific field. Ph.D. degree is preferred

· Minimum of 8-10 years medical writing experience

· Expert knowledge of and experience in preparing high quality clinical and regulatory documents

· Knowledge of clinical trial disclosure

· Experience in authoring regulatory and clinical documents for global submissions, including strong submission experience across ICH regions (NDA, NDS, MAA, IND) with active contribution in the planning and preparation of summary documents

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail related to consistency, grammar, syntax, and accuracy

· Strong organizational/prioritization skills for the management of multiple concurrent documents

· Demonstrated proficiency with eCTD Starting Point templates, Smart Sheet, databases, presentation software (MS Office skills such as Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint), Veeva Vault, and Please Review

· Oncology, immunology, and/or neurology experience is highly preferred

Deciphera believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package to all employees. Our base salary is just one component of Deciphera’s competitive total rewards strategy that also includes annual performance bonus, a long-term incentive plan, full range of benefits and other incentive compensation plans (if applicable)