New · posted Nov 12
Dexcom · Medical Devices
Sr Medical Writer
- Remote, US
- Remote
- Full-time
- Senior & Principal
The role
The Company
Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.
We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.
Meet the team
The Clinical Medical Writing team is part of Dexcom’s Clinical organization and partners across Clinical Affairs, Biostatistics, Data Science, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Medical Affairs, and Research and Development to translate clinical evidence into clear, accurate, and submission-ready documentation. In this role, you will lead the authorship and lifecycle maintenance of clinical study reports, clinical evaluation reports, and other clinical deliverables that communicate study results and support global regulatory submissions. This is an opportunity to help shape high-quality clinical documentation for innovative continuous glucose monitoring technologies while working with cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle.
What you need
Travel Required
- 5 - 15%
Experience and Education Requirements
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and a minimum 5 - 8 years of related experience.
Remote Workplace: Your location will be a home office; you are not required to live within commuting distance of your assigned Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km). If you reside within commuting distance of a Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km) a hybrid working environment may be available. Ask about our Flex workplace option.
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Salary:
$100,700.00 - $167,900.00
What makes you successful
- You have demonstrated experience independently authoring and leading complex clinical and regulatory documents, particularly clinical study reports and clinical evaluation reports, within the medical device, biotechnology, or pharmaceutical industry.
- You understand clinical research methodology, medical-device development, Good Clinical Practice, scientific interpretation, and the relationship among protocols, statistical analysis plans, clinical data, risk-management documentation, and regulatory submissions.
- You bring strong scientific judgment and can evaluate source information, identify inconsistencies or evidence gaps, and work with subject-matter experts to reach clear, well-supported conclusions.
- You write with clarity, precision, consistency, and appropriate context and can tailor technical content for regulators, clinicians, scientists, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- You are skilled at leading cross-functional document teams, facilitating review and comment resolution, managing multiple priorities, and delivering high-quality work to established timelines in a matrixed organization.
- You have strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word and experience using EndNote, DistillerSR, Cloud PLM, Jama, Smartsheet, and Jira, or comparable reference-management, systematic-literature-review, electronic document-management, requirements-management, and project-management systems.
- You have experience with continuous glucose monitoring, diabetes, digital health, or other regulated medical-device technologies is preferred.
- You have working knowledge of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (EU MDR), MEDDEV 2.7/1 Rev. 4, ISO 14155, applicable U.S. FDA requirements and guidance, Good Clinical Practice, and global clinical evaluation and regulatory-documentation expectations.
What you'll do
Where you come in
- You will lead the planning, authoring, review, finalization, and lifecycle maintenance of clinical study reports that accurately document clinical study methods, analyses, results, conclusions, and limitations.
- You will author and maintain clinical evaluation plans (CEPs), clinical evaluation reports (CERs), post-market clinical follow-up (PMCF) plans and evaluation reports, and supporting clinical evaluation deliverables, incorporating clinical investigation data, published literature, post-market information, risk-management inputs, and product documentation, as applicable.
- You will design, document, execute, and maintain systematic and targeted literature searches, including search strategies, screening criteria, evidence tables, and traceable outputs supporting CEPs, CERs, PMCF activities, regulatory submissions, and publications.
- You will develop and update clinical study protocols, protocol amendments, clinical summaries, benefit-risk documentation, responses to FDA and other regulatory-authority questions, notified-body responses, publications, and other clinical and scientific deliverables needed for global regulatory submissions and interactions.
- You will collaborate with Clinical Science, Clinical Program Management, Biostatistics, Data Science, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Medical Affairs, and other subject-matter experts to ensure documents are scientifically accurate, internally consistent, traceable, and aligned with approved source information.
- You will interpret clinical study data, statistical outputs, tables, listings, figures, protocols, and analysis plans and translate complex information into clear, concise, and audience-appropriate scientific narratives.
- You will manage document timelines, authoring plans, review cycles, comment resolution, approvals, and version control while identifying and communicating risks to delivery.
- You will support inspection- and audit-ready documentation practices and contribute to medical writing procedures, templates, style standards, document-quality checks, and continuous process improvement.
- You will apply relevant global medical-device requirements and guidance to assigned deliverables, including Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (EU MDR), MEDDEV 2.7/1 Rev. 4, ISO 14155, applicable U.S. FDA requirements and guidance, Good Clinical Practice, and other regional regulatory expectations.
Pay and benefits
$100,700 – $167,900 a year
Employer providedWhat you’ll get
A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.
A full and comprehensive benefits program.
Growth opportunities on a global scale.
Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.
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Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at [email protected].
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at [email protected].
To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Dexcom. Only authorized staffing and recruiting agencies may use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes on specific requisitions. Dexcom does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to the Talent Acquisition team, Dexcom employees or any other company location. Dexcom is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
Job intelligence
The context around this role
Live data · November 12, 2026
Salary intelligence
How the pay compares
This role's midpoint is 4% below the US median for Clinical Evaluation & Medical Writing roles at this level.
This roleEmployer provided
Senior & Principal roles in the US14 roles publishing pay
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| This role | $100,700 | — | $167,900 |
| All US (middle half) | $125,875 | $139,500 | $168,125 |
This role: Dexcom's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Clinical Evaluation & Medical Writing roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, November 12, 2026. Nothing is estimated.
Career trajectory
Where this role sits in Clinical Evaluation & Medical Writing
The general path across 41 open Clinical Evaluation & Medical Writing roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Dexcom's own promotion track.
Skills DNA
What this role leans on
How many of the posting's 27 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.
- Documentation and SOPs13
- Clinical trial conduct7
- Collaboration and leadership7
- Regulatory submissions6
- GMP and compliance4
- Lab testing and methods2
- Investigations and CAPA1
- Quality systems and risk1
Regulatory intelligence
The rules, regulations and standards behind this role
The regulations, guidance and standards that govern Clinical Evaluation & Medical Writing work in medical devices, led by the three this posting names, each linked to the agency or standards body that publishes it.
- EUEU MDR (Regulation 2017/745)(official source, opens in a new tab)The EU Medical Device Regulation: CE marking, technical documentation, vigilanceNamed in the posting
- ISOISO 14155(official source, opens in a new tab)Good clinical practice for clinical investigations of medical devicesNamed in the posting
- ICHICH E6(R3) good clinical practice(official source, opens in a new tab)The international standard for the design, conduct and reporting of clinical trialsNamed in the posting
- EUMDCG guidance(official source, opens in a new tab)The Medical Device Coordination Group's endorsed guidance on applying the MDR and IVDR
- ISOISO 14971(official source, opens in a new tab)Application of risk management to medical devices
- FDAFDA study data standards(official source, opens in a new tab)Required data standards and technical conformance for clinical study data
- ICHICH E9 and E9(R1)(official source, opens in a new tab)Statistical principles for clinical trials and estimands
- ISOISO 19011(official source, opens in a new tab)Guidelines for auditing management systems
- FDA21 CFR Part 812(official source, opens in a new tab)Investigational device exemptions for clinical studies of devices
- FDAFDA 510(k)(official source, opens in a new tab)Premarket notification: showing substantial equivalence to a legally marketed device
- FDA21 CFR Part 814(official source, opens in a new tab)Premarket approval of class III medical devices
- FDAFDA De Novo(official source, opens in a new tab)Classification requests for novel low- to moderate-risk devices
- EUEU IVDR (Regulation 2017/746)(official source, opens in a new tab)The EU In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation
- NIH42 CFR Part 11(official source, opens in a new tab)Clinical trial registration and results reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov
- IECIEC 62366-1(official source, opens in a new tab)Application of usability engineering to medical devices
- FDAFDA human factors guidance(official source, opens in a new tab)Applying human factors and usability engineering to medical devices
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Dexcom on Regulatory Jobs
- 17
- Open roles
- 17
- Distinct roles
- 5
- Locations
By discipline
- Quality14 82%
- Regulatory2 12%
- Clinical1 6%
By level
- Senior & Principal13 76%
- Manager4 24%
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