Senior Medical Writer Job at Candel Therapeutics, Massachusetts

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  • Candel Therapeutics
  • Massachusetts

Job Description

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

Why Work With Us 
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’s an exciting time to join us and help bring transformative cancer treatments to patients. Learn more:  

Position Summary 
We are seeking an experienced Senior Medical Writer to lead, 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 writing expertise aligned 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. 

What You’ll Do  

Regulatory authorship and content development: 
• Serve as an 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, and timely delivery 

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, escalate issues proactively, and drive resolution to maintain delivery commitments 

What You’ll Bring 

Required (must have all) 
• 7+ years’ medical writing in pharma/biotech/CRO with substantial oncology experience 
• Bachelor’s degree in life science (advanced degree preferred) 
• Authorship of 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 review including assisting with responses to Agency queries. 
• Proficiency with 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 with timely issue 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. 

Job Tags

Full time, Visa sponsorship, Work visa,

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