Director, Scientific/Medical Writing | Pharmacist (m/w/d)

BioNTech SE

Mainz am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Published Dec 10, 2025
Full-time
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Job Summary

This Director, Scientific/Medical Writing role in Mainz, Germany, requires an expert to lead the timely generation of high-quality scientific and regulatory documents for novel therapeutic agents, spanning from discovery through marketing approval (BLA/MAA). The successful candidate will operate with significant autonomy, handling low to high complexity writing tasks, and leading the preparation of clinical sections of regulatory dossiers. Key responsibilities include hands-on writing, editing, and formatting a wide range of documents, coordinating the review and approval process, and ensuring strict compliance with international pharmaceutical regulations and good writing practices. This position demands extensive prior strategic experience in medical writing for regulatory submissions, a strong background in drug development (preferably oncology/immunology), and the ability to act as a departmental subject matter expert, driving process optimization and managing external writers effectively. A relevant advanced life science degree (M.D., Pharm. D, or Ph.D.) is essential for this senior leadership role.

Required Skills

Education

Relevant life science university degree (ideally M.D., Pharm. D, or Ph.D.). Background knowledge in immunology and oncology is highly desirable.

Experience

  • >10 years in drug development in a therapeutically relevant field (preferably oncology and/or immunology)
  • >10 years as a scientific or medical writer in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry
  • Extensive prior strategic experience as medical writer for clinical parts of dossiers for new marketing authorizations (BLA/MAA)
  • Prior experience drafting low to high complexity regulatory documents requiring adaptation/definition of procedures
  • Prior experience drafting new or updated Clinical Trial Protocols (CTPs) and Clinical Study Reports (CSRs) for Phase I-III trials
  • Extensive prior experience interacting with regulatory authorities

Languages

Not specified

Additional

  • Ability to work hands-on with no supervision/guidance. Responsibility for managing outsourced medical writing tasks and external writers. Full-time commitment.