Overview
Principal Medical Writer Jobs in Ontario, Canada at Reverba Global
Title: Principal Medical Writer
Company: Reverba Global
Location: Ontario, Canada
Turn Complex Science Into Clear, Compelling Medical Communications
Are you an experienced medical communications professional who loves translating complex science into meaningful, accurate, and engaging content? Do you thrive at the intersection of scientific strategy, storytelling, and client partnership? Reverba Global is looking for a Principal Medical Writer to join our Scientific Partners team and help shape high-quality medical communications that make an impact.
Note: This is a fixed-term opportunity anticipated to last up to 13 months.
As a Principal Medical Writer, you will serve as a senior scientific lead across a range of therapeutic areas, audiences, and communication channels. You will bring scientific rigor, strategic thinking, and strong writing craft to publications, medical affairs materials, scientific communication tools, training content, virtual event materials, and other client deliverables. This role is ideal for someone who is self-directed, highly organized, receptive to feedback, and energized by collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams.
What You’ll Do
In this role, you will:
- Lead the development of scientifically accurate, strategically aligned, and compelling medical content across multiple formats and audiences.
- Translate complex scientific and clinical information into clear narratives, visuals, presentations, and communication tools.
- Serve as a trusted scientific partner to clients, contributing to strategic planning discussions and offering proactive recommendations.
- Manage assigned projects and deliverables independently, including timelines, priorities, internal review processes, and client expectations.
- Apply therapeutic area knowledge to ensure content is accurate, relevant, and aligned with client objectives.
- Review materials for scientific accuracy, consistency, compliance, style, and quality.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional colleagues to deliver thoughtful, cohesive, and high-quality work.
- Participate in brainstorming sessions to identify creative and effective approaches to scientific storytelling.
- Mentor and guide junior writers, helping them strengthen their medical writing skills, client awareness, and ability to navigate feedback.
- Contribute scientific insight to proposals, pitches, and thought-leadership initiatives.
What We’re Looking For
We are looking for someone who brings curiosity, scientific depth, strong communication skills, and professional maturity. The ideal candidate will have:
- A strong interest in science, medicine, and medical communications, with a genuine desire to make complex information clear and useful.
- Prior experience in medical communications, with the ability to create content for scientific, clinical, medical affairs, or related audiences.
- An advanced degree, such as a Master’s, PhD, PharmD, MD, MSc, or equivalent, in a health, medical, or life sciences discipline.
- Strong self-direction and time management skills, including the ability to manage workload independently after training, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines without constant oversight.
- Openness to constructive feedback, with the resilience, flexibility, and growth mindset needed to revise and strengthen deliverables based on client and team input.
- Excellent writing, editing, critical thinking, and scientific storytelling skills.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to synthesize complex data into accurate, engaging narratives and visuals.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint and Word; Excel proficiency is helpful.
- The ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, client-focused environment while maintaining quality and professionalism.
- A positive, solutions-oriented approach and alignment with Reverba Global’s mission, vision, and values.
Why Join Reverba Global?
At Reverba Global, you will join a team that values scientific excellence, collaboration, creativity, and inclusive communication. You will have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects across therapeutic areas, partner with experienced colleagues and clients, and contribute to medical communications that support better understanding of science and healthcare.
We offer:
- A collaborative environment where diverse perspectives are welcomed and respected.
- Opportunities to lead complex scientific work and contribute to strategic client conversations.
- Meaningful mentorship opportunities, both as a mentor and as a continued learner.
- Exposure to a wide range of therapeutic areas, communication formats, and client challenges.
- The chance to grow your scientific leadership while helping others develop their craft.
Compensation noted on this post is in CAD currency. Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Reverba committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic characteristics, marital or family status, veteran or military status, or any other status protected by applicable local laws.
We believe diverse perspectives strengthen our ability to deliver meaningful impact across healthcare and life sciences, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Ready to Bring Science to Life?
If you are a skilled medical communications professional with advanced scientific training, strong writing expertise, and a passion for turning complex science into clear, strategic content, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today to join Reverba Global.
