Principal Medical Writer

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the job description. Content: - Intro paragraph about CRSC department, role description. - "In This Role, The Principal Medical Writer Is recognized as a subject matter expert ..." This looks like responsibilities/duties bullet list (though it's sentences). Then list of responsibilities: recognized as SME, strong scientific contributor, applies critical thinking..., provides program oversight, demonstrates expertise..., leads initiatives..., applies in-depth knowledge..., provides mentorship..., may manage direct reports... - Then "Qualifications Required: Bachelor’s degree or higher preferably in a health, scientific, or relevant discipline (e.g., life sciences, pharmacy, medicine, public health) 5+ years of relevant medical writing or industry experience" - Then "Required Skills & Experience Experience managing complex writing projects in a deadline-driven environment and leading teams of medical writers and/or cross-functional team members Ability to critically evaluate and interpret clinical data clearly, objectively, and in accordance with regulatory requirements and industry guidelines Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, with an ability to innovate, influence, and drive change Demonstrated effective leadership across organizational levels, including conflict resolution, negotiation, navigating teams through ambiguity, and decision making Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills Technical expertise in commonly used office applications (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite) shared document systems (e.g., SharePoint) and willingness to learn and adapt to emerging technology" - Then "Preferred Skills & Experience Clinical and Regulatory Medical Writer (MW): Experience independently preparing a various set of clinical regulatory documents (e.g., protocols, clinical study reports, clinical submission documents) in accordance with regulatory requirements and industry guidelines." - Then list of skills: "Required Skills Adaptability, Clinical Studies, Clinical Trials Operations, Data Analysis, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Health Literacy, Medical Writing, Project Management, Regulatory Compliance, Stakeholder Alignment, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Strategic Thinking Preferred Skills Clinical Trials, Leadership, Regulatory Submissions, Technical Knowledge" - Then "Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE US And Puerto Rico Residents Only ..." This is boilerplate/application instructions; we should remove. - Then "Our company is committed to inclusion..." EEO boilerplate; remove. - Then "Requirements As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer..." remove. - Then "The salary range for this role is $142,400.00 - $224,100.00 This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits." - Then "You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting." Remove application instructions. - Then location-specific statements: "San Francisco Residents Only: ..." "Los Angeles Residents Only: ..." "Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully ..." Remove. - Then "Employee Status Regular Relocation: No relocation VISA Sponsorship No Travel Requirements 10% Flexible Work Arrangements Not Applicable Shift 1st - Day Valid Driving License No Hazardous Material(s) N/A Job Posting End Date 09/26/2026 A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date. Requisition ID:R418208" Remove. Thus we keep: - Intro paragraph(s) about department and role. - Responsibilities (the bullet-like sentences after "In This Role, The Principal Medical Writer Is recognized as a subject matter expert..."). - Qualifications Required (education + experience). - Required Skills & Experience (list of bullet-like sentences). - Preferred Skills & Experience (clinical regulatory doc experience). - Skills list (Required Skills and Preferred Skills) maybe combine into Skills section. - Pay (salary range). - Benefits (description of benefits). We should not repeat job title as heading. We need to use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections to include. We have content for: - About the role: intro paragraph(s) describing department and role purpose. - Responsibilities: the list of duties. - Qualifications: education + experience. - Skills: required skills & experience + preferred skills + skills list. - Pay: salary range. - Benefits: benefits description. We don't have Schedule info (no mention). So omit Schedule. We also might have Requirements section separate from Qualifications? The posting uses "Qualifications Required:" and also "Required Skills & Experience". Could treat "Requirements" as a section covering both qualifications and required skills? But we have separate Qualifications and Skills headings allowed. We'll follow typical: Qualifications (education/experience), Skills (required & preferred). Could also have a Requirements section for general requirements (maybe combine). But we have both Qualifications and Skills headings available; we can use them. Thus sections:

About the role

...

Responsibilities

• ...
...

Qualifications

...

Skills

• ...
...

(maybe split required vs preferred? Could just list all.)

Pay

...

Benefits

• ...
...

We must preserve all substantive information; not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the exact sentences? We can rephrase? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Means we should not omit details, but we can reformat. Likely we should keep the wording as is, but we can break into list items. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Now extract exact text. Intro paragraph(s): "The Clinical and Regulatory Strategic Communications (CRSC) department within Global Clinical Trial Operations (GCTO) creates and delivers high-quality regulated content in support of our development pipeline and enables data sharing for our customers. We are a strategic partner that ensures excellence and compliance with applicable laws while incorporating health literacy principles in the development of public-facing materials. The Principal Medical Writer, in partnership with a project lead, leverages strategic and scientific expertise to develop, author, edit, and lead the review of accurate, clear, and compliant clinical, regulatory, and/or public‑facing documents, across multiple programs and therapeutic areas, in support of the company portfolio." That's the intro. Now responsibilities: after "In This Role, The Principal Medical Writer Is recognized as a subject matter expert in the design, planning, authoring, editing, and review of accurate, clear, high-quality documents that reflect applicable medical writing best practices (e.g., lean writing, health literacy) and evolving regulatory requirementsIs recognized as a strong scientific contributor and collaborator on cross-functional teams and demonstrates an understanding of team and project leadership responsibilitiesApplies critical thinking, problem solving, and negotiation skills to implement innovative solutions to complex challenges across the medical writing scope of work (e.g., documents, content, processes, timelines, tools) while navigating project team dynamicsProvides program oversight by keeping project leads and/or management informed and escalates, as needed, issues that could impact timelines, quality, or complianceDemonstrates expertise in medical writing-specific tools and technology platformsLeads initiatives to improve medical writing processes and standards; may serve as a resource for this work internally and externally, as appropriateApplies in-depth knowledge of clinical development, relevant regulations, disease areas, and company products. Demonstrates a developing understanding of the pharmaceutical industry beyond clinical researchProvides scientific and operational mentorship, coaching and/or project oversight to support other medical writersMay manage direct reports including workload, professional development, and performance management" Note there are some missing spaces and duplicated "Is recognized as". We need to preserve as is? Probably we should keep the text but maybe fix obvious typos? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. It doesn't forbid correcting obvious typos? Safer to keep as given, but we could keep the text exactly as appears, including missing spaces. However that may look odd. But we must not invent or summarize away detail; correcting a missing space is not inventing detail, it's fixing formatting. Might be okay. But to be safe, we can keep the text as is, but we can add spaces where missing for readability? That could be considered altering. I'd keep as is but maybe add a space after periods where missing. The original text: "...requirementsIs recognized as a strong scientific contributor..." There's no space between requirements and Is. That's likely a typo. I'd insert a space to make it readable but not change meaning. However that is adding a character not present. Might be considered inventing? It's minor. I'd rather keep exactly as given to avoid risk. But the output will be ugly. However the instruction likely expects we clean up formatting but keep meaning. I'd add spaces where obviously missing. Let's reconstruct responsibilities as separate bullet points: - Is recognized as a subject matter expert in the design, planning, authoring, editing, and review of accurate, clear, high-quality documents that reflect applicable medical writing best practices (e.g., lean writing, health literacy) and evolving regulatory requirements - Is recognized as a strong scientific contributor and collaborator on cross-functional teams and demonstrates an understanding of team and project leadership responsibilities - Applies critical thinking, problem solving, and negotiation skills to implement innovative solutions to complex challenges across the medical writing scope of work (e.g., documents, content, processes, timelines, tools) while navigating project team dynamics - Provides program oversight by keeping project leads and/or management informed and escalates, as needed, issues that could impact timelines, quality, or compliance - Demonstrates expertise in medical writing-specific tools and technology platforms - Leads initiatives to improve medical writing processes and standards; may serve as a resource for this work internally and externally, as appropriate - Applies in-depth knowledge of clinical development, relevant regulations, disease areas, and company products. Demonstrates a developing understanding of the pharmaceutical industry beyond clinical research - Provides scientific and operational mentorship, coaching and/or project oversight to support other medical writers - May manage direct reports including workload, professional development, and performance management Now Qualifications Required: "Bachelor’s degree or higher preferably in a health, scientific, or relevant discipline (e.g., life sciences, pharmacy, medicine, public health) 5+ years of relevant medical writing or industry experience" We can keep as a paragraph. Required Skills & Experience: list of sentences: "Experience managing complex writing projects in a deadline-driven environment and leading teams of medical writers and/or cross-functional team members" "Ability to critically evaluate and interpret clinical data clearly, objectively, and in accordance with regulatory requirements and industry guidelines" "Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, with an ability to innovate, influence, and drive change" "Demonstrated effective leadership across organizational levels, including conflict resolution, negotiation, navigating teams through ambiguity, and decision making" "Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills" "Technical expertise in commonly used office applications (e.g.,