
Contractor - Director, GDS&PV Medical Writer
Plainsboro, NJ · HybridContract$120/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
See where you stand before you apply. No sign-up to start.
You apply on the posting's application page, with no Olive account needed.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near Plainsboro, NJ, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive focuses on jobs in the United States, including remote roles you can work from there.
Job overview
The Director, GDS&PV Medical Writer supports global drug safety and pharmacovigilance activities, leading aggregate safety reporting strategy and authoring complex regulatory safety documents. The role integrates safety evidence from clinical trials and post-marketing sources, manages timelines and stakeholder reviews, and provides scientific leadership across programs. It requires extensive pharmacovigilance and clinical safety expertise, with oncology development and submission experience preferred.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Job Title: Contractor - Director, GDS&PV Medical Writer
Location: Plainsboro, NJ
Type: Contract
Work Model: Hybrid
Pay Rate: $120 an hour W2
Responsibilities
-
Support Global Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance activities.
-
Lead the planning, project management, and authoring of Aggregate Safety Reports (ASRs), including DSURs, PSURs/PBRERs.
-
Author Risk Management Plans, signal evaluations, benefit-risk assessments, health authority responses, and other regulatory safety documents.
-
Independently author complex pharmacovigilance deliverables, interpret safety data, and drive cross-functional reviews through submission readiness.
-
Lead aggregate safety reporting strategy.
-
Integrate and evaluate safety evidence from clinical trials and post-marketing sources.
-
Author regulatory documents and manage timelines and stakeholder reviews.
-
Develop SOPs and templates.
-
Serve as the medical writing lead on cross-functional development teams.
-
Independently own complex deliverables and provide scientific leadership across multiple programs.
Requirements
-
Substantial experience independently authoring complex pharmacovigilance deliverables.
-
MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent advanced scientific degree.
-
Minimum of 10 years of pharmaceutical or biotech medical writing experience.
-
Extensive expertise in pharmacovigilance and clinical safety.
-
Demonstrated leadership of global regulatory submissions.
-
Strong understanding of CTD safety content and health authority expectations.
-
Proven success collaborating with Safety, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Development, and Biostatistics teams.
-
Oncology development and submission experience is strongly preferred.
-
Direct ownership of DSURs, PSURs/PBRERs, and RMPs (not solely CSR or protocol writing experience).
System One, and its subsidiaries including Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
#LI-
Ref: #558-Scientific
System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
How this job compares
Set against the 993 open Regulatory Affairs jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$120/hr
- US median$28–40/hr46 hourly ranges
This rate, $120/hr, is 264% above the US median midpoint ($33/hr) — in the top quarter of Regulatory Affairs hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 101 open Regulatory Affairs jobs in New Jersey and 993 across the US. 17% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Jersey
- AbbVie9 open
- Merck9 open
- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)7 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Regulatory Affairs postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (883 postings).
- Education
- 596 of the 993 open Regulatory Affairs jobs (60%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 14, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
Prepare for this role
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.
