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Senior Medical Writer roles qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations under the life sciences and communications fields, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline. Employers in pharma, biotech, CROs, and medical communications agencies regularly sponsor H-1B visas for this title, with cap-subject filings due each April for an October 1 start.
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Job description
We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine! We are proud to offer you 12 paid holidays annually. For an overview of our benefits and time off, please follow this link to learn more: US Stryker employee benefits. Stryker is hiring a Senior Staff Medical Writer for our Neurovascular Division. This is a remote position within the United States.
As the Senior Staff Medical Writer, you will lead the development of clinical evidence strategies and scientific documentation that support regulatory submissions, market access initiatives, and product lifecycle decisions. This position partners closely with Regulatory Affairs, Research and Development, Clinical, Marketing, and Quality teams to ensure clinical evidence is effectively evaluated, communicated, and applied throughout the product lifecycle.
What You Will Do
- Lead the development and execution of clinical evidence strategies for new product development and lifecycle management activities.
- Manage clinical evaluation projects, ensuring alignment between clinical evidence, regulatory strategy, product claims, and commercialization objectives.
- Author and maintain clinical evaluations, post-market clinical follow-up documentation, regulatory submissions, annual reports, and other clinical documentation.
- Design and execute systematic literature reviews, evaluate published evidence, and synthesize clinical, preclinical, and post-market data into scientifically supported conclusions.
- Assess benefit-risk profiles of medical devices and develop evidence-based recommendations in accordance with global regulatory requirements.
- Partner with regulatory authorities and internal stakeholders to address clinical evidence requirements and support regulatory submissions.
- Develop scientific communications, including manuscripts, conference abstracts, presentations, white papers, and customer-facing evidence materials.
- Mentor team members, lead cross-functional review processes, and identify opportunities to improve clinical evaluation methodologies, documentation practices, and team efficiency.
What You Need
Required
- Master of Science degree in a health, clinical, biological science, biomedical, engineering, or related scientific field.
- Minimum 6 years of experience in clinical affairs, regulatory affairs, quality, medical writing, clinical evaluation, post-market surveillance, or related field.
- Minimum 2 years of experience authoring clinical evaluations for medical devices.
- Experience conducting literature reviews, evidence synthesis, and scientific analysis using clinical and/or technical data.
- Experience supporting regulatory submissions and product lifecycle activities within a regulated healthcare industry.
Preferred
- Doctoral degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, or equivalent) in a health or science-related discipline.
- Experience supporting global medical device regulatory requirements, including clinical evaluation, post-market clinical follow up, and market access activities.
- Experience applying global regulatory requirements, including ISO, FDA, and international regulations.
- Experience managing complex cross-functional projects within the medical device industry.
Posted Date: 11/04/2026
This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.
United States of America Pay Ranges:
- USN: $110,100 - $183,400 USD Annual
- US5: $115,600 - $192,600 USD Annual
- US10: $121,100 - $201,700 USD Annual
- US15: $126,600 - $210,900 USD Annual
- US20: $132,100 - $220,100 USD Annual
- US30: $143,100 - $238,400 USD Annual
View the U.S. work location and transparency guide to find the pay range for your location.
Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.
Why join Stryker?
Looking for a place that values your unique talents? Discover Stryker's award-winning culture.
We are proud to offer you our total rewards package which includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.
Job description
We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine! We are proud to offer you 12 paid holidays annually. For an overview of our benefits and time off, please follow this link to learn more: US Stryker employee benefits. Stryker is hiring a Senior Staff Medical Writer for our Neurovascular Division. This is a remote position within the United States.
As the Senior Staff Medical Writer, you will lead the development of clinical evidence strategies and scientific documentation that support regulatory submissions, market access initiatives, and product lifecycle decisions. This position partners closely with Regulatory Affairs, Research and Development, Clinical, Marketing, and Quality teams to ensure clinical evidence is effectively evaluated, communicated, and applied throughout the product lifecycle.
What You Will Do
- Lead the development and execution of clinical evidence strategies for new product development and lifecycle management activities.
- Manage clinical evaluation projects, ensuring alignment between clinical evidence, regulatory strategy, product claims, and commercialization objectives.
- Author and maintain clinical evaluations, post-market clinical follow-up documentation, regulatory submissions, annual reports, and other clinical documentation.
- Design and execute systematic literature reviews, evaluate published evidence, and synthesize clinical, preclinical, and post-market data into scientifically supported conclusions.
- Assess benefit-risk profiles of medical devices and develop evidence-based recommendations in accordance with global regulatory requirements.
- Partner with regulatory authorities and internal stakeholders to address clinical evidence requirements and support regulatory submissions.
- Develop scientific communications, including manuscripts, conference abstracts, presentations, white papers, and customer-facing evidence materials.
- Mentor team members, lead cross-functional review processes, and identify opportunities to improve clinical evaluation methodologies, documentation practices, and team efficiency.
What You Need
Required
- Master of Science degree in a health, clinical, biological science, biomedical, engineering, or related scientific field.
- Minimum 6 years of experience in clinical affairs, regulatory affairs, quality, medical writing, clinical evaluation, post-market surveillance, or related field.
- Minimum 2 years of experience authoring clinical evaluations for medical devices.
- Experience conducting literature reviews, evidence synthesis, and scientific analysis using clinical and/or technical data.
- Experience supporting regulatory submissions and product lifecycle activities within a regulated healthcare industry.
Preferred
- Doctoral degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, or equivalent) in a health or science-related discipline.
- Experience supporting global medical device regulatory requirements, including clinical evaluation, post-market clinical follow up, and market access activities.
- Experience applying global regulatory requirements, including ISO, FDA, and international regulations.
- Experience managing complex cross-functional projects within the medical device industry.
Posted Date: 11/04/2026
This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.
United States of America Pay Ranges:
- USN: $110,100 - $183,400 USD Annual
- US5: $115,600 - $192,600 USD Annual
- US10: $121,100 - $201,700 USD Annual
- US15: $126,600 - $210,900 USD Annual
- US20: $132,100 - $220,100 USD Annual
- US30: $143,100 - $238,400 USD Annual
View the U.S. work location and transparency guide to find the pay range for your location.
Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Senior Medical Writer
Align your degree to the role
USCIS requires your degree field to directly relate to medical writing. A degree in pharmacy, biology, biochemistry, or scientific communications strengthens your specialty occupation argument. A general English or communications degree alone may trigger an RFE.
Target CROs and medical communications agencies
Contract research organizations and med comms agencies file H-1B petitions routinely for writers producing regulatory documents, clinical study reports, and manuscripts. These employers have established sponsorship workflows, reducing your onboarding friction compared to first-time sponsors.
Search verified H-1B sponsors on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Senior Medical Writer openings by employers with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history in your SOC code. This cuts out roles where sponsorship is speculative and surfaces companies that have sponsored writers before.
Check prevailing wage before salary negotiations
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your location and job level. Run the OFLC Wage Search using SOC code 27-3042 before accepting an offer so you know the floor your employer must meet.
Confirm regulatory writing counts as your core duty
USCIS scrutinizes whether the role genuinely requires a specialized degree rather than general writing ability. Roles centered on IND, NDA, or BLA submissions, clinical protocols, or ICH-compliant documents carry stronger specialty occupation support than general content or marketing writing.
Request premium processing if your start date is fixed
If your employer needs you in a specific trial phase or submission window, ask them to file Form I-907 for premium processing. USCIS adjudicates premium H-1B petitions within 15 business days, giving both sides certainty before a hard project deadline.
H-1B Visa Senior Medical Writer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior Medical Writer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. USCIS treats Senior Medical Writer as a specialty occupation when the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a field directly related to the work, such as pharmacy, biochemistry, life sciences, or scientific communications. Roles focused on regulatory submissions, clinical study reports, or labeling documents have the strongest case because the subject matter demands specialized scientific training, not general writing skill.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Senior Medical Writers?
Pharmaceutical companies, biotechs, contract research organizations, and dedicated medical communications agencies are the most consistent H-1B sponsors for this title. These organizations file LCAs regularly for writers working on regulatory documents, manuscripts, and clinical trial materials. You can find employers with verified H-1B filing history in this occupation on Migrate Mate, so you're applying to roles where sponsorship is already established rather than negotiating it from scratch.
Can my employer sponsor my H-1B if they have no prior sponsorship experience?
Yes, but the process takes more preparation on their end. A first-time sponsor must register with E-Verify, file the LCA with DOL for certification, and then submit the H-1B petition to USCIS. Many pharma and biotech companies have HR or legal teams experienced with this process, but smaller medical communications agencies may need outside immigration counsel, which can affect your offer timeline.
What happens to my H-1B status if my employer changes the scope of my medical writing role?
A material change in job duties, work location, or employment terms may require an amended H-1B petition before the change takes effect. If your role shifts from regulatory writing to a broader communications or marketing function, USCIS could view it as a different position. Your employer should file an amendment and a new LCA if duties, title, or work site change substantially, rather than waiting until renewal.
How does the H-1B cap lottery affect my job search timeline as a Senior Medical Writer?
Cap-subject H-1B petitions are filed in April for an October 1 start, so you need a job offer and completed registration by late March. If you're on OPT or another status, timing your job search to land an offer by February or early March gives your employer enough runway. Cap-exempt employers, such as nonprofit research institutions or certain hospitals, can file year-round, which removes the lottery constraint entirely.