Medical Writing Manager Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Medical Writing Manager roles in the U.S. are regularly sponsored under the H-1B visa, which requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant scientific or medical field. Most employers treat this as a specialty occupation with a clear degree requirement, making sponsorship straightforward for qualified candidates. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Strava is the app for active people. With over 195 million athletes in more than 185 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where people make progress together, from new habits to new personal bests. No matter your sport or how you track it, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your goals, and make every effort count. Start your journey with Strava today. Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward.
About This Role
Strava's Creative Team is behind how the brand shows up in the world, across brand campaigns, GTMs, social, partnerships, product, paid media and beyond. Sitting inside Marketing, we work closely with Marketing, PMM, Growth, Brand, and Product to scale one of the most recognized active lifestyle brands globally. We're a high-craft team that holds every piece of work to a high standard, and we do it with mission and purpose. As the Associate Creative Director, Copywriting in Marketing Creative, you'll define how Strava sounds across everything we make, from brand campaigns and tentpole moments to paid social and product marketing. You'll directly manage a small team of experienced copywriters, own copy direction on major workstreams, partner closely with the Executive Creative Director on conceptual strategy, and shape the tonal and verbal identity of one of the world's most beloved active lifestyle brands. This is a player-coach role: you're still a significant producer yourself, and you lead a team of experienced writers who expect creative credibility and direct feedback. The blend of sharp personal craft, people leadership, and marketing partnership is what makes this role distinct.
We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half of your time on-site in our San Francisco or New York City office, three days per week.
- Own copy direction across brand campaigns, paid social, GTMs, and tentpole activations, from brief through final delivery, ensuring every word earns attention and ladders up to Strava's brand strategy
- Directly manage 2–3 experienced copywriters and content creators: regular 1:1s, career development, project feedback, and performance conversations
- Partner with the ECD and Associate Creative Director, Visual Design to develop integrated campaign concepts, bringing a sharp verbal POV to early ideation and an editorial eye to execution
- Shape and evolve Strava's verbal identity: brand voice, tonal guidelines, headline frameworks, naming conventions, and how we talk across contexts and audiences
- Translate cultural signals, sport moments, and audience insights into ideas that connect, on social, in campaigns, in product moments, and beyond
- Write and direct copy across formats: long-form and short-form, social-native, editorial, video scripts, app store copy, partnership creative, and more
- Present work to cross-functional partners and leadership with clarity and conviction, connecting creative decisions to strategy and business outcomes
- Partner with external agencies and vendors to ensure voice and tone standards are upheld across all external creative production
What You'll Bring To The Team
- 10+ years experience of substantial experience in copywriting and creative concepting, with a background spanning both agency and in-house environments.
- A portfolio with exceptional craft across brand campaigns, social, and multi-format work, writing that's conceptually strong, tonally specific, and built for how people actually read
- Proven experience upleveling a creative team, you've managed experienced copywriters with a genuine standard for what great looks like, and you enable your teams to grow and develop through successful mentorship
- A strategic mindset: you can develop a campaign concept as fluently as you can write the headline, and you connect every copy decision to brand and business impact
- Deep understanding of platform-native writing; you know how voice adapts across TikTok, Meta, YouTube, email, and in-product, and why it matters
- Experience developing and stewarding brand voice and tone frameworks, not just applying them
- Comfort with ambiguity and pace: you've built in fast-moving environments and you're energized by the challenge of producing great work quickly and at scale
- Experience collaborating with visual designers and art directors in integrated concepting; you think in campaigns, not just copy
- Success record of mentoring and developing creative team members in their craft and grow to the next level
Please click here for more information on benefits.
*Why Join Us?*
Movement brings us together. At Strava, we’re building the world’s largest community of active people, helping them stay motivated and achieve their goals. Our global team is passionate about making movement fun, meaningful, and accessible to everyone. Whether you’re shaping the technology, growing our community, or driving innovation, your work at Strava makes an impact. When you join Strava, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a movement. If you’re ready to bring your energy, ideas, and drive, let’s build something incredible together. Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. Just as we’re deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we’re dedicated to providing a world-class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too. We’re backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we’re expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community. We are continuously striving to hire and engage teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.
Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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Compensation Range: $205K - $215K
About Strava
Strava is the app for active people. With over 195 million athletes in more than 185 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where people make progress together, from new habits to new personal bests. No matter your sport or how you track it, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your goals, and make every effort count. Start your journey with Strava today. Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward.
About This Role
Strava's Creative Team is behind how the brand shows up in the world, across brand campaigns, GTMs, social, partnerships, product, paid media and beyond. Sitting inside Marketing, we work closely with Marketing, PMM, Growth, Brand, and Product to scale one of the most recognized active lifestyle brands globally. We're a high-craft team that holds every piece of work to a high standard, and we do it with mission and purpose. As the Associate Creative Director, Copywriting in Marketing Creative, you'll define how Strava sounds across everything we make, from brand campaigns and tentpole moments to paid social and product marketing. You'll directly manage a small team of experienced copywriters, own copy direction on major workstreams, partner closely with the Executive Creative Director on conceptual strategy, and shape the tonal and verbal identity of one of the world's most beloved active lifestyle brands. This is a player-coach role: you're still a significant producer yourself, and you lead a team of experienced writers who expect creative credibility and direct feedback. The blend of sharp personal craft, people leadership, and marketing partnership is what makes this role distinct.
We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half of your time on-site in our San Francisco or New York City office, three days per week.
- Own copy direction across brand campaigns, paid social, GTMs, and tentpole activations, from brief through final delivery, ensuring every word earns attention and ladders up to Strava's brand strategy
- Directly manage 2–3 experienced copywriters and content creators: regular 1:1s, career development, project feedback, and performance conversations
- Partner with the ECD and Associate Creative Director, Visual Design to develop integrated campaign concepts, bringing a sharp verbal POV to early ideation and an editorial eye to execution
- Shape and evolve Strava's verbal identity: brand voice, tonal guidelines, headline frameworks, naming conventions, and how we talk across contexts and audiences
- Translate cultural signals, sport moments, and audience insights into ideas that connect, on social, in campaigns, in product moments, and beyond
- Write and direct copy across formats: long-form and short-form, social-native, editorial, video scripts, app store copy, partnership creative, and more
- Present work to cross-functional partners and leadership with clarity and conviction, connecting creative decisions to strategy and business outcomes
- Partner with external agencies and vendors to ensure voice and tone standards are upheld across all external creative production
What You'll Bring To The Team
- 10+ years experience of substantial experience in copywriting and creative concepting, with a background spanning both agency and in-house environments.
- A portfolio with exceptional craft across brand campaigns, social, and multi-format work, writing that's conceptually strong, tonally specific, and built for how people actually read
- Proven experience upleveling a creative team, you've managed experienced copywriters with a genuine standard for what great looks like, and you enable your teams to grow and develop through successful mentorship
- A strategic mindset: you can develop a campaign concept as fluently as you can write the headline, and you connect every copy decision to brand and business impact
- Deep understanding of platform-native writing; you know how voice adapts across TikTok, Meta, YouTube, email, and in-product, and why it matters
- Experience developing and stewarding brand voice and tone frameworks, not just applying them
- Comfort with ambiguity and pace: you've built in fast-moving environments and you're energized by the challenge of producing great work quickly and at scale
- Experience collaborating with visual designers and art directors in integrated concepting; you think in campaigns, not just copy
- Success record of mentoring and developing creative team members in their craft and grow to the next level
Please click here for more information on benefits.
*Why Join Us?*
Movement brings us together. At Strava, we’re building the world’s largest community of active people, helping them stay motivated and achieve their goals. Our global team is passionate about making movement fun, meaningful, and accessible to everyone. Whether you’re shaping the technology, growing our community, or driving innovation, your work at Strava makes an impact. When you join Strava, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a movement. If you’re ready to bring your energy, ideas, and drive, let’s build something incredible together. Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. Just as we’re deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we’re dedicated to providing a world-class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too. We’re backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we’re expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community. We are continuously striving to hire and engage teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.
Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
California Consumer Protection Act Applicant Notice
Compensation Range: $205K - $215K
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Medical Writing Manager
Confirm your degree aligns with the role
Medical Writing Manager positions require a degree in life sciences, pharmacy, medicine, or a related field. A degree in an unrelated discipline, even with strong writing experience, can complicate specialty occupation approval. Employers will verify this alignment before filing.
Target employers with established H-1B track records
Pharmaceutical companies, CROs like ICON and Parexel, and large biotech firms file H-1B petitions regularly for medical writing roles. These employers have immigration counsel in place, which speeds up the sponsorship process significantly compared to first-time sponsors.
Understand the H-1B lottery timeline
H-1B registrations open in March each year for an October 1 start date. If you need sponsorship, begin conversations with employers well before March so your registration can be submitted without delay during the narrow window.
Ask about cap-exempt sponsorship if applicable
Hospitals, nonprofit research institutions, and university-affiliated medical centers are cap-exempt H-1B employers, meaning you can be sponsored year-round without entering the lottery. These are worth targeting if you cannot wait for the annual cap cycle.
Highlight regulatory writing experience in applications
Experience with FDA submissions, clinical study reports, or ICH guidelines signals specialized expertise that strengthens specialty occupation arguments. Employers and immigration attorneys use this experience to document why the role requires a specific degree field.
Clarify your OPT or grace period runway before applying
If you are on F-1 OPT, confirm your expiration date before accepting an offer. STEM OPT extension may apply if your degree qualifies. Employers need enough lead time to file your H-1B petition before your current work authorization lapses.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Medical Writing Manager a visa-sponsorable role in the U.S.?
Yes. Medical Writing Manager is generally classified as a specialty occupation under the H-1B visa because the role requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific scientific field, typically life sciences, pharmacy, or medicine. Pharmaceutical companies, CROs, and biotech firms sponsor this role regularly. The specialty occupation argument is well-established, which makes USCIS approval more predictable than for generalist roles.
What visa types are available for Medical Writing Managers?
The H-1B is the most common visa for this role. Australians may also qualify for the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and is available year-round. Canadians and Mexicans may qualify for TN visa status under the USMCA, provided their degree is in a qualifying field. Candidates with extraordinary ability or peer-reviewed publications in medical writing may explore the O-1A, though it requires substantial documentation.
Do I need a specific degree to get sponsored as a Medical Writing Manager?
Your degree must be in a field directly related to the role, such as life sciences, pharmacy, nursing, medicine, biochemistry, or a closely related discipline. A general communications or English degree alone is unlikely to support the specialty occupation classification unless paired with substantial postgraduate scientific training. A degree in medical writing itself, offered by some institutions, also qualifies.
How competitive is H-1B sponsorship for this role, and what are my odds?
The H-1B lottery selects approximately 85,000 petitions from a pool that has ranged from 400,000 to 780,000 registrations in recent years, resulting in selection rates of roughly 14 to 25 percent depending on the year. However, cap-exempt employers, including nonprofit hospitals and university medical centers, can sponsor outside the lottery entirely. Exploring those employers through Migrate Mate can improve your odds of securing sponsorship without lottery dependency.
Can I switch employers while on an H-1B as a Medical Writing Manager?
Yes. H-1B portability allows you to start working for a new employer as soon as they file a new H-1B petition on your behalf, without waiting for approval, provided you have been maintaining valid H-1B status. The new employer must file before your current status expires. Your degree, role, and specialty occupation classification typically carry over without issue in medical writing, since the field-specific degree requirement is consistent across employers.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Medical Writing Manager jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.