Job Description:
• Cover the Food and Drug Administration
• Chronicle changes in biopharmaceutical regulation, clinical trial policy, compounding pharmacies, pharmaceuticals, and wellness
• Put regulations in context
• Break news on people and policy
• Illuminate the push and pull between industry and government
• Develop a vision for the FDA policy reporting beat
• Collaborate with deputy editor Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer and the pharma reporting team
• Work independently in a digital-first environment
Requirements:
• Background covering health policy
• Demonstrated interest in biopharma
• Track record of clips with vivid writing
• Competition-beating reporting
• Beat-defining ideas
• Vision for the FDA policy reporting beat
• Understanding of Endpoints’ mission and ambition
• Confidence operating independently in a digital-first environment
• Ability to work the East Coast schedule
• Strong preference for candidates in DC or with proven ability to cover the agency from afar
Benefits:
• Work from anywhere
• Positive, supportive, and collaborative work culture
• Generous annual paid time off
• 12 company holidays and 2 floating holidays
• Medical insurance with Endpoints paying 70% of premiums for employee, spouse, and/or dependents
• Fully-paid dental and vision insurance
• Fully-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
• $50,000 basic life and AD&D insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional life, hospital, critical illness, and accident insurance through Guardian
• MDLIVE access to doctors, mental health professionals, nutritionists, and dermatologists
• Fully-paid primary or secondary caregiver leave for birth or adoption
• Paid volunteer days
• 401(k) match: 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions and 50% of the next 2%
• Laptop, monitor, and additional equipment provided
• $75 per month work-from-home stipend
• $500 annual home office stipend
• Discounted products through Benefits Marketplace, including insurance, family planning and support, behavioral health, wellness, pet insurance, and financial wellness
• Discounted MetLife Legal plan