Medical Affairs Therapy Area Lead, Solid Tumor

Senior Manager, Medical Affairs

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

The Therapeutic Area Lead Solid Tumors is part of the Medical Affairs Team and provides a bridge between Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, and the commercial organization

What You Will Do:

Your focus will be involved in a wide range of activities for inline and pipeline products. This is a very diverse role and a unique opportunity where you can cover the whole spectrum of drug development

Key responsibilities include:

• Constantly builds and maintains expertise in the assigned areas (tumor entities, products), regarding available literature, treatment options, disease environment and product data, key contact for training and all educational approaches.

• Gains in-depth knowledge in early development indications and analyzes different data sources resulting in meaningful reports and derived strategies.

• Identifies and engages with internal and external experts when appropriate, for participation in medical communications as well as consultants for content development, when necessary

• Provides oversight and contributes to the preparation and delivery of high-quality content and all educational and medical communication materials (e.g. planning for medical society presence, abstracts, and publications)

• Streamlines product communication, works with external and internal resources on the development of multi-channel communication strategies and materials (for internal and field/external use) and medical event planning

• Acts as medical point of contact for clinical studies within solid tumor indications and provides continuous support to study centers and the ClinOps Team

Your Profile:

You will have a strong background in medical affairs, with proven management experience and a commitment to quality delivery.

Required qualifications and experience:

• MD, PharmD or PhD in life sciences

• Long standing experience in the pharmaceutical industry, preferably in oncology

• 5-7 years of relevant working experience in similar roles

• Proven track record in preparing for product launches and successful life cycle management

• Knowledge in development and implementation of clinical trials

• Experienced in material review in the role of an Information Officer

• Excellent communication skills and ability to present scientific data

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What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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