Principal Medical Writer
- Any EMEA Location, UK
- Medical Writing
- ICON Strategic Solutions
- Remote
TA Business Partner
- Icon Strategic Solutions
About the role
As a Senior or Principal you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.
What you will be doing:
Guides medical writing document preparation, including coordination of assignments to writers, review, and substantive editing of documents. As necessary, may assume primary responsibility for preparation of key regulatory response documents and documents supporting major regulatory submission. Formulates writing approach, develops timelines, and assesses resource requirements for key documents and regulatory submissions within designated therapeutic or functional area. Participates on relevant project teams and task forces, and provides functional and cross-functional guidance on a wide range of issues related to document preparation, including international regulatory guidance and requirements for content and format, work requirements (style, electronic integrity, and process), and project- or therapeutic area-specific guidance related to content and organization of specific documents.
- Leads the writing strategy providing expertise including organization, content, timelines, and resource requirements.
- Provides more complex advanced input for study designs, analysis plans, sections of INDs and marketing applications
- Provides review and substantive editing of contributions, and ensures resolution of issues.
- Within designated therapeutic or compound function, manages deliverables and preparation of documents for submission to regulatory agencies, ensuring consistency of content within therapeutic areas and adherence to regulatory requirements and Sponsor requirements and processes across development programs.
- Represents Medical Writing on cross-functional teams and task forces (related to projects, process, and standards).
- Acts as a key Medical Point of contact for clinical regulatory stragegy
- As required, serves as lead writer for important regulatory response documents and key components of regulatory submissions.
- Provides leadership on functional teams that address requirements or issues related to document preparation and production.
- The Principal Medical Writer is seen as an expert in medical writing and performs work independently with minimal supervision.
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- Bachelor’s degree in science, health profession required
- At least 5 years of experience writing for pharma or biotechnology required. 3+ years of electronic documents and submissions required.
- Experience as lead writer for key documents included in major international regulatory submissions required like Clinical study reports, IBs, Protocols
- Experience managing writing activities for a major international regulatory submission preferred.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Clear understanding of clinical development, including the phases, processes, and techniques used within a clinical development environment from protocol design through regulatory submission and support for marketed products.
- Understanding of international regulations, ICH guidelines, and applicable international regulatory processes related to document preparation and production (including CTDs).
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills; ability to clearly present technical information within and across functional areas.
- Demonstrated problem-solving and interpersonal skills that facilitate effective interactions within functional and cross-functional teams and with external providers
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 maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised 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, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others
Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits
https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations
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.
Impactful work. Meaningful careers. Quality rewards.
At ICON, our employees are our greatest strength. That’s why we are committed to empowering you to live your best life, both inside and outside of work. Whether your ambition is lead a global team, become a deep scientific or technical expert, work in-house with our customers or gain experience in a variety of different ICON functions, we will support you in realising your full potential. See all locations Learn more about Our Culture at ICON
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