Senior Medical Writer

As a Senior Medical Writer you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.

What you will be doing:

• With minimal guidance from senior members of writing staff, prepare clinical study reports, protocols, investigator brochures, submission data summaries, and other regulatory documents on investigational drugs in various stages of clinical development
• Apply lean authoring principles as part of document development and, when applicable, structured content management text libraries as part of authoring process
• Coordinate and initiate activities for document review, consensus meeting, quality control, and document finalization under aggressive timelines
• Develop and maintain project plans using project tracking application
• Work as an active member of cross-functional teams representing Medical Writing
• Coordinate and deliver document kick-off meetings with writers and cross-functional representatives
• Ensure adherence to standard content, lean authoring, and messaging across team members
• Ensure communication between members remain open and information is disseminated appropriately
• Possible participation in the orientation and coaching of junior team members
• Conduct appropriate literature searches, as needed
• Participate on Medical Writing department initiatives, as
• Research regulatory requirements to remain current in the regulatory landscape
• Share lessons learned and best practices
• Ensure compliance with company training and time reporting

You are:

• Expert authoring in MS Word, understanding of MS Word functionality
• Experience in working in collaborative authoring tools and review tools
• Experience in project tracking applications
• Experience working in document management systems; managing workflows eApproval/esignatures
• Experience working with Word add-ins that facilitate the management of fonts, styles, references,
• Flexibility in adapting to new tools and technology
• Capable of training writers/authors on the use of templates, guidelines, and tools
• Familiar with Structured Content Management (SCM) and ability to author in an SCM environment using text libraries

Education

• Equivalent of a BS or higher (Life Science preferred)

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

At ICON, diversity, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative which helps us better serve our people, patients, customers, and our communities. We're proud of our diverse workforce and the work we’ve done to become a more inclusive organisation. 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. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know through the form below.

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.