[Hiring] Senior Medical Writer @ICON plc

Role Description

As a Senior Medical Writer, your primary responsibility will be to provide scientific and medical/clinical writing support as part of a team dedicated to late-phase projects, servicing an assigned client. While the ability to work independently is key, the Senior Medical Writer will work closely with the ICON team and other members of the client account team to help ensure the timely delivery of high-quality and scientifically/medically accurate assigned projects.

The Role

• Responsible for writing and reviewing study documents such as Protocol, Synopsis, Informed Consent, Data Collection Documents and Study Report, etc.
• Responsible for developing scientific communication such as abstract, poster, manuscript, etc.
• Responsible for performing quality control for medical writing deliverables.
• Responsible for interpreting statistical results and for soliciting statistician input for developing study reports, abstracts, manuscripts, and other documents as required.
• Participating in the improvement of the quality assurance system.
• Responsible for participating in bid-defence presentations representing medical writing activities.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a scientific discipline, preferably PhD, PharmD or MD.
• 5+ years of professional experience in Medical Writing at a pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO or other health care setting.
• Proven knowledge of ICH/GCP and GPP guidelines or other meaningful guidelines or industry standard.
• Outstanding written and verbal interpersonal skills.
• Good computer literacy.
• Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• A strong desire to be a key part of a global network of services that lead to better outcomes for its clients, its people and for patients.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and performance related incentives.
• Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable.
• Retirement and pension plans.
• Life assurance and disability coverage.
• Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources.
• Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways.
• Benefits may vary depending on role and location.