Senior Medical Writer- ICON- Remote USA

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.

This is a hands-on scientific writing position within ICON's Global Medical Communications Group. As a Senior Medical Writer at ICON, you will lead the development and execution of medical writing strategies for clinical research projects, contributing to the advancement of innovative treatments and therapies.

What You Will Do: You will take ownership of medical writing deliverables, applying your expertise to complex challenges.

• Develop high-quality medical publications and communications from initial concept through final delivery.
• Interpret complex clinical and scientific data and translate findings into accurate, clear, and concise content.
• Ensure deliverables comply with applicable authorship guidelines, journal requirements, client confidentiality standards, and industry regulations.
• Represent assigned projects during internal and client meetings, including status updates, author discussions, and publication committee meetings.
• Contribute to client publication and communication plans by supporting timelines, venue selection, and alignment with drug development objectives.
• Support medical writing resource management, including monitoring workloads and helping coordinate junior writers.
• Collaborate with scientific and account management teams to meet timelines, communicate project status, and proactively identify risks or resource constraints.
• Assist with onboarding and mentoring new and junior medical writers.
• Devote approximately 5% of time to business development by providing research and writing support for proposals and organic account growth opportunities.

Your Profile: You will have a strong foundation in medical writing, with the experience to work independently and guide others.

Required qualifications and experience:

• A PhD, PharmD, or MD in a scientific or healthcare related discipline
• 3 + years of medical writing experience (experience of high-level content development)
• Prior relevant experience in a medical publications/medical communications agency strongly preferred
• Proficiency in interpreting and summarizing complex clinical trial data, scientific research findings, and statistical analyses, with excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills
• Proven history of relevant high-level writing support, including: proficiency with ICMJE and GPP guidelines; ability to read, analyze, and interpret scientific and technical journal content; ability to develop and write to prescribed styles and formats
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements (e.g., ICH-GCP, FDA, EMA) governing the preparation and submission of clinical documents and publications, and experience in interacting with regulatory agencies during the review and approval process.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams (e.g., editorial/library services, graphics/digital services, presentations support, etc)
  Proficiency with commonly used software including but not limited to word processing (e.g., MS Word), graphics (e.g., PowerPoint or Prism), and bibliographic software (e.g., EndNote), and adaptability to other applicable software as may be required from time to time
• Experience in resource organizing and mentoring

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.

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 or submit a request here

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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