Senior Medical Writer

About the role

ICON, a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation, is hiring a Senior Medical Writer (SMW) to work from home in New Zealand and the UK. The SMW provides scientific and medical/clinical writing support as part of a dedicated team serving an assigned client, working closely with the Scientific Manager and the account team to deliver high-quality, accurate projects on time. Reviewing junior writers' work is a key part of the role.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and write medical publications and medical communications content, from inception to delivery
• Interpret clinical data accurately (e.g. from clinical study reports, safety summaries, biostatistical tables) and adapt it to project objectives
• Ensure compliance with medical publication and communication requirements, such as authorship guidelines and journal requirements
• Represent the work at internal and client meetings, including project status updates and client publication committee meetings
• Contribute to client publication and communication plans, including timing, congress and journal venues, and relevance to drug development planning
• Help manage the medical writing workload, monitor timelines and flag resource issues with the Scientific Manager and account managers
• Assist in onboarding and mentoring new and junior writers
• Occasionally support business development with background research and writing for new proposals

Required profile

• Advanced degree, preferably PhD; PharmD and MD may also be considered
• Prior experience in a medical publications/communications agency preferred
• At least 3-5 years of high-level content development; 1-2 years as a Senior Medical Writer at a medical communications agency preferred
• Demonstrable history of high-level writing support
• Strong command of English to read, write and speak
• Experience in resource organising and mentoring strongly preferred

Required skills

• Proficiency with ICMJE and GPP guidelines
• Ability to read, analyse and interpret scientific and technical journal content
• Familiarity with industry-standard resources such as PubMed/Medline, clinicaltrials.gov and market intelligence tools
• Software: MS Word, PowerPoint or Prism, EndNote, and adaptability to other tools

What we offer

• 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 learning and development opportunities