Market Access Medical Writer

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Market Access Medical Writer

The Consultant/Medical Writer is responsible for the provision of services for assigned clients in their area of expertise. 

What you will be doing

• Generates compelling dossiers and value communications
  - dossiers to include (global value dossiers (GVDs) and health technology assessment (HTA) submissions
  -  (e.g. Payer Value proposition
• Conducts technical project management, including scope of work development, contract initiation, and project milestones, timelines, deliverables, and budgets
• Supports project lead/director on other projects as needed
• Identifies risks with completing specific deliverables and effectively executes strategies to minimize them
• Maintains understanding of project requirements and identifies scope creep as it happens.  Alerts business operations and project lead/director to the need for a change order at appropriate times.
• Communicates efficiently and effectively across the ICON project team
• Communicates regularly with client's assigned point of contact regarding project tasks, budgets and timelines
• Establishes and maintains regular meetings with clients including drafting agendas, managing calendars, summarising notes and tracking agreed actions
• Completes internal documentation and quality-checks the work of others
• Participates in proposal and quote development

Evidence dossiers and Value Propositions

• Assists in document and information revisions and updates for different types of evidence dossiers (i.e., Health Technology Appraisals, Global Value Dossiers, Joint Clinical Assessment dossiers) for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries
• Conducts comprehensive literature reviews and evidence gap analyses to support the development of value messages across clinical, economic, and humanistic outcomes with limited direction of senior staff
• Develops compelling Payer Value Propositions (PVPs) tailored to payer priorities and evidence needs, enhancing product value communication strategies
• With direction, transforms complex scientific and health economic data into clear, compliant, and impactful Payer Value Propositions (PVPs), and payer communication materials
• Create payer communication tools including slide decks, value summaries, and objection-handling documents to support global and regional payer engagement
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including health economists, clinical development leads, regulatory affairs and market access teams to ensure consistency and scientific accuracy across materials
• Ensure all content adheres to regulatory standards, client SOPs, and relevant industry guidelines, including ABPI Code of Practice

Client Development

• Maintains up-to-date understanding of the specific nature of key client relationships and supports the building/broadening of these relationships where appropriate
• Assists in formulating recommendations that help clients meet their goals by maintaining a current understanding of their commercial objectives and market access requirements

Behaviours

• Proactively and independently expands knowledge base and remains current on developments, trends and best practices for subject matter expertise
• Efficiently manages own workload with respect to project scope, timelines and quality
• Maintains strong understanding of the pharma/biotech/medical device industry landscape as it relates to technically relevant trends and challenge
• Performs other duties and tasks as are allocated at the reasonable discretion of the Company
• Recognizes, exemplifies and adheres to ICON's values which center on our commitment to People, Clients and Performance
• As a member of staff, the employee is expected to embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes, adding value to our business and meeting client needs
• Demonstrates and actively promotes an open and honest working environment to encourage close teamwork and foster knowledge transfer

General

Travel (Up to 15%) domestic and/or international

What you will need

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders
• Experience
• Working in Market Access in the pharmaceutical industry (pharma company or consultancy)
• English professional level in speaking and writing
• Direct and proven experience of writing HTA submissions
• Direct and proven experience of writing GVDS
• Direct and proven experience of generating PVP PowerPoint Decks
• /HE experience and understanding

Education/Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

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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, 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 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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