Strategic Communications Writer – Pharma Review

IQVIA; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global health data leader in London is seeking a Strategic Communications Writer to produce high-quality communications for clients. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of writing experience in medical communications and a strong understanding of life sciences. This is a hybrid position with great benefits including healthcare and a performance-related bonus.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Healthcare

Profit-related annual bonus

Pension

Qualifications

• 3+ years of writing experience, preferably in medical communications.
• Native English speaker or professionally proficient in academic English.
• Passion for writing and a strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality communications deliverables.
• Work closely with internal teams and clients.
• Mentor junior writers as needed.

Skills

Creative writing

Medical communications knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences

Advanced degree (MS, MD, PharmD, PhD)

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

IQVIA Pharma Review, is seeking a Strategic Communications Writer with a background in Medical: Communication / Marketing / PR, to join our team. The ideal candidate is a proactive writing professional with creative flair, who is looking to build on their 3+ years of relevant writing experience, and who has knowledge of Life Sciences and great communication skills.

If you’re ambitious, hardworking, organized and enjoy working with customers and internal stakeholders alike - then we would love to hear from you.

Who We Are

IQVIA is a global leader in bringing together data, technology, advanced analytics, and human science expertise to help the healthcare industry make better decisions and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

Our dedicated Pharma Review team comprises commercial and medical strategists, content creators, account leaders, managers, final signatories, as well as specialists in technical review and quality control. Together we create fit-for purpose MLR life cycle improvement consulting strategies as well as provide global, regional, and local medical review and certification services.

We are a highly collaborative and intellectually curious group of people, located in 7 countries across 3 continents. We are continually pushing each other to improve our customer solutions, drawing on our unique blend of backgrounds and experience.

The Strategic Communications Manager Position

This position is hybrid-based: our employees can work from home up to 4 days per week with 1 day in the IQVIA office. IQVIA offers a competitive salary and great benefits, including pension, healthcare, and a profit-related annual bonus.

Key Responsibilities

• As a key member of our strategy team, you will be responsible for producing a variety of communications deliverables to a high standard, by carrying out the following activities:Provide consistent, high-quality writing for assigned projects in accordance with the needs and objectives of the client, business, compliance requirements, intended audience, and modality, independently or with minimal oversight.

• Writing should be grammatically correct, consistent, accurate, compliant, substantiated where required and appropriately adapted to audience.

• Methodically incorporates internal/client/author comments using a scientifically accurate and balanced approach and, with minimal senior support, able to resolve any conflicts in a professional and compliant manner.

• Monitor and take responsibility for scheduled tasks, communicating with team members to deliver on time and within budgeted scope.

• Exercise excellent interpersonal/communication skills for effective and professional liaison with internal teams, clients, healthcare professionals, and other key stakeholders.

• Respond effectively to questions related to allocated areas of responsibility.

• Work closely with the business leads to identify innovative ideas for Pharma Review marketing communication projects and participate in the creation of new business proposals/pitches as needed.

• Help to develop project specifications and cost estimates with oversight.

• Welcome feedback and look to continually improve deliverables for deeper efficacy and engagement within scope, with support.

• Follow applicable IQVIA company standard operating procedures (SOPs) and compliance requirements.

• Mentor more junior writers and/or less experienced colleagues as and when appropriate.

• Actively participate in an environment of continuous improvement.Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences; advanced degree in scientific or medical discipline (MS, MD, PharmD, PhD) preferred.

• 3+ years of prior writing experience, preferably in a medical communications, advertising, or PR agency or within Life Sciences company.

• Native English speaker or bilingual/professionally proficient level of academic English.

• A passion for writing and pride in your work with excellent attention to detail.

• Self-directed. Prioritizes tasks and manages time efficiently to meet deadlines within budgeted scope.

• Strong work ethic and ability to work respectfully and harmoniously as part of a cross-functional team.

• Proficiency producing and formatting content in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

• Experience performing independent literature research using web-based research tools and approaches.

• Proven ability to accurately interpret and communicate scientific and clinical information.

• A basic understanding of the drug development process, congress activities, and MLR processes including ABPI and UK advertising standards code.

Who You Are

Agile:

You adapt to change with purpose. You enjoy working across a variety of strategic and marketing communication projects and enjoy the opportunity to write technically, strategically as well as use your creative flair for marketing initiatives. You can stay organized while working on multiple projects simultaneously with changing timelines and priorities within a growing team. In addition to being highly collaborative, you also welcome the feedback of others for continual improvement.

Empathetic:

You can empathize with individuals including our clients - a diverse global audience of medical affairs and commercial customers who are passionate about exploring new solutions to deliver compliant promotional and medical content to HCPS or patients.

Energetic:

You bring enthusiasm and positivity to the workplace, uplifting colleagues and actively fostering a supportive, open and collaborative community.

Resourceful:

You show resourcefulness; solution-focused you proactively solve problems by independently researching and proposing potential solutions. Being open to trying new things, you approach problem-solving with creativity.

Join us at IQVIA Pharma Review to forge a career with greater purpose, make an impact, and never stop learning.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create connections that accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments. Everything we do is part of a journey to improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.

To get there, we seek out diverse talent with curious minds and a relentless commitment to innovation and impact. No matter your role, everyone at IQVIA contributes to our shared goal of helping customers improve the lives of patients everywhere. Thank you for your interest in growing your career with us.

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