Science & Research Jobs in Centurion, South Africa (Now Hiring) — 15 open

 The team & the company  

IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. IQVIA creates intelligent connections across all aspects of healthcare through its analytics, transformative technology, big data resources and extensive domain expertise. With direct access to the world’s most comprehensive healthcare information, analytics and research resources, IQVIA Real World Solutions (RWS) experts design and deliver innovative data– and technology-enabled evidence programs to accelerate the clinical development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments that improve healthcare outcomes for patients. IQVIA RWS is a fast-growing and highly successful consultancy business, focusing upon on delivering tangible business results to our clients who are key decision-makers and business managers across the international pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.  

Within the RWS group, the IQVIA Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) Real World Methods and Evidence Generation (RW MEG) team is composed of around 200 highly qualified multi-disciplinary professionals from a variety of disciplines including health economics, statistics, biochemistry, and epidemiology, based in 12 geographies, with projects delivered across >50 countries. 

Our clients operate in the life sciences industry, including global top 20 pharmaceutical companies, medical device, and biotech companies, as well as public health providers and regulatory authorities. They are looking for insight and evidence around the safety, efficacy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health care delivery systems, medical devices, and pharmaceutical products spanning the full spectrum of therapeutic and disease areas. Our diverse mix of clients, the breadth of disease areas, as well as increasing access to novel data sources and methodologies provide a constant and rewarding challenge for our people. 

For more information about our company please visit our website: https://www.iqvia.com/ 

Role purpose 

This role will offer you the opportunity to support our EMEA Health Economics team as a Consultant Medical Writer and be part of our HTA Evidence & Strategy Centre of Excellence and Value Communications Centre of Excellence. 

This role focusses on medical writing for HEOR purposes, where you will be responsible for writing tasks within HEOR projects and work with a senior team to co-manage small workstreams, project tasks and thought leadership initiatives. Typical projects include medical writing for the new EU Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) dossier, HTA dossiers (e.g., NICE, SMC, NCPE, etc), global value dossiers, protocols and reports for literature reviews, reports for evidence synthesis and health economic modelling studies, and HEOR-focused peer-review manuscripts and conference abstracts. The audience for the project deliverables will be various life-sciences customers as well as healthcare payers, providers, and regulators.

You will work within a team of highly experienced health economists and outcomes research specialists providing support across a range of HEOR projects, working in a cross-functional and cross-country project team, providing medical writing, undertaking quality control, and contributing to the management of project delivery (including guiding the work of more junior team members).

The role will expose the candidate to the broad range of EMEA RWS offerings in value communications, HTA strategy and HEOR to support in business development opportunities.

An ideal candidate will have a good understanding of the matrix structure typical of our clients from the pharmaceutical industry and how to successfully navigate this structure to achieve clients’ aims, as well as proven success in communicating scientific information in a strategic way to optimize a product’s access to markets and reimbursement.  

Qualifications and Skills 

Previous experience with medical writing is essential for the role. We are looking for proactive individuals with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Candidates should have a strategic mindset, the ability to identify potential issues and suggest solutions. The ideal applicant should have apt interpersonal skills and the ability to establish relationships with both internal team members and clients. As such, fluency in conversational and business English is essential. The ability to demonstrate this through slide deck development, report writing, and presentations is essential. 

We recruit individuals from a variety of backgrounds to join our well-rounded team. If you are motivated, have a passion for healthcare, and strong organisational skills and experience in medical writing we encourage you to apply. The list below should be viewed as a guide rather than a checklist. 

• Degree in life sciences (or related), epidemiology or health economics and policy, preferably a Master’s degree; 

• Significant experience in medical writing, including being the primary writer on peer-reviewed publications and HEOR study reports/protocols; 

• Familiarity with health economics and health technology assessment is a benefit; 

• Strong written and verbal English communication skills, expertise in scientific writing requirements;  

• Excellent Microsoft office skills (expert in use of MS Word), and high attention to detail;  

• Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn quickly and independently, ability to work autonomously with appropriate guidance when needed; 

• Strong time-management and organisational skills, and flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment; 

• Interest in data visualisation and presentation; 

• Keen to work as a member of a diverse, multi-cultural team. 

Responsibilities  

• Write high-quality HEOR study reports and protocols, HTA/GVD dossiers, manuscripts, conference abstracts; 

• Work with senior team to co-manage small workstreams, project tasks and thought leadership initiatives; 

• Conduct quality control reviews of HEOR documents and maintaining audit trails of changes; 

• Mentor and train less experienced Medical Writers;  

• Contribute to medical writing training initiatives to upskill the team and set quality standards; 

• Support the team’s Centre of Excellence initiatives.