Global Value Dossiers Writer - Global Health Economics team - Lisbon (hybrid/home-based)

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 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 Global Health Economics 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.

The IQVIA Global Health Economics team is composed of around 200 highly qualified multi-disciplinary professionals from a variety of disciplines including health economics, health technology assessment (HTA) strategy and evidence generation, based in 12 geographies, with projects delivered across >50 countries.

Our clients operate in the life sciences industry, including global top 20 pharmaceutical companies 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 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 Global 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 health economic and outcome research (HEOR) and HTA purposes, where you will be responsible for writing tasks within projects and work with a senior team to co-manage small workstreams, project tasks and thought leadership initiatives.

Typical projects include medical writing for EU Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) dossiers, HTA dossiers (predominantly NICE, SMC, NCPE), global value dossiers (GVDs), payer objection handlers, payer value stories/messaging, literature review protocols and reports, 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 and reviewing the work of more junior team members).

The role will expose the candidate to the broad range of payer-focused 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 in the pharmaceutical industry and how to successfully navigate this structure to achieve clients’ aims. Furthermore, the candidate should demonstrate an ability to interpret clinical, economic and real-world evidence and translate findings into compelling value narratives and payer focused communication strategies to optimize a product’s access to markets and its reimbursement.

Qualifications and Skills

Extensive experience with medical writing in HEOR/HTA/payer materials 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 strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish relationships with both internal team members and clients. As such, fluency in conversational and business English and strong communication skills is essential. The ability to demonstrate clear scientific communication in English 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, have strong organisational skills, and expertise in payer-focused medical writing we encourage you to apply. Key skills for this role include:

• Degree in life sciences (or related), epidemiology or health economics and policy, preferably a Master’s degree;
• Significant experience in medical writing across multiple therapeutic areas (~5 years, minimum 3 years HEOR/HTA experience specifically), including direct experience writing GVDs and/or benchmark HTA submissions (e.g., NICE or G-BA dossiers), peer-reviewed publications, and HEOR study reports/protocols;
• Experience managing and coordinating delivery of GVDs and/or benchmark HTA submissions, or parts of these deliverables;
• Familiarity with health economics and health technology assessment processes, ideally JCA, NICE or G-BA;
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills, expertise in scientific writing requirements;
• Ability to produce high-quality written content with minimal guidance from senior team lead;
• 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.
  

Responsibilities

• Independently produce high-quality written content for GVDs/HTA dossiers (JCA, NICE, and/or G-BA), HEOR study reports (e.g., SLR, NMA, ITC, modelling, secondary database research, manuscripts, conference abstracts, and other payer materials (e.g., objection handler, value story / value proposition development) with minimal guidance from project manager;
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams;
• Work with senior team to co-manage small projects or workstreams, project tasks and thought leadership initiatives (i.e., guide junior team members, first review junior team members output, client management);
• 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;
• Manage your own time and responsibilities to meet project requirements with clear communication with project managers, line manager and resource manager to ensure utilisation and compliance targets are met.

Important

• Please submit your CV in English.
• Please note that we don't provide any visa suport.

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 committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.

At IQVIA, we believe that diversity, inclusion, and belonging empower our mission to accelerate innovation for a healthier world. We create a culture of belonging by valuing the perspectives of all talented employees worldwide and providing them with the opportunity to power smarter healthcare for everyone, everywhere. When our talented employees bring their authentic selves and their diverse experiences to work, they enable us to accomplish extraordinary things. Multifaceted thought processes spark innovation. Multi-talented collaboration harnesses innovation to deliver superior outcomes. Likewise, as part of this culture, IQVIA is committed to ensuring effective equality between women and men, integrating it as a strategic principle in its corporate and human resources policies.