Clinical Research Lead – Site Engagement

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November 18

🌽 Illinois – Remote

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🚗 Michigan – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧪 Clinical Research

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ICON plc

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Pharmaceuticals • Biotechnology • Healthcare Insurance

ICON plc is a global provider of clinical, consulting, and commercial services across various sectors in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. They offer a wide range of clinical solutions, including decentralised clinical trials, cardiac safety solutions, early clinical laboratories, and medical imaging. ICON also provides technology solutions that support drug development from early phases to post-marketing. Their therapeutic expertise spans cardiovascular, oncology, internal medicine, and more, with a strong focus on transformative therapies like cell and gene therapies and biosimilars. ICON is recognized as a leading Contract Research Organisation (CRO), regularly providing thought leadership and contributing to industry publications and events. Their services are tailored to optimize clinical trials, offer regulatory intelligence, and deliver real-world evidence through robust data analysis and patient-centric solutions.

10,000+ employees

Founded 1990

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🧬 Biotechnology

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

📋 Description

• Accountable for the full spectrum of investigator engagement from identification and qualification through enrollment, and support database lock, and study closeout • Serve as a clinical trial scientific ambassador, ensuring investigators deeply understand protocol intent, scientific rationale, and patient eligibility requirements • Develop and sustain strategic, high-trust relationships with investigators that span trials and therapeutic areas • Influence enrollment by co-creating tailored recruitment strategies aligned with site capabilities, patient population realities, and study objectives • Proactively find opportunities to reach new patients, accelerate enrollment and increase impact at priority sites • Capture and elevate critical insights from sites to optimize feasibility, protocol design, and study conduct • Lead site-level strategy and risk planning to ensure strong and predictable enrollment and data delivery • Leverage performance metrics to anticipate issues, intervene decisively, and maintain momentum toward clinical milestones • Drive inspection readiness as a continuous discipline across sites • Collaborate across functions and with vendor partners to resolve operational barriers, ensuring delivery with speed and quality • Maintain advanced understanding of local treatment paradigms and standard of care to influence strategic country/site selection and protocol localization • Provide oversight and quality assurance for vendor monitoring, escalating risks proactively • Enable an exceptional investigator experience by being a responsive, knowledgeable, and valued scientific partner • Collaborate cross-functionally to align on trial and site priorities, troubleshooting challenges with urgency and creativity • Conduct data-informed site prospecting and prioritization, contributing to trial competitiveness and regional strategic execution • Act as a key liaison between field teams, vendors, and investigators, ensuring alignment, shared purpose, and continuous knowledge transfer • Partner closely with field team colleagues to elevate the investigator and site experience, ensuring seamless collaboration and improving enrollment outcomes and Investigator relationships • Represent Investigator Engagement with regulatory agencies, ethics committees, and national research organizations • Influence the clinical trial ecosystem to improve regulatory agility and operational feasibility • Ensure that local requirements are translated into compliant, efficient trial execution and that sponsor’s internal processes reflect evolving country landscapes • Partner with leadership to identify and align regional initiatives and contribute to enterprise-wide clinical development success.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; strong preference for scientific, clinical, or health-related fields • Minimum 5 years of experience in clinical research or pharmaceutical industry with experience directly interacting with or working with HCPs and clinical sites • Minimum 2 years of relevant clinical or therapeutic area experience in cardiovascular or metabolic disease • Excellent understanding of GCP, clinical development and operations, and trial lifecycle • Demonstrated understanding of the therapeutic landscape and standards of care, with the ability to apply this knowledge to decision making • Proven ability to build credibility and influence HCP community through scientific acumen and relationship strength • Strategic approach with demonstrated success in delivering results in complex, fast-paced environments • Data-driven decision-making skills; ability to interpret and act on performance and operational metrics • Deep therapeutic area knowledge and familiarity with local clinical research ecosystems • Experience directly influencing clinical site performance and driving enrollment success • Track record of delivering or exceeding performance targets in a collaborative matrix environment • Experience working with regulators or national bodies in support of clinical trial delivery • English fluency and proficiency in local language(s) as needed.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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.