Lead Consultant – Evidence Synthesis

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🌐 Ireland, Spain, +2 more countries – Remote

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ICON plc

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1990

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

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.

📋 Description

• Lead, manage, and quality-check evidence synthesis and analytical tasks and projects for clients, including indirect treatment comparison, network meta-analysis, and survival/statistical analyses • Provide strategic and technical expertise to clients and internally across state-of-the-art evidence synthesis methods, including deterministic and Bayesian network meta-analyses • Support HTA submission preparation and develop study designs and analytic plans • Lead qualitative and/or quantitative analysis plans, literature reviews, statistical analyses, and client-ready reports • Develop deliverable document outlines and formats • Complete internal documentation and quality-check others' work • Analyze research problems and connect scientific tasks to overall research goals • Develop recommendations on scientific methods and approaches for clients • Maintain current subject-matter knowledge of developments, trends, and best practices • Manage workload against project scope, timelines, and quality requirements • Liaise with regulatory agencies, clients, and related institutions • Conceptualize and draft proposals based on client ideas or RFPs, and modify proposals in response to client requests • Lead business development opportunities and support BD efforts • Lead project teams, identify staff resources, present scope of work, and provide direction and feedback • Manage projects against internal timelines and budgets • Mentor and coach junior staff, with possible formal line management

🎯 Requirements

• PhD or MSc in Statistics • 8+ years of experience in evidence synthesis • Significant experience within a consulting, academic, or pharmaceutical/devices industry environment • Proven management experience, particularly the ability to lead a team of junior analysts • Ability to work effectively as part of a team • High self-motivation • Leadership potential • Legal right to work in the country where the role is based

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary and performance related incentives • Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable • Retirement and pension plans • Life assurance and disability coverage • Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources • Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways