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ICON plc

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1990

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🧬 Biotechnology

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

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.

📋 Description

• Conduct site qualification, initiation, monitoring, and close-out visits across assigned studies • Take full ownership of investigator sites, ensuring effective management in line with the Clinical Monitoring Plan (CMP) and study requirements • Ensure investigator site compliance with study protocols, ICH GCP, SOPs, and applicable regulatory requirements • Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with investigators and site personnel, providing ongoing training and support • Support study start-up activities, including essential document collection, regulatory submissions, and Ethics Committee interactions • Identify site-level risks and drive corrective and preventive actions to ensure study quality and timelines • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and support study delivery, including budget/contract discussions and informed consent development

🎯 Requirements

• A degree in life sciences or a related discipline • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in clinical monitoring and investigator site management within a CRO or pharmaceutical environment • Strong knowledge of ICH GCP, local, and international regulatory requirements • Experience across the full trial lifecycle, including start-up, monitoring, and close-out activities • Willingness and ability to travel up to 60% and hold a valid driver’s license, and be based in Johannesburg • Experience in diabetes, cardiology, or obesity is advantageous

🏖️ 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