Site Activation Lead

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🇪🇸 Spain – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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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 clinical trial start-up activities, understanding client objectives and assisting in the development of plans for country and site distribution • Oversee day-to-day delivery of all aspects of site activation in assigned projects, ensuring adherence to sponsor timelines, expectations, ICON/client KPIs, SOPs, and regulatory standards • Ensure that each project has a comprehensive site activation plan, conducting studies effectively in accordance with the plan • Lead sponsor initiatives such as kick-off meetings, bid defenses, project updates, status calls, and other key communications • Utilize project management skills to optimize performance and collaboration, ensuring successful study outcomes • Support the team to deliver quality outcomes and develop the team

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in life sciences • Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Clinical Research environment, focusing on Start-Up experience • Strong project management skills, with a deep understanding of regulatory and submission processes in various countries • Excellent written and verbal communication abilities • Proven ability to work efficiently to tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities • Willingness to travel as required (approximately 15%) • Legal right to work in Spain

🏖️ 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