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.
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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.
• Lead global study teams to deliver cardiovascular clinical trials across the study lifecycle • Drive study timelines, budgets, quality objectives, and key milestones • Serve as the primary operational contact for study teams, CROs, and external partners • Oversee outsourced activities, including vendor management and study oversight • Lead study planning, risk management, issue resolution, and escalation activities • Ensure TMF quality and inspection readiness • Manage study budgets, forecasting, and operational reporting • Support audits, regulatory inspections, and process improvement initiatives • Contribute to the delivery of innovative cardiovascular clinical development programmes
• Degree in Life Sciences, Clinical Research, or a related field • Significant global experience within pharmaceutical or biotechnology clinical development • Proven experience leading global clinical studies and cross-functional teams • Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP, clinical trial regulations, and study management principles • Experience managing study budgets, vendors, timelines, and operational risks • Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and organisational skills • Experience supporting cardiovascular or cardiometabolic clinical trials is highly desirable • Advanced degree (Master's, PhD, or equivalent) preferred • Project Management certification preferred • Experience delivering large-scale global studies across multiple phases of development preferred • Previous involvement in cardiovascular outcomes studies or late-phase cardiovascular trials advantageous • Legal right to work in the country where the role is based
• 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
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