Medical Director

🕒 August 4

🌐 United Kingdom, Netherlands, +3 more countries – Remote

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇳🇱 Netherlands – Remote 🇪🇸 Spain – Remote 🇩🇰 Denmark – Remote 🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👨‍⚕️ Medical Director

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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

• Provide medical leadership and strategic direction to clinical development programs • Lead medical affairs delivery across the portfolio, setting standards and developing the team • Provide medical and scientific oversight for clinical trials, ensuring protocols are scientifically sound and aligned with regulatory requirements • Serve as scientific leader and/or Clinical Research and Development Lead on multidisciplinary project teams • Collaborate with clinical operations, regulatory, and safety teams to execute clinical development programs • Review and interpret clinical study data and analyses, including data files and tables/figures/listings • Write, review, edit, and QC applicable clinical and regulatory documents • Serve as Medical Monitor for clinical studies • Interpret clinical trial data and provide medical insights for decision-making and clinical development strategies • Build relationships with key opinion leaders, investigators, and external stakeholders • Travel as required, approximately 10%

🎯 Requirements

• Medical degree (MD) or equivalent qualification • Cardiology MD, or Endocrinology/Diabetes/Obesity or Internal Medicine MD • Extensive experience in clinical research and development, preferably within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry • Strong understanding of clinical trial design • Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and GCP guidelines • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills focused on interpreting clinical data and evidence-based decisions • Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills • Ability to work effectively in cross-functional, global teams • Willingness to travel as required, approximately 10% • 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 • Reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process • Inclusive and accessible workplace • Diverse company committed to sustainability and supporting communities