Central Monitor
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.
As a Central Monitor you will play a pivotal role in ensuring data quality, patient safety, and study integrity across the clinical development lifecycle.
What You Will Do:
As a Central Monitor, you will work cross-functionally with study teams to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks using advanced data analytics and central monitoring tools.
Key responsibilities include:
- Facilitate risk assessment throughout the study lifecycle, ensuring proactive identification and management of study risks
- Develop and maintain Central Monitoring Plans in collaboration with study teams
- Support study start-up, conduct, and close-out activities, including KRI (Key Risk Indicator) and QTL (Quality Tolerance Limit) definition
- Act as the primary point of contact for central monitoring tools and systems
- Review and interpret KRI/QTL outputs across sites, countries, and regions
- Lead and contribute to risk mitigation discussions with cross-functional stakeholders
- Oversee outsourced central monitoring deliverables, ensuring quality and timeliness
- Collaborate closely with Study Management on identified issues and trends
- Ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance of Trial Master File (TMF) documentation
- Support continuous improvement initiatives and process enhancements within Central Monitoring
- Participate in vendor selection, evaluation, and oversight activities
Your Profile:
You are a data-driven and detail-oriented clinical professional with strong analytical capabilities and a passion for improving clinical trial quality through centralised monitoring approaches.
Required qualifications and experience:
- BS/BA degree in biological sciences, statistics, health-related, or computer science field (advanced degree preferred)
- Minimum 6+ years of relevant experience, including at least 4 years in central monitoring, study management, data management, or biostatistics
- Demonstrated expertise in data analytics and/or monitoring across the clinical development lifecycle
- Experience working across multiple therapeutic areas is highly desirable
- Regulatory submission and audit experience
- Proven leadership and process improvement experience
- Vendor oversight and management experience
- Strong cross-functional knowledge of study management, data management, programming, and biostatistics
- Proficiency in MS Office and clinical data systems/tools
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and critical thinking skills
Preferred qualifications:
- Professional certification in a Clinical Development discipline
What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
- Various annual leave entitlements
- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
- Life assurance
- Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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