Clinical Associate

As a Clinical Associate you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.

What you will be doing:

• Provide support for critical day-to-day clinical study activities, including regulatory inspection readiness, in accordance with established protocols under the general supervision of the CTA Manager.
• Collaborate with Clinical Operations Manager, study teams, and Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) to support clinical study activities as defined by the clinical trial operating mode
• Perform departmental tasks as needed.
• Perform developmental tasks as appropriate with oversight of CTA Manager
• For assigned complex, accelerated, and/or business critical studies, provide support to focus on study start-up and site initiation activities, including but not limited to:
• Review and/or approval of study documentation, including essential document packets, study plans, informed consent forms, etc.
• Supporting oversight of risk-based monitoring
• Attendance of key team meetings as required.
• Supporting regulatory inspection readiness (e.g. preparation of materials and/or participation during regulatory inspections.)
• Support Clinical Trial systems associated activities for assigned studies
• Support Vendor Contract Administration
• Support study close-out activities
• Requires strong attention to detail in composing and/or proofreading and/or approving study materials, establishing priorities, scheduling, and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to take ownership and manage tasks, as well as communicate effectively
• Assigned clinical studies may be high complexity and/or high risk.
• More than one study and/or more than one program may be assigned
• Interactions with study teams and other colleagues are both local and remote (in varying locations and time zones).

You are:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent international degree required
• 1-2 years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry, clinical research organization, or related role.
• Experience in Phase 2 and 3 studies and global/international studies is advantageous.
• Experience working across multiple therapeutic areas (including oncology) is advantageous.
• Knowledge in global/regional regulatory and compliance requirements for clinical research.
• Demonstrated excellence in task management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent teamwork, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Fluent business English (oral and written)

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 maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised 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, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others

Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits

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, colour, 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 through the form below.

https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations

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.