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Clinical Data Lead

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“At ICON, it's our People that set us Apart”
Are you passionate about improving the quality of human life? If so, we invite you to join us in creating a healthier world tomorrow.
ICON is a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. We specialize in the strategic development, management and analysis of programs that support Clinical Development - from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies.
We started as a team of 5 members in 1990 & today we are ranking at top 4 worldwide based on revenue of 2015. Currently we have 12200+ employees across the globe. ICON is a $1.575bn company having its presence across 89 offices in 37 countries.
Job Title                           : Clinical Data Lead
Reporting to                  : Clinical Data Management Group Leader/Manager- Data Management
Type of Employment : Full Time
Location                          : Chennai/Trivandrum

Key Responsibilities & Duties:

  1. To act as key point of contact for the sponsor and the study team on day to day study data issues, e CRF design, edit checks and other implemented documents.
  2. To take part in study kick off (internal and external) meeting with DMPM
  3. To identify out of scope tasks and bring to the attention of DMPM and contract analyst
  4. To develop an understanding of the revenue recognition and revenue forecasting process and assist the DMPM on a monthly basis.
  5. To lead the development of specifications, implementation and testing of the CRFs, edit checks and data review and oversight listings (DVS)
  6. To lead the development of DMP and study specific procedures and assisting DMPM in development of project plan and timelines.
  7. To set up and maintain data management study files for inclusion in the Trail Master file and ensuring these are maintained in audit ready state.
  8. He/ She should possess excellent organizational and planning skills as well as a demonstrated aptitude or project management and ability to lead more than one project and prioritize accordingly.
Academic or Trade qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or local equivalent in a scientific discipline and/or appropriate experience
Requirement    :
  1. A minimum of 7 years clinical data management or other relevant experience Currently
  2. Working as a Team Lead/ Associate Data Lead
  3. Experience of at least one of ICON preferred CDMS (Rave, Inform, Oracle Clinical, OCRDC)
  4. Highly computer literate, including strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project)
  5.  Strong client relationship management skills, and the aptitude to develop this further
Benefit Working with ICON:
Other than working with a great team of smart and energetic people, we also offer a very competitive salary and benefits package that includes an excellent pension scheme, private health care, and life assurance and staff recognition schemes. This varies from country to country so a dedicated recruiter will discuss this with you at interview stage. 
PROCESS
 
Technical and competency selection:
When you spot an opportunity you’re interested in and submit an application, one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists will contact you to evaluate your suitability for this position, as well as for other openings within the business.
The evaluation will look at your technical skills and your competencies – for example, delivering excellence. Can you give an example when you’ve delivered that in your work environment, for both internal and external customers?
Interview
After this, we’ll let you know if we’ll be progressing with your application. If you have been successful at this stage, we will talk you through a telephone interview. This will then be followed by an interview with our Hiring Manager, either face to face or by tele-conference.
Offer
If you’re successful, we will notify you with details of the offer, talk you through our culture and values, answer any questions you may have – and above all, welcome you to the ICON team.
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