Clinical Trial Governance Principal

Clinical Trial Governance Principal

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.

The Clinical Trial Governance Principal will support the execution and operational aspects of the Clinical Trial Governance processes, focusing on timelines, budget, quality, risk, and innovation.  This role emphasizes collaboration, process improvement, and ensuring clinical trials are conducted efficiently and in compliance with organizational standards.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Assist in implementing governance strategies in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

• Provide operational support for clinical trial governance processes, including training and reference materials, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

• Liaise with Clinical Data Strategy & Management to build and maintain automated governance dashboards for measuring both timeline and budget metrics across clinical trials

• Prepare quarterly Governance timeline and budget reporting and metrics, including insights and trends.

• Support study teams in governance practices and provide guidance on operational challenges.

• Participate in the development and refinement of governance policies and practices.

• Coordinate cross-functional projects and ensure effective communication among stakeholders.

• Identifies and resolves technical and operational problems, understands broader impact on the department.

• Provides strategic input to solve complex problems while exercising judgment using multiple sources of information.

• Deep understanding of concepts and principles in own discipline. Basic knowledge of other disciplines. Responsible for managing technical tasks or assigned as a SME for more than one area.

• Maintain understanding of the stakeholder landscape and identify areas for alignment across stakeholders.

• Communicate clear and convincing opinions, ideas, and positions, tailored to the audience, in a poised, confident, and convincing manner.

• Develop solutions that fully address business needs and align standards.

• Guides others either internally or externally to adopt a different point of view.

• Guided by policies and departmental plan, impacts the team’s ability to achieve objectives.

Your Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in a life sciences discipline or equivalent

• Typically requires 6 years of experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience

• Advanced understanding/knowledge of GCP, ICH guidelines and Health Authority regulations

• Advanced/In-depth understanding of relevant Clinical Research and industry trends

• Advanced knowledge in system/technical tools and processes.

• Advanced data visualization and analytics.

• Lead cross-functional projects of high complexity with cross-functional team members within and outside department.

• Prioritizes work accordingly to meet departmental needs, work toward and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.

• May lead a department or sub-department initiative.

• Applies understanding of the business and how own area integrates with others to achieve departmental objectives.

• Excellent critical thinking, decision making and problem-solving skills.

• Responsible for aligning with workforce planning for resourcing needs.

• Experience with site/process audits and regulatory inspections

• Demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy in a fast-paced environment.

• Results oriented.

• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to effectively work and problem solve within a multidisciplinary team.

• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills

• Experience managing external vendors.

• Significant experience with guiding and coaching employees

• Adapts plans and priorities to meet short term objectives

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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