Clinical Trial Manager - Project Lead

Clinical Trial Manager - Project Lead

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 Clinical Trial Manager at ICON, you will manage clinical trial operations activities, supporting your team and stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes across our clinical programmes.

What You Will Do:

You will manage day-to-day clinical trial management activities, supporting your team to deliver quality outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Plan and manage all aspects of clinical trials, ensuring adherence to timelines, budget, and quality standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish and implement clinical trial protocols and procedures.
• Train and mentor new CTA and LCRA staff.
• Train the CTA and LCRA team in new processes or process updates.
• Assign work across the team.
• Monitor the progress of deliverables.
• Run, review, and analyze reports for accuracy and work with the project teams to ensure updates are completed correctly.
• Prepare reports on the status of deliverables and Hub progress to be presented to the project teams.

Your Profile:

You will have solid clinical trial management experience, with the ability to manage competing priorities and develop your team.

Required qualifications and experience:

• University degree in medicine, science, or equivalent combination of education & experience
• 5+ years in clinical research, with substantial experience in clinical trial management, project management, or related roles.
• Leadership Experience: Proven experience in leading study teams, managing cross-functional teams, or supervising junior CTMs and CRAs is essential.
• Knowledge of Regulatory Requirements: Strong understanding of GCP, ICH guidelines, FDA regulations, and other relevant global regulatory requirements.
• Clinical Trial Systems: Proficiency in CTMS, EDC, eTMF, and systems like Veeva Vault, Oracle, and Medidata is highly valued for managing data, timelines, and trial documentation.
• Budget and Resource Management: Experience in managing study budgets, forecasting resources, and coordinating with finance or procurement for trial supplies.
• Project Planning and Oversight: Ability to develop and manage project plans, timelines, and milestone tracking to ensure studies stay on schedule and within budget.
• Vendor and Site Oversight: Experience in managing third-party vendors, such as CROs, labs, and other service providers, as well as maintaining strong relationships with trial sites.

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.

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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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