Executive Principal - Insights, Evidence & Value
Location: US / EMEA
At ICON, it’s our people that set us apart. Our diverse teams enable us to become a better partner to our customers and help us to fulfil our mission to advance and improve patients’ lives.
Our ‘Own It’ culture is driven by four key values that bring us together as individuals and set us apart as an organisation: Accountability & Delivery, Collaboration, Partnership and Integrity. We want to be the Clinical Research Organisation that delivers excellence to our clients and to patients at every touch-point. In short, to be the partner of choice in drug development.
That’s our vision. We’re driven by it. And we need talented people who share it.
If you’re as driven as we are, join us. You’ll be working in a dynamic and supportive environment, with some of the brightest and the friendliest people in the sector, and you’ll be helping shape an industry
ICON’s Commercial Solutions is a global team of over 300 healthcare consultants and service business professionals, many of whom are industry recognized subject matter experts.
We work with biotech and pharmaceutical companies to create and communicate integrated evidence plans to support brands across all stages of development as well after launch. We utilize a data driven approach in providing stakeholders with relevant information so they can properly and appropriately influence the uptake of a future treatment option.
ICON Commercial Solutions is a team for today’s marketplace. We challenge traditional methods with innovative approaches that offer efficiency, differentiation and new focus areas. With direct access to our therapeutic expert colleagues, insights into the latest clinical development trends, and a vast array of business intelligence and data support, we are formidable.
Commercial Solutions delivers medical communications and support for medical affairs enhanced by an award-winning creative and digital design group; Insights, Evidence and Value services generated by a team of highly respected HEOR research scientists with diverse modeling skills, market access professionals and epidemiologist; and an integrated business intelligence and real-world data strategy group that ensures robust evidence development and insights using rich global data.
Working within that larger integrated family of service experts, our team delivering Insights, Evidence and Value solutions is central to the future success of our clients.
Position Overview:
The Executive Principal – Insights, Evidence & Value drives the development and execution of the business strategy as an industry-recognized KOL and senior leader of a division, department, business unit and/or practice area.
Job Description:
- Achieve agreed upon annual performance goals to include financial, people leadership and employee engagement and enablement
- Recognizes, exemplifies and adheres to ICON's values which center on our commitment to People, Clients and Performance
- As an Executive Principal, the employee is expected to recognize the importance of, and create a culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes, adding value to our business and meeting client needs
- Travel (approximately 40%) domestic and/or international.
- Proactively drives the expansion of department-wide knowledge on Service Line-related research methods, related news, trends and best practices
- Continually cultivates, develops and maintains positive business relationships with other functional teams and departments within ICON PLC
- Performs other duties and tasks as are allocated at the reasonable discretion of the Company
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE
- The Executive Principal provides strategic direction and management of the assigned business in multiple defined key focus areas, methodologies and/or scientific fields on a global scale driving strategic collaboration across ICON’s business units to provide clients with holistic solutions to complex and multi-functional scientific and operational challenges
CLIENT DEVELOPMENT
- Acts as scientific thought partner with the client and the project team across multi-project programs.
- Drive forward scientific innovation based on current industry trends, research publications and regulatory directives.
- Focuses on strategic partnerships; expands existing relationships into multi-service relationships
- Proactively pursues new client relationship opportunities and leads the organization to meet changing client needs; responsible for teams’ alignment and support of BD efforts
- Coaches staff and oversees the development of project plans and scientific content in proposals and achieves good conversion rate of submitted and won proposals
- Represents Service Line at internal and external meetings and strategy review presentations/overviews
- Maintain distinguished thought leadership presence in the industry through regular publications and presentations.
PROJECT & RISK MANAGEMENT
- Serves as scientific KOL to other principal investigators or staff on other projects
- Acts in a strategic advisory capacity, to effectively manage and mitigate complex risk issues across multiple projects, service lines, and functions.
- Examines and defines factors that could adversely affect department’s project execution, or the potential to win future projects. e.g. resource constraints, industry trends, customer satisfaction, etc.
- Develops strategies to overcome and mitigate risk
OPERATIONAL
- The Executive Principal oversees a functional area of the business including departmental P&L ownership, resourcing decision making, operational infrastructure to support growth, etc.
- Instigate and lead high profile departmental improvement initiatives
- Resolves complex team issues by achieving common purpose.
- Facilitates the discussion and fosters the resolution of conflicts or disagreement across functional teams and departments.
- Ensures that communication across the team is highly effective, including across offices
- Responsible for assigned function operational strategy development and execution ensuring successful achievement of revenue/ sales targets and gross margins.
- Complies with all relevant SOPs, work programming, time-keeping, iLearns, policies and procedures
Benefits of Working in ICON:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
We offer very competitive salary packages. And to keep them competitive, we regularly benchmark them against our competitors. Our annual bonuses reflect delivery of performance goals – both ours and yours. We also provide a range of health-related benefits to employees and their families and offer competitive retirement plans – and related benefits such as life assurance – so you can save and plan with confidence for the years ahead. But beyond the competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, you’ll benefit from an environment where you are encouraged to fulfil your sense of purpose and drive lasting change.
ICON is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and 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 through the form below.
