Feasibility Strategy & Analytics Lead

Feasibility Strategy & Analytics 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.

Job title - Feasibility Strategy & Analytics Lead

Location - UK, remote

Fully sponsor dedicated

We are currently seeking a Manager, Patient Recruitment to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Manager, Patient Recruitment, you will be responsible for partnering with Clinical Study Team Lead (CSTL), Participant Recruitment (PR), GSSO roles, and Clinical roles to enable the predictable delivery of our clients portfolio.

What You Will Be Doing:

• The Feasibility Strategy & Analytics Lead acts as the primary contact for study teams, developing evidence-based country and site strategies to support successful clinical trial delivery. This includes recommended country and site selection, enrolment planning, and protocol optimization strategies.

• Working closely with cross-functional analytics and recruitment teams, the role ensures alignment with platform capabilities and may provide ongoing support to reassess and refine enrolment strategies through to recruitment completion.

• The FSAL leads early feasibility planning by delivering initial enrolment timelines, identifying potential country footprints, analysing competitive and treatment landscapes, and defining key assumptions to inform operational planning.

• They also ensure continuity across the study lifecycle, connecting insights from early estimates through to study start-up and first patient visit.

• Deliver site analytics as studies progress from evaluation through to Pre-Trial Assessment and final site selection. This includes patient volume modelling by site segment, diversity feasibility, competitive landscape analysis, and key performance drivers identified by the study team.

  Using internal, external, and regional intelligence, develop strategic scenarios and recommendations to optimise site footprint, improve enrolment timelines, and support informed decision-making.

Your Profile:

• BS / RN / MS & 7 years relevant experience

• PhD / MD and 3 years relevant experience

• Knowledge of Drug development, a thorough understanding of the processes associated with global country and site feasibility, clinical study start-up and business operations

• Experience in clinical research, including clinical trial conduct, knowledge of GCP and a good understanding of the processes associated with study/project management, monitoring, clinical and regulatory operations

• History of success in a customer service role with demonstration of meeting customer expectations.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Effective presentation and facilitation skills.

• Well-developed strategic planning, observation, analytical operational execution and problem-solving skills 

• Strong business consultancy skills, including ability to persuade, negotiate, and moderate conflict 

• Ability to multitask under tight deadlines on several projects with specific and unique requirements, while providing attention to detail and high quality work. 

• Able to synthesize key messages pulling across multiple data sets

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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