Global Study Lead (Temporary Assignment)

Study 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 - Global Study Lead (temp assignment until the end of 2026/early 2027)

Location - UK, Spain, Poland or Bulgaria

Fully sponsor dedicated

As a Global Study Lead, working at ICON, fully embedded within a growing program you will be responsible for the execution and delivery of GCO supported clinical studies .

What You Will Do:

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

Key responsibilities include:

Your Profile:

• Experience managing or supporting global clinical trials across regions, time zones, and matrixed teams.

• Ability to operate effectively within complex global governance and partner with regional and local teams.

• Hands‑on experience overseeing monitoring activities, including MVR review and follow‑up actions.

• Strong understanding of ICH GCP, inspection readiness, and sponsor oversight in outsourced models.

• Experience working with CROs and service providers within an outsourced delivery model.

• Supports vendor performance oversight, issue management, and escalation while maintaining accountability.

• Experience supporting study budget planning, forecasting, invoice review, and spend tracking.

• Experience managing study timelines, milestones, and operational deliverables across the study lifecycle.

• Proactively identifies risks and supports mitigation, recruitment oversight, and site activation tracking.

• Confident presenting study status, risks, and issues in team and governance forums.

• Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.

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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