Global Study Manager

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations.

With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life.

Our people are our greatest strength, are at the core of our culture, and the driving force behind our success. ICON people have a mission to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well.

The Project Manager role (also known as Global Study Lead) :

To be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of global cross-functional or single service projects ensuring consistency with ICON SOPs, study contracts and budgets

• Recognize, exemplify and adhere to ICON's values, which center on our commitment to People, Clients and Performance
• As a member of staff, the employee is expected to embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs
• Travel (approximately 5-10%) domestic and/or international. Travel to other sites within the network may be required to support increases in workload and, or studies/projects as needed
• Lead the planning and implementation of cross-functional project(s)
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables
• Define project tasks and resource requirements
• Develop full-scale cross-functional project plans
• Assemble and coordinate project staff
• Manage project budget
• Plan and schedule project timelines
• Develop and Manage Risk Mitigation Strategies for projects
• Track project deliverables using appropriate tools
• Provide direction and support to project team
• Quality assurance
• Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders
• Present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions
• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
• Project evaluations and assessment of results
• Other duties as assigned

You will need:

• Bachelor's Degree or 4 year degree equivalent

• A minimum of 2 years of active Global Full Service Project Management experience with at least 5 years of experience within the pharmaceutical/Clinical industry

• Thorough knowledge of ICH GCP and relevant regulations for the conduct of clinical trials