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Global Trial Manager

  1. UK
2025-119872
  1. Project Management
  2. ICON Strategic Solutions

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Project Manager / Global Clinical Studies / We are hiring a Project Manger to start asap and perform global trial management for a large and well-established program. The role is homebased in the UK.

 

  • Do you have experience of managing international commercial clinical studies within a CRO or pharma setting?
  • Can you demonstrate strong planning and management skills to meet study deliverables and budget?
  • Do you have full service/study oversight experience?

  

This is a great opportunity to join our global clinical trial management team as global trial manager. You will be part of an innovative and global Biotechnology company, who pride themselves to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies. They focus on areas with unmet medical need with the ambition to help reduce the social and economic burden of disease in society today.

 


 

The role

 

  • Planning and management of clinical studies conducted by global development team through the leadership of the cross-functional clinical study team
  • Contributing to study-level risk assessments
  • Leading and continually review risk mitigation activities to ensure study delivery to plan
  • Identifying and resolving issues at a global level
  • Collaborating with Regional Clinical Trial Manager to ensure country level study delivery aligned with global delivery plans
  • Overseeing global insourcing/outsourcing partner deliverables to the required standards
  • Managing study-level budget and timelines
  • Leading global study-level documentation and required tool and systems set-up
  • Leading development and implementation of global Drug Supply Plan

 


 

What is required

 

 

  • BA/BS/BSc or RN
  • Ideally 7 years work experience in life sciences or medically related field, including 4 years ideally of bio-pharmaceutical clinical research experience obtained working on clinical trials in a biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO company
  • Previous clinical study management/clinical project management as a study manager/clinical project manager
  • Experience in overseeing external clinical research vendors (CROs, central labs, imaging vendors, etc.) highly preferred
  • Project management experience including oversight of study deliverables, budgets, and timelines
  • Experience collaborating and leading cross-functional teams (team/matrix environment)
  • Knowledge of project risk management assessment and mitigation approaches

 

What is offered

  • Solid structured on-boarding
  • Full-time and permanent contract of employment with us seconded to one single sponsor
  • Homebased in the UK/England
  • Salary according to level of skills and experience

 

 

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Why Join?

 

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.

Our success depends on the knowledge, capabilities and quality of our people. That’s why we are committed to developing our employees in a continuous learning culture – one where we challenge you with engaging work and where every experience adds to your professional development.

 

At ICON, our focus is to provide you with a comprehensive and competitive total reward package that comprises, not only an excellent level of base pay, but also a wide range of variable pay and recognition programs.  In addition, our best-in-class employee benefits, supportive policies and wellbeing initiatives are tailored to support you and your family at all stages of your career - both now, and into the future.

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

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