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Global Trial Optimization Specialist

  1. UK
2025-118556
  1. ICON Strategic Solutions
  2. Patient Recruitment
  3. Remote

About the role

As a Global Trial Optimization Specialist you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.


We are seeking a Global Sr Trial Optimization Specialist to join our team and contribute to the planning, execution, and optimization of clinical trials. This role involves analyzing data, identifying key insights, and implementing strategies to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of trials across various departments.

 

What you will be doing:

  • Using the Incyte’s enrollment forecasting tool, review enrollment to ensure timely progress toward company milestones, and re-forecasting when trending out of bounds.
  • In collaboration with individual study teams, perform root cause analysis for underperforming enrollment and present alternative country/site scenarios in collaboration with Feasibility team
  • Monitor trial data to identify patterns, challenges, and optimization opportunities.
  • Utilize statistical tools to analyze trial performance and recommend adjustments
  • Provide study team with Comprehensive data intelligence packages including information on indication, competitive landscape, recruitment timelines, drug pipeline
  • Prepare and present trial performance reports to key stakeholders.
  • Ensure that trial documentation is comprehensive, clear, and compliant with relevant regulations
  • Collaborate with internal partners to identify systems reliant upon accurate enrollment forecasting and facilitate necessary data integrations
  • Support training of business end users and roll out of any enhancements to the system

 


You are:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree and 3-4 years of Pharmaceutical experience
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with teams and stakeholders.
  • Ability to think critically, solve problems, and drive innovation in trial processes.
  • Comprehensive understanding of the clinical development process and cross functional departmental roles and responsibilities.
  • Deep understanding of real-world data sources used for country and site selection, including CTMS, CITELINE, TASCAN, H1, TriNetX.
  • Direct experience with country selection, site identification, feasibility and selection.
  • Ability to develop innovative approaches for enhanced strategic alignment and drive implementation.    

 

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 maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
  • Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised 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, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others



Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits

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, colour, 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.

https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations

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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