Lead Resource Planning Specialist

Lead Resource Planning Specialist - Remote in Ireland

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.

We are currently seeking a Lead Resource Planning Specialist to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Lead Resource Planning Specialist at ICON, you will be responsible for overseeing resource forecasting, allocation, and utilisation to support efficient delivery of clinical projects. You will partner closely with operational leaders to ensure the right people are assigned to the right work at the right time.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Leading resource planning activities, including demand forecasting, capacity analysis, and allocation across assigned functions or portfolios.
• Collaborating with project and functional leaders to understand resource needs, skills requirements, and timelines.
• Monitoring utilisation and workload balance, identifying gaps or bottlenecks, and recommending corrective actions.
• Maintaining accurate resource data and reports in planning tools and systems to support decision-making.
• Supporting scenario planning and optimisation to respond to changing portfolio priorities and new opportunities.
• Providing guidance and mentorship to resource planning colleagues, promoting best practices and consistency.

Your Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, life sciences, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience in resource planning, workforce management, or portfolio operations within a CRO, pharma, or similar environment.
• Advanced Excel and analytical capabilities
• Data analysis, reporting, KPIs, and service-level metrics
• Process improvement and operational problem solving
• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• Experience working with large datasets and translating data into actionable insights
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills, with experience working with planning tools and large datasets.
• Ability to balance competing priorities and provide clear, data-driven recommendations to stakeholders.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence decisions in a matrixed organisation.
• Detail-oriented and organised, with a continuous improvement mindset and focus on transparency and fairness in resourcing.

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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.

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 or submit a request here

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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