Manager, Sample Management

Manager, Sample Management

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 Manager, Sample Management to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Manager, Sample Management at ICON, you will oversee the collection, handling, storage, and distribution of clinical trial samples. You will lead a team dedicated to ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timely processing of biological samples, playing a crucial role in the success of clinical research studies.

• Managing the day-to-day operations of the sample management team, ensuring proper handling, storage, and distribution of clinical trial samples.
• Leading, mentoring, and developing a team of sample management professionals to ensure high-quality performance and adherence to study protocols.
• Collaborating with clinical and laboratory teams to ensure that sample management processes align with study requirements and regulatory guidelines.
• Implementing and optimizing workflows for sample tracking, labeling, storage, and shipment, ensuring timely and accurate processing.
• Ensuring compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), and other relevant regulations related to sample management.
• Monitoring inventory and coordinating sample shipments to laboratories or other designated facilities while ensuring sample integrity.

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, laboratory management, or a related field, with significant experience in sample management within a clinical research setting.
• Proven experience managing sample logistics, including handling, storage, and shipment, with a strong understanding of regulatory requirements.
• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to guide and develop a team of sample management professionals.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, with experience in coordinating sample collection and distribution across multiple studies.
• Detail-oriented and proactive, with a commitment to maintaining the highest standards of sample integrity and regulatory compliance.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities, with the capacity to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

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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