Manager, Scientific Affairs

Job Title: Manager, Scientific Affairs

Location: Ireland, Dublin

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 Role:

The Manager, Scientific Affairs plays a role in establishing and maintaining partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotech clinical drug development programs. As such, this individual will participate in customer facing meetings to provide technical and scientific support to ascertain customer needs for assay development, validation, clinical trial testing and CDx strategy as needed.

• Provide scientific support for client oriented business development and related contractual activities as a subject matter expert on related technologies and methods for oncology biomarker analysis and clinical diagnostics.
• Act as technical writer and editor for development project and clinical trial proposal documents
• Act as a technical writer and editor for product marketing collateral * Define and assess current oncology drug classes, biomarkers and technology platforms. Evaluate oncology diagnostic assay market trends and opportunities for strategic planning purposes
• Perform competitor analysis; provide updates on products and services offered by commercial laboratories who operate in oncology biomarker assay development, clinical trial testing and companion diagnostics development
• Act as liaison between internal business development and assay development teams on a project specific basis
• Partner to implement the strategic product development plan and in the development and of product requirements for proposed new products and services. Involves close interaction with development leads, product development teams, and key customers.
• Provide support for IP assessment
• Participate in company presentations to clients
• Develop and edit scientific content for marketing material and project proposals
• Evaluate potential strategic partners and markets with respect to platforms, chemistries, biomarkers and applications
• Manage database to track oncology drug pipelines, trials and associated biomarkers
• new opportunities to collaborate in clinical biomarker studies with both industry and academic partners
• Analyze the competitive landscape for and current and potential new product/services
• Maintain the product portfolio roadmap
• Define user/client personas for individual products and services
• Write product requirements and user scenarios

What you will need:

• At least 8 years' experience in a related position/field
• Bachelors degree required, Masters plus preferred

Benefits of Working in ICON:

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.

ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and 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 through the form below.

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