Lead Consultant

Lead Consultant

• At ICON, it’s our people that set us apart. Our diverse teams enable us to become a better partner to our customers and help us to fulfil our mission to advance and improve patients’ lives.
  
  Our ‘Own It’ culture is driven by four key values that bring us together as individuals and set us apart as an organisation: Accountability & Delivery, Collaboration, Partnership and Integrity. We want to be the Clinical Research Organisation that delivers excellence to our clients and to patients at every touch-point. In short, to be the partner of choice in drug development.
  
  That’s our vision. We’re driven by it. And we need talented people who share it.
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  The Lead Consultant, ICO has the responsibility to provide comprehensive services for assigned clients for their area of expertise. This role is responsible for ensuring project timelines and budgets are met and maintaining client relationships in support of future business. The Lead Consultant will also be responsible for the development of their team.
• Job Description

Job Description

GENERAL 
*Recognizes, exemplifies and adheres to ICON's values which center on our commitment to People, Clients and Performance
*As a Lead Consultant, the employee is expected to recognize the importance of, and create a culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes, adding value to our business and meeting client needs
*Demonstrates and actively promotes an open and honest working environment to encourage close teamwork and foster knowledge transfer
*Travel (Up to 15%) domestic and/or international.
*Proactively and independently expands knowledge base and remains current on developments, trends and best practices for subject matter expertise
*Efficiently manages own workload with respect to project scope, timelines and quality
*Continually cultivates, develop and maintains positive business relationships with other functional teams and departments within ICON
*Manages and ensures maintenance of a positive and productive liaison with internal and external contacts, including regulatory agencies, clients, and related institutions.  
*Responsible for the driving of continuous improvement initiatives within  department
*Proactively communicate objectives and results with clients, leadership team and all functional partners
*Performs other duties and tasks as are allocated at the reasonable discretion of the Company

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE 
*Develops study designs and analytic plans to answer research questions. 
*Identifies internal and external expertise to work on specific project tasks
*Leads development of qualitative and/or qualitative analysis plans, including model conceptualisation, network meta-analysis, literature review, statistical anaysis and, generates report fit for client submission
*Leads development of dossier and submission documents fit for client submission
*Leads the cleaning of data, conduct of detailed quantitative analysis, write up of results, and generation of reports fit for client submission
*Leads development of deliverable document outline and format. 
*Identifies dependencies between separate deliverables and manages the trade-offs to achieve overall objectives 
*Maintains familiarity with current scientific literature and drives the development of team members’ comprehension of current scientific literature.
*Supports other project activities as needed, completes internal documentation and quality-checks the work of others.
*Analyzes research problem and conceptually pieces individual scientific tasks together to determine how the overall scientific goal will be achieved
*Develops a comprehensive set of sound recommendations on scientific methods and approaches that help clients meet their goals as well as identify those that will not help clients meet their goals

CLIENT DEVELOPMENT
*Conceptualizes and drafts, or leads, a complete proposal based on a client idea or RFP.
*Develops client relationships by communicating with and advising clients; independently develops follow-on business with existing clients
*Responsible for teams’ alignment and support of BD efforts , including leading some smaller BD opportunities
*Modifies proposals in response to client requests for changes and scientific insight for client’s strategic needs.
*Represents Service Line at internal and external meetings, strategy review presentations/ overviews and industry conferences

PROJECT/RISK MANAGEMENT
*Leads project teams and identifies staff resources required for efficiency, presents the scope of work, and executes the scope by providing direction and feedback to that team
*Manages projects against internal timelines and budgets
*Maintains understanding of project requirements and identifies scope creep as it happens.  Initiates change control process at appropriate times
*Continually reviews and makes recommendations to ensure adequate resources are available to meet project deliverables and milestones
*Anticipates project risks.  Proactively develops and executes mitigating strategies effectively as required
*Facilitates lessons learnt reviews and ensures ongoing organizational improvement

OPERATIONAL
*Takes active lead in metoring/coaching junior staff, and may have formal line management
*Active contribution to the development of internal training presentations and external training opportunities
*People Leaders are responsible for the human resource management activities including maintenance of proper staffing levels, resource optimization, attainment of individual and team goals, employee relations, mentoring, talent/career development, and rewards/recognition based on achievement of goals; 
* Proactively improve business processes and tools to facilitate provision of core services.
*Participates in quality improvement efforts to increase overall operational efficacy
*Complies with all relevant SOPs, work programming, time-keeping, iLearns, policies and procedures

Benefits of Working in ICON:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

We offer very competitive salary packages. And to keep them competitive, we regularly benchmark them against our competitors. Our annual bonuses reflect delivery of performance goals – both ours and yours.
We also provide a range of health-related benefits to employees and their families and offer competitive retirement plans – and related benefits such as life assurance – so you can save and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
But beyond the competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, you’ll benefit from an environment where you are encouraged to fulfil your sense of purpose and drive lasting change.

ICON 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.