PRM Associate I

Project Resource Management (PRM) Associate I

Location: North Wales, PA

Position Summary:

Ensure timely and appropriate resourcing of staff to potential, new and existing project assignments. Maintain and utilize tracking systems in order to provide accurate and timely information about current and future staffing needs/availabilities, required skills, and recovery and utilization rates

Position Duties:

* Recognize, exemplify and adhere to ICON's values which center around our commitment to People, Clients and Performance.
* As a member of staff, the employee is expected to embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs.
* Travel (approximately 10%) domestic and/or international.
The following responsibilities are expected to be competently performed with instruction, guidance and supervision by line management using the tools and procedures already in place.
* Propose staff and provide CVs for potential projects, following agreement of applicable functional counterparts e.g. CRA Managers or CTM Directors, focusing on the skill sets required by the Sponsor and the availability during the timeframe of the study.
* Oversee and update the resource management database tool in relation to staff allocation to projects, as appropriate and issue allocation reports etc as required.
* Maintain and improve accuracy of information stored in the resourcing database for the assigned staff pool re reservations, unfilled requirements, skills and all other PRM-maintained information. Ensure updates are submitted to the designated PRM colleagues in a timely manner and contain accurate information; Provide regular and ad hoc reports and information to functional leadership which is up to date, accurate and timely. Support CV database management.
* Support PRM Manager in providing clear and detailed information for inclusion in proposals after reviewing RFIs and RFP
* Produce and analyse reports that accurately forecast future resource needs/resource availabilities, required skills, headcount to sell, and recovery and utilization rates.
* Ensure optimization of assigned versus costed resources by carrying out a continuous review of resource allocation to projects and highlighting discrepancies.
* Work with functional management, Business Development (BD) and clinical study teams, proactively and when requested, to ensure resource requests are resolved within the Service Level Agreement (SLA) timelines; communicate with all parties in a timely manner, to support customer satisfaction.
* Use existing procedures to solve problems; analyse information and standard practices to make judgments. Over time, will develop knowledge of precedents to enhance problem solving.
* Undertake other reasonably related duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree