Project Manager

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.

What you will be doing:

• Accountable for project level oversight of timeline managers to support customization of end-to-end study timelines.  
• Maintain close communication with the business owner and timelines managers to ensure expectations and activities are aligned, ensure timely escalations. 
• Manage and facilitate risk mitigation and conflict throughout the course of the project as needed for timelines managers.
• Collaborates with the study team members and timeline managers to support development high quality study timelines by ensuring all relevant stakeholders (both internal and external) are involved and contributing.
• Provide project-level direction, guidance, and support to the timeline development on study level activities.
• Communicate project and resourcing status to ensure timely decisions.
• Contribute to functional strategic initiatives and process improvement.
• Serve as the point of escalation for the timeline managers for issues that related to study timeline development.
• Provides subject matter expertise and operational input into creating timelines utilizing the timeline template.
• Facilitate creation all material related to customization of study timelines (i.e Kick off Meeting Materials) and present to initiate start of developing study timelines.
• Support open house-training sessions for timelines template and MS project utilization.
• Support process development and changes related to the future fit ways of working.
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• Creation and maintenance of strategic project plans

You are:

• Bachelor’s Degree or international equivalent required, Life Sciences preferred.
• Knowledge in global regulatory and compliance requirements for clinical research, including but not limited to US CFR, EU CTD, and ICH GCP. Awareness of local country requirements is also required.
• Demonstrated successful experience in project/program management and matrix leadership
  • g. timeline/budget management
  • g. Risk identification and management
• Clinical Ops experience, preferred
• 5+ years of using Microsoft Project tool and comfortable creating new clinical trial timelines
• Good communication skills
• Excellent teamwork, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
• Fluent business English (oral and written)
• Proficient with Microsoft Suite ( MS Team, Word, Excel and MSP)
• Understand the lifecycle and activities in a clinical trials.Requires approximately 25% travel, including overnight and international travel to sites, strategic partners, and study sites.

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 maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised 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, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others

Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits

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, colour, 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.