Senior Clinical Data Science Lead
- South Africa
- ICON Strategic Solutions
- Biometrics Portfolio
- Remote
TA Business Partner
- Full Service Division
About the role
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As a Senior Clinical Data Science Lead you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.
What you will be doing:
- Lead end to end data review activities performed on a clinical trial as a Lead Data Manager.
- Accountable for achieving clinical data science deliverables on-time, with high- quality and to agreed financial metrics.
- Serve as primary point of contact for internal and external team members regarding clinical data review activities and leads these data review activities to ensure delivery of data fit for analysis.
- Provides input into clinical system development activities and clinical risk management activities.
You are:
- Degree qualified in a relevant Scientific or Healthcare discipline.
- Good knowledge of clinical data science activities (Data review, risk management & analytics, clinical systems).
- Strong experienced in clinical data management. Ideally having been the lead DM for at least 5 studies in start up and 5 database locks.
- DM experience in the CRO industry is preferred.
- Engaging, supportive and you lead by example.
- Experience with Rave and Veeva EDC preferred, Inform desirable.
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.
Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits
At ICON, diversity, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative which helps us better serve our people, patients, customers, and our communities. We're proud of our diverse workforce and the work we’ve done to become a more inclusive organisation. 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 through the form below.
https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations
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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