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Senior Clinical Data Science Lead

  1. South Africa, UK
2025-118995
  1. Clinical Data Management, Clinical Data Scientist Lead, Clinical Systems, Data Standards Consultant
  2. ICON Strategic Solutions

About the role

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As as Clinical Data Science Lead you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.


Clinical Data Management Expertise. The CDM will perform scientific (complex) clinical data review in close collaboration with the Study Responsible Physicians (SRP) and Study Responsible Scientists (SRS). 

 

What you will be doing:

  • Tapping into your technical and clinical expertise, performing scientific data review with focus on complex indication and therapy related elements of the study
  • Involved in study related activities from the protocol design stage onwards, providing input into the study specific and/or indication specific data collection tools.  
  • Close partnership with study physician(s) and study scientist(s) in order to establish, align and confirm scientific clinical data review expectations for assigned trial(s).  
  • Reviews content and integration requirements for eCRF and other data collection tools  
  • Reviews (complex) scientific study data, manages queries and holds discussions with relevant stakeholders. Involvement in other review activities (e.g., Coding, SAE reconciliation) is possible. 
  • Leads and attends meetings as appropriate.  
  • Establishes conventions and quality expectations for clinical data.  
  • Works in collaboration with the study physicians, study scientists, global data managers, statisticians and other stakeholders
  • Identifies and communicates lessons learned and best practices.

 

Qualifications

 

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in a health/scientific discipline
  • 5+ years of Clinical Data Management experience
  • Robust experience with EDC (E.g. Medidata Rave) and use of Data Review tools such as JReview
  • Deep understanding of drug development
  • Strong technical skills, including experience working with using Microsoft Excel functionality
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

 

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

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. 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, 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 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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