Senior Clinical Data Science Lead

Senior Clinical Data Science Lead

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.

As a Senior Clinical Data Science Lead at ICON, you will lead the analysis, interpretation, and management of clinical data to drive the success of our clinical trials.

What You Will Do:

You will oversee clinical data science workstreams, ensuring deliverables meet quality and timeline expectations.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Leading the development and implementation of clinical data management strategies to optimize data collection, analysis, and reporting.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the accurate integration of data science techniques into clinical trial designs.

• Overseeing the analysis of clinical data to provide actionable insights that inform study decisions and outcomes.

• Providing strategic guidance on data governance, quality control, and compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Establishing partnerships with key stakeholders to leverage the latest advancements in data science and technology in clinical research.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Computer Science, or a related field.

• 8 to 10 years of clinical data management experience, including Early Development and Phase I studies.

• Experience leading at least three study start ups and three database locks.

• Strong knowledge of clinical data management, data review, and data quality processes.

• Experience participating in User Acceptance Testing and reviewing data reports.

• Comfortable managing frequent real time data extractions and supporting rapid study decisions.

• Experience leading post production changes and change control activities.

• Experience overseeing Clinical Data Coordinators and delegated activities.

• Experience managing external data vendors and third party data deliverables.

• Exposure to dose escalation studies and meetings preferred.

• Strong leadership skills with experience working across cross functional teams.

• Proficient in data analysis tools, statistical software, and data visualization.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem solving skills.

• Proactive approach with the confidence to research, resolve issues, and drive outcomes.

• CRO oversight experience preferred but not required.

• Willingness to travel up to 15 percent as required.

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 maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized 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, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

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, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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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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