Senior Manager, Study Start Up

Sr Manager, Study Start Up

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.

We are currently seeking a Senior Manager, Study Start Up to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Senior Manager of Study Start Up at ICON, you will lead and oversee the global study start-up activities for clinical trials, ensuring that timelines, budgets, and regulatory requirements are met. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage site identification, initiation, and activation, driving efficiencies in the clinical trial start-up process.

• Leading and managing the study start-up process, including site identification, feasibility, regulatory document submission, and site activation across global clinical trials.
• Collaborating with clinical operations, project management, regulatory, and site management teams to ensure alignment on study start-up strategies and objectives.
• Ensuring compliance with global regulatory requirements, GCP, ICH guidelines, and company-specific processes for study start-up activities.
• Monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) related to study start-up timelines, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing process improvements.
• Managing and mentoring a team of study start-up specialists, providing guidance and support to ensure high-quality deliverables and adherence to timelines.
• Building strong relationships with sites and external partners, facilitating smooth communication and collaboration to accelerate study start-up.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to streamline start-up processes and reduce timelines, ensuring the successful and timely initiation of clinical trials.

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, clinical research, or a related field. Advanced degree or certification in project management or clinical operations is a plus.
• Extensive experience in study start-up or clinical operations, with a strong understanding of global regulatory requirements and clinical trial processes.
• Proven leadership and team management experience, with the ability to manage large, cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent project management skills, with experience managing timelines, budgets, and resources for clinical trial start-up activities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams, sites, and external partners.
• Proficiency in clinical trial management systems (CTMS) and start-up tracking tools.
• Proven ability to drive process improvements and deliver successful study start-up outcomes.

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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