Senior Patient Recruitment Planning Specialist

At ICON, it’s our people that set us apart. Our diverse teams enable us to become a better partner to our customers and help us to fulfil our mission to advance and improve patients’ lives. 

Our ‘Own It’ culture is driven by four key values that bring us together as individuals and set us apart as an organization: Accountability & Delivery, Collaboration, Partnership and Integrity. We want to be the Clinical Research Organization that delivers excellence to our clients and to patients at every touch-point. In short, to be the partner of choice in drug development.
 

The Role

Title: Senior Patient Recruitment Planning Specialist

Summary: The Senior Patient Recruitment Planning Specialist acts as a technical expert or in a supporting function in the Patient Recruitment and Retention Planning process. You will also support and manage awarded Patient Recruitment and Retention studies and support and manage patient recruitment vendor engagement and budget development for service areas provided by the Patient Recruitment Planning group.

Duties:

• As a member of staff, the employee is expected to embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs.
• Provide strategic support and act as a functional lead / technical expert on all aspects of Recruitment and Retention Planning for proposals.
• Support Manager / Snr Manager (Patient Recruitment Planning) in the preparation of presentation / materials for Bid Defense meetings in support ICON business development opportunities.
• Attendance at Kick-off meetings, project meetings as required.
• Development of study and country recruitment and retention strategies and tactics customized to the need of the study and or sponsor in a format appropriate to be incorporated into the Study Recruitment Plan.  
• Input into the Site ID questionnaire, or specific recruitment questionnaire (dependent on study/ sponsor requirements).
• Contract review - ensure specifications are in line with plan. Ensure contract or RAP/Start up agreement in place prior to study start
• Manage the implementation of small to medium sized patient recruitment campaigns.
• Manage/Discuss any strategy or scope changes with the Sponsor/PM in relation to the Recruitment Planning
• Ensure study information saved to Recruitment and Retention eRoom appropriately.
• Maintain communication and relationships between all the relevant internal and external parities to ensure all intelligence is utilized in order to make best recruitment planning decision
• Deliver high quality standards and strive for excellence.
• The Senior Specialist, Patient Recruitment Planning shall undertake limited supervisory function

What you need

• Bachelor’s degree, or local equivalent, in a life-science, scientific discipline, medical and / or communication or business studies. A higher level degree is preferred.
• 3+ years CRO experience and 3 years patient recruitment or similar industry experience
• Have a background in medicine, science or other relevant discipline with substantial international experience in clinical drug development across a broad range of therapeutic areas
• Good commercial awareness of current practices and trends Recruitment Planning across the industry
• Travel (approximately 5%) domestic and/or international. Valid driver license required.

Benefits of Working in ICON:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

We offer very competitive salary packages. Our annual bonuses reflect delivery of performance goals – both ours and yours. We also provide a range of health-related benefits to employees and their families and offer competitive retirement plans. But beyond the competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, you’ll benefit from an environment where you are encouraged to fulfil your sense of purpose and drive lasting change.

ICON 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, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected