Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager - IT

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 Project Manager of IT to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Senior Project Manager in IT at ICON, you will be responsible for leading and managing projects, ensuring successful execution and delivery of project objectives.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Manage PMDI and/or DSE department projects

• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, with quality and adequate resources

• Serve as point of contact for other departments initiating projects, ensuring alignment and avoiding duplication

• Provide regular project metrics and risk register updates to PMDI Leadership

Essential Functions

• Provide project management support for digital product and insights development throughout the lifecycle

• Deliver regular project status updates, including risks and mitigation strategies

• Communicate cross‑functionally to ensure alignment across departments

• Review other departmental projects for dependency, impact, and consistency

• Facilitate Sprint Planning, Release Planning, Daily Stand‑Ups, Demos, and Retrospectives

• Partner with Product Owners/Managers to prioritize backlog items

• Drive risk identification and proactive mitigation

• Monitor work intake and flow within agile teams

• Improve team efficiency and creativity

• Assist with creation and management of project plans during implementation or operational phases

• Collaborate with product managers and engineering teams to create unified program plans across workstreams

• Manage multiple high‑priority tasks and expectations

• Operate effectively in large-scope, high-complexity agile environment.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None expected

Your Profile:

• A bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in Project Management, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Extensive experience in project management, with a proven track record of leading successful projects in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.

• Strong proficiency in project management tools and methodologies, with excellent attention to detail.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to develop effective project strategies.

• Demonstrated leadership skills, with experience in managing and mentoring teams effectively.

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences.

• Detail-oriented, with strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with PV systems (e.g., Argus) and ICSR management

• PMP certification

Travel:

• No significant travel expected

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.

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 or submit a request here

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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