Senior Project Manager, Laboratory - Home or Lab Based

Senior Project Manager, Central Laboratory

Location: Dublin / Home based in EMEA

ICON plc, a leading Clinical Research Organisation, employing 14,000 people across 80 offices in 38 countries.

Due to growth, we are currently recruiting for a highly motivated Senior Project Manager to join our central laboratory Project Management Team at our Global HQ in Dublin 18.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic, busy environment for a leading global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.

As Senior Project Manager, you will play a key role within ICON Central Labs by ensuring overall client happiness. You will be our client’s main contact for ICON's Central Laboratories’ services and providing day-to-day management of studies. As a trusted partner, you will attend client meetings to provide project updates. You will also be actively involved in training and mentoring junior members of the team.

The Role

• Acts as our clients contact person in all matters regarding our central laboratory services, following up and responding to clinical study specific inquiries from Sponsors, Physicians, CRA and CRO representatives and the ICON Site Services Department.
• Review newly assigned protocols and Amendments. Oversee and handle the completion of the Clinical Laboratory Worksheet.
• Enter protocol parameter information into PACS//ICOLIMS and other systems for new and/or amended protocols. Preparing QC materials.
• Ensure that proper guidelines for communication are set at study start-up and maintained throughout a study by crafting and updating the study specific Communication and Escalation Plan. Ensure adherence to the protocol specific monitoring plan. Maintaining study files and ensuring that all appropriate documents are properly maintained. Ensure that all necessary documents are archived at study closure.
• Provide Sponsors with study management reports.
• Dedicatedly monitor study budget.
• Set the timelines for and monitor the progress of shipment requests for storage samples and verify data.
• Attend and represent ICON at Sponsor Investigator Meetings, Kick-Off Meeting, Bid Defences or Initiations.
• Develop new tools, train new employees
• Performs additional relevant responsibilities as requested by management.

Experience requirements:

• 3-5 years’ work experience within a central laboratory environment OR extensive clinical laboratory experience.
• Have a Degree in a Life Sciences or related discipline.
• Customer focussed with the ability to build excellent rapport with business partners.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Comfortable with presenting to groups.
• Experience in attending Bid Defences.
• Super organised and remains calm in taking care of multiple priorities and working to tight deadlines.
• Passionate about developing a career within Project Management.

Benefits of Working in ICON

Other than working with a phenomenal team of smart and ambitious people, we also offer a very competitive compensation package. This varies from country to country so a dedicated recruiter will discuss this with you at interview stage.

We care about our people as they are the key to our success. We provide an open and friendly work environment where we empower people and provide them with opportunities to develop their long term career.

What’s Next?

Following your application you will be contacted by one of our dedicated recruiters and if successful we will be able to provide you with more details about this opportunity.

ICON is an equal opportunity employer - Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans and committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.