Senior Site Activation Lead - Poland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain - Homebased
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 Site Activation Lead to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Senior Site Activation Lead at ICON, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing and driving the site activation process for clinical trials. You will lead efforts to ensure timely site identification, initiation, and activation, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to meet project timelines and support the successful execution of clinical studies.
What You Will Be Doing:
Lead and manage end-to-end site activation across multiple study designs, including site identification, feasibility assessments, contract negotiations, and regulatory submissions.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams globally to ensure timely delivery of site activation milestones and the smooth initiation of clinical trials.
Monitor site activation progress and proactively resolve challenges or bottlenecks to meet tight deadlines.
Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members, sharing your expertise in study start-up best practices.
Translate sponsor requests into actionable plans for study teams, ensuring alignment and operational efficiency.
Maintain clear communication with internal stakeholders and external site teams to achieve activation goals on schedule.
What We Are Looking For:
A Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Clinical Research, or a related field.
Extensive experience in site activation, clinical trial start-up, or project management within the clinical research industry.
Proven ability to manage multiple studies simultaneously, working efficiently under tight deadlines.
Strong knowledge of regulatory and contractual requirements for clinical site activation.
Leadership experience on a global scale, including guiding cross-functional study teams and mentoring colleagues.
The ability to translate complex sponsor requests into clear, actionable strategies for study teams.
Flexibility and adaptability to respond to rapidly changing priorities and requirements.
Exceptional communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills, with a record of effectively leading high-performing teams.
Why This Role Matters:
You will drive the success of global clinical trials from the very start, ensuring that our study sites are activated efficiently, aligned with sponsor expectations, and ready to deliver impactful results. Your leadership and expertise will directly contribute to advancing innovative therapies to patients worldwide.
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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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