Sr Site Alliance Specialist

Oncology experience and global experience are required!  We will consider candidates with a background in feasibility and study start up.

The Site Alliance Specialist will be responsible for leading the Site Alliance process for studies by being accountable/responsible for the development of Site Alliance Plans (based on an approved country strategy), Site Profiles and Protocol Specific Site Requirements appropriate to the individual study needs and in alignment with sponsor requirements The Site Identification Manager will be responsible for ensuring all sites proposed for selection are of a high quality standard and meet all site profile, due diligence and protocol study specific requirements

This role will involve liaising with the Study Activation Lead, PM and CTMs on the study to ensure delivery of the study start up timelines in terms of initiated sites and First Patient In (FPI) milestones

Other responsibilities of this role will be to act as subject matter expert in Site Identification/Selection process for internal and external customers alike and to provide input to Team members, Project teams, Business Development and to Sponsors.  Also to drive process improvement initiatives for Site Identification as assigned to drive effectiveness and productivity, while maintaining ICON’s competiveness.

The successful candidate will also work with and build strong strategic alliances with our Sponsors and oversee site identification delivery across the portfolio of studies with our strategic alliance partners. This will involve dealing with issue escalation and to help build client specific processes where necessary.

The candidate should have a good understanding of ICON systems, excel and site identification processes.

To succeed you will need:

A University degree in medicine, science, or equivalent, and a background in medicine, science or other relevant discipline.

Significant experience in site identification planning and at least 5 years’ international experience in clinical drug development across a broad range of therapeutic areas within the CRO/Pharmaceutical industry at a manager and / or project manager level.

You will be an Excellent communicator (both in written and spoken language) with well-developed negotiation skills and the ability to liaise successfully with senior management, clinical project teams, other ICON departments and clients.

You will be competent in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint with highly developed organizational, problem solving and analytical skill, with the ability to prioritize time-sensitive tasks and work independently, to make decision and to progress projects.