Study Start Up Specialist, Business Operations
- Melbourne, Sydney
- Study Start Up
- ICON Strategic Solutions
- Remote
Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner
- Icon Strategic Solutions
About the role
Study Start Up Associate II, Home-based in Australia
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 Study Start Up Associate to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Study Start Up Associate at ICON, you will be working within a large-scale, fast-paced environment, supporting the Study Start Up Team Lead in developing and executing the plan for country and site distribution. Your expertise and dedication will be essential in efficiently conducting SSU (Study Start Up) activities in the assigned countries, ensuring the smooth initiation and progress of clinical trials.
What you will be doing:
- Efficiently Drive Study Initiation: Conduct feasibility assessments, site identification, site contract negotiation, and other critical SSU activities.
- Empower Success through Specialized SSU Expertise: Provide expertise to Study Start Up team leads and project teams, providing valuable insights to drive success.
- Ensuring Regulatory Compliance: Prepare and coordinate submissions to regulatory, ethics, and other relevant bodies, ensuring compliance with all necessary regulations and guidelines.
- Safeguarding Patient Welfare: Contribute to the development, finalization, and review of Master and Country Specific Subject Information Sheets/Informed Consent Forms, guaranteeing the highest standards of patient safety and informed consent.
Your Profile:
- A Bachelor's degree or local equivalent and/or appropriate experience from the Medical/science background and/or discipline.
- At least 3 years of experience or understanding of clinical study start-up requirements and activities, showing your expertise in the field.
- Fluency in the local language and English is essential, enabling you to effectively communicate and collaborate with international teams.
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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.
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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At ICON, our employees are our greatest strength. That’s why we are committed to empowering you to live your best life, both inside and outside of work. Whether your ambition is lead a global team, become a deep scientific or technical expert, work in-house with our customers or gain experience in a variety of different ICON functions, we will support you in realising your full potential. Learn more about Our Culture at ICON
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