What does a project manager do?
The job of a Project Manager is essential in most industries yet many people are unsure of what the job entails. Project Managers have diverse and plentiful responsibilities. Not only are you accountable for ensuring that the service deliverables are completed on time - and to the client’s satisfaction - but you also need to liaise between different elements of the business to ensure every project that you’re managing goes smoothly.
Project Management can be an extremely rewarding career, with great progression opportunities and the chance to push yourself in ways that help you develop, both in and out of work. It’s not just the managers themselves that contribute to the success of this function, either. There’s a whole host of professionals who help make Project Management run smoothly.
Find out why you should become a Project ManagerInfectious Diseases & Vaccines
Our Project Managers are on the cutting edge of acute and preventative medicine, working to develop anti-infectives (including antibiotics, antivirals, and treatments for parasitic and fungal infections) as well as preventing some of the diseases responsible for significant numbers of deaths globally through the development and use of new vaccines.
ICON PMs are contributing to developing vaccines to prevent a multitude of diseases, including COVID-19, Ebola, epidemic flu (H1N1, H5N1), Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Zika, anthrax, plague, shigella, HSV, and many others. Our team supports vaccines for unique and relatively rare indications as well, including Dengue fever, Chikungunya, Yellow fever, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
In the role of Project Manager, you will lead a cross-functional team with functional managers responsible for Clinical, Data Management, Medical support, Biostatistics, and a multitude of activities for which ICON is contracted. Each functional lead will be responsible for their specific area, with you owning overall accountability for the project. This collaborative team will agree and implement the project under your direction but in conjunction with a comprehensive operational plan that will be developed. You may work across the world, conducting studies with sites located in unique environments, including remote jungles in the tropics, newly established centres at varying locales in Sub-Saharan Africa, and islands where research has never been performed before.
In a project management job, you will be challenged, but also have the reward of successfully bringing treatment and prevention options to parts of the world where they haven’t been available in the past.
Oncology
Our Project Managers address a broad range of cancer indications, be they hematological malignancies or solid tumors from first in human to registrational studies. Clinical trials with complex adaptive designs are at the center of what we do. Oncology is the largest single therapy area within the ICON organization accounting for one third of the overall portfolio.
Oncology is the largest single therapy area within the ICON organization accounting for one third of the overall portfolio. Your impact would be real and meaningful. ICON has had a major hand in the market authorization of more than 40 cancer therapies in the last 5 years alone.
In the role of PM, you will lead a cross-functional team with functional managers responsible for Clinical, Data Management, Medical support, Biostatistics, ICON Medical Imaging, ICON Laboratories and a multitude of activities for which ICON is contracted. Each functional lead will be responsible for their specific area, with you owning overall accountability for the project. This collaborative team will agree and implement the project under your direction but in conjunction with a comprehensive operational plan that will be developed. Your projects may be global, and you will be challenged to work in many different types of hospitals from large academic centres to community facilities. You will be able to leverage ICON’s expertise in promoting patient centricity and patient diversity.
Most of us have been touched directly or indirectly by cancer with an expectation that over a lifetime one in two people will become ill with this disease. Research has improved survival in many cancer indications significantly.
Your contribution will further advance our progress for even longer survival in more cancer indications, with fewer debilitating treatment side effects.
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United States
Department
Project Management Roles
Location
United States
Remote Working
Remote
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Project Management
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Permanent
Description
As a Program Manager, Clinical Data Science you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.
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2025-118535
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01/01/0001
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Location
Brazil
Department
Project Management Roles
Location
Brazil
Remote Working
Remote
Job Categories
Project Management
Job Type
Permanent
Description
We are currently seeking a Project Manager to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Project Manager at ICON, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating project activities, ensuring that pr
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2025-118765
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01/01/0001
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Location
United States
Department
Project Management Roles
Location
United States
Remote Working
Remote
Job Categories
Project Management
Job Type
Permanent
Description
As a Project Planning & Program Coordination you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.
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2025-118743
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01/01/0001
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Location
United Kingdom
Department
Project Management Roles
Location
UK
Remote Working
Remote
Job Categories
Project Management
Job Type
Permanent
Description
Project Manager Investigator-led studies / Homebased UK We are looking for a Project Manager with both clinical research industry and clinical trial management experience to join a dedicated investiga
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2025-118716
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01/01/0001
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Location
Korea, South
Department
Project Management Roles
Location
South Korea
Seoul
Remote Working
Remote
Job Categories
Project Management
Job Type
Permanent
Description
Study Start-Up Project Manager, Home-Based, South Korea You will be partnering with one of the worlds premier Biopharmaceutical companies. Working across a vast portfolio of medicines and vaccines thi
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2025-118399
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01/01/0001
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Location
Ireland, Dublin
Department
Full Service - Development & Commercialisation Solutions
Full Service - Global Business Services
Location
Dublin
Remote Working
Office Based
Job Categories
Clinical Project Management
Project Management
Job Type
Permanent
Description
We are currently seeking a Manager, Laboratory Project Management to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Manager, Laboratory Project Management at ICON, you will play a pivotal role in designing a
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JR126041
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01/01/0001
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Location
Spain, Madrid
Department
Full Service - Development & Commercialisation Solutions
Location
Dublin
Warsaw
Lisbon
Madrid
Reading
Remote Working
Hybrid: Office/Remote
Job Categories
Clinical Project Management
Job Type
Permanent
Description
At ICON, it’s our people that set us apart. Our diverse teams enable us to become a better partner to our customers and help us to fulfil our mission to advance and improve patients’ lives. Our ‘Own I
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JR119449
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01/01/0001
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Location
US, Lenexa KCI (PRA)
Department
Full Service - Early Clinical and Bioanalytical Solutions
Location
Lenexa
Remote Working
Office Based
Job Categories
Project/ Program Management
Resourcing
Job Type
Permanent
Description
We are currently seeking a Resource Planning Associate to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Resource Planning Associate at ICON, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the resource planning
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JR129013
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01/01/0001
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Location
Poland, Gdansk
Location
Gdansk
Remote Working
Office Based
Job Categories
Project/ Program Management
Job Type
Permanent
Description
Location: Gdansk, PolandWe are currently seeking a Study Manager, Home Health to join our diverse and dynamic team. As the Study Manager, Home Health, you will oversee the execution of home health cli
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JR126055
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01/01/0001
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Location
Mexico, Mexico City
Location
Mexico City
Remote Working
Hybrid: Office/Remote
Job Categories
Technical Project Management
Non-Clinical Project Management
Job Type
Permanent
Description
We have an incredible opportunity for a Senior Clinical System Lead to join ICON’s Full Service IOD Clinical Data Science team. The Senior Clinical System Lead will lead and direct one or more Clinica
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JR128601
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01/01/0001
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Location
US, San Antonio, TX, IDS
Location
San Antonio
Remote Working
Office Based
Job Categories
Project/ Program Management
Resourcing
Job Type
Permanent
Description
We are currently seeking a Resource Planning Associate to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a Resource Planning Associate at ICON, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the resource planning
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JR127828
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01/01/0001
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Location
China, Beijing
Department
Full Service - Development & Commercialisation Solutions
Location
Beijing
Remote Working
Hybrid: Office/Remote
Job Categories
Technical Project Management
Non-Clinical Project Management
Job Type
Permanent
Description
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotech
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JR127167
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01/01/0001
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