At ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON’s global expertise.
As the world’s largest FSP organisation, with over 90 sponsor partnerships, we offer stability, career development and a collaborative environment where your work contributes to the development of treatments that benefit patients worldwide.
As a Client Project Manager at ICON, you will take ownership of the overall direction, coordination, execution, and successful delivery of global projects. You’ll work closely with cross-functional and multinational teams to ensure projects are delivered effectively, in line with study requirements, contracts, budgets, and applicable SOPs.
What You Will Do:
Your focus will be on coordinating project and programme management delivery, resolving issues, and developing team capability.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead global cross-functional or single-service projects from initiation through closeout
- Coordinate project planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery across multinational teams
- Manage project resources and help ensure they are used effectively
- Maintain oversight of project timelines, contracts, budgets, and deliverables
- Facilitate collaboration and communication across project teams and stakeholders
- Support recruitment and retention activities when required
- Contribute project management expertise to new business proposals and Bid Defense meetings, where applicable
Your Profile:
You will have solid project and programme management experience, with the ability to manage competing priorities and develop your team.
Required qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Healthcare, or a related field preferred.
- Proven experience managing clinical trials from start-up through closeout. Experience in Oncology studies is highly preferred.
- Experience leading cross-functional and multinational study teams.
- Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP, clinical trial processes, and regulatory requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to manage study timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and deliverables.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working with sponsors, CRO teams, and other clinical study stakeholders.
- Proactive, organized, and adaptable with a strong focus on quality and study delivery.
Employment with ICON is contingent upon having the legal right to work in the country where the role is based.
Rewards & Benefits
ICON offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and career development.
Benefits may include:
- Competitive base salary and performance related incentives
- Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable
- Retirement and pension plans
- Life assurance and disability coverage
- Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources
- Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways
Benefits may vary depending on role and location.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
Inclusion and Accessibility
ICON is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.
If you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know or submit a request here.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Healthcare, or a related field
- Experience managing clinical trials from start-up through closeout
- Experience in oncology studies
- Experience leading cross-functional and multinational study teams
- Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP, clinical trial processes, and regulatory requirements
- Ability to manage study timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and deliverables
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working with sponsors, CRO teams, and other clinical study stakeholders
- Proactive, organized, and adaptable approach focused on quality and study delivery
- Legal right to work in the country where the role is based
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are described as comprehensive, with medical coverage and wellness initiatives highlighted. Larger sites are also associated with added wellness supports such as onsite fitness options and access to an employee assistance program.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off and flexibility provisions are positioned as a meaningful part of the total package, including vacation/annual leave and flexible work scheduling. Flexibility is sometimes cited as helping offset long hours in certain roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement and savings support is presented as a core component of the benefits package, including offerings such as pension arrangements in some locations and a U.S. 401(k) plan with company match. Financial planning resources are also emphasized as part of broader security benefits.
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What We Do
Since our foundation in Dublin, Ireland in 1990, our mission has been to help our clients to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life. We do this by delivering best in class information, solutions and performance, with an unyielding focus on quality at all times. We offer a full range of consulting, development and commercialisation services from a global network of offices in 53 countries. We focus our innovation on the factors that are critical to our clients – reducing time to market, reducing cost, and increasing quality – and our global team of experts has extensive experience in a broad range of therapeutic areas.
