ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.
As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.
What You Will Do:
Development of protocols for clinical studies.
Contribute to the development of program strategy for assigned compounds/programs including participation in the preparation of clinical development plans.
Drafting of clinical scientific documents such as IND, IND amendments, Clinical Study Reports, Investigator Brochures, Annual Reports, and other health authorities submissions.
Responsible for providing clinical input into eCRF design, SAP, and TLFs.
Monitor, review, and summarize clinical safety and efficacy data in ongoing studies.
Collaborate with study team members to conduct timely and thorough review of study data using best practices and available tools to identify and evaluate data trends.
Will lead the clinical matrix teams for assigned studies, represent clinical development on project teams and serve as liaison to project teams, CRO's and others.
Provide clinical updates on assigned studies to Sr. management, Project Teams, Joint Project Teams and/or Steering Committees (if appropriate), Clinical sub-teams, internal strategy, and governance meetings, eDMC meetings, steering committees, advocacy groups, scientific advisory boards, and publications committees.
Liaise with cross functions on training of current studies, results, meeting with lead PIs/KOLs at conferences; present as needed.
Develop relationships with appropriate consultants and external experts and utilize these relationships to obtain feedback on protocol design.
Contribute to writing and review of study abstracts, posters, oral presentations, and manuscripts for assigned studies.
Your Profile:
Degree in scientific/life-sciences field. Pharm.D. or Ph.D. preferred.
Minimum of 4 - 6 years of experience in research with at least 3 or more years of clinical research/drug development experience are required for Director level.
Experience in Immunology field is required.
Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Strong Analytical ability.
Ability to accommodate up to 20% travel or as business dictates.
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
- Degree in a scientific or life sciences field
- Pharm.D. or Ph.D.
- 4–6 years of research experience
- At least 3 years of clinical research or drug development experience
- Experience in immunology
- Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong analytical ability
- Ability to accommodate up to 20% travel or travel as business dictates
- Legal right to work in the country where the role is based
ICON plc Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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.
