Due to sponsor requirements, only candidates with a strong Oncology background will be considered for the role
Why Join Global Study Leadership?
Global Study Leadership is a global, full-service team delivering clinical trials through both therapeutically aligned and customer-dedicated delivery models. You'll work across a diverse portfolio including Oncology, Rare Disease, CNS, Cardiovascular, Immunology, Respiratory, Cell & Gene Therapy, Infectious Disease, Ophthalmology and Women's Health while partnering with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology sponsors around the world.
Working alongside experienced project leaders and clinical operations experts, you'll have the opportunity to broaden your therapeutic expertise, strengthen your leadership capabilities and influence the successful delivery of studies that help bring new treatments to patients faster. Supported by a collaborative global network, mentorship, flexible ways of working and AI-enabled technology and data-driven insights, you'll be empowered to grow your career while making a meaningful impact on global healthcare.
What You'll Be Doing
As a Clinical Lead, you'll be accountable for the clinical delivery of assigned studies, ensuring recruitment, site performance, quality and operational objectives are achieved while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements and customer expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the clinical delivery of regional and global clinical studies, ensuring projects meet quality, timeline, recruitment and operational objectives
- Drive patient recruitment and site engagement strategies, ensuring enrolment targets are achieved and studies remain on track
- Partner with Project Leaders and cross-functional teams to drive study milestones, resolve issues and maintain operational excellence
- Provide leadership and guidance to clinical teams, supporting resource planning, training and project delivery
- Manage clinical risks, oversee quality standards and drive proactive mitigation strategies throughout the study lifecycle
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and alignment across study teams
- Support financial oversight of clinical delivery, including forecasting, budget management and identification of scope changes where applicable
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, knowledge sharing and the development of less experienced team members
- Support proposal development, bid defence activities and clinical delivery planning for new opportunities where appropriate
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Healthcare, or a related scientific discipline
- Strong Oncology background
- 5+ years of clinical research, monitoring, or clinical operations experience within a CRO, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology environment
- Strong understanding of clinical trial conduct, ICH-GCP guidelines and applicable regulatory requirements
- Experience leading clinical study delivery activities, including patient recruitment, site management and clinical quality oversight
- Proven ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams and manage internal and external stakeholders in a global environment
- Strong communication, problem-solving, organizational and decision-making skills
- Experience supporting project financial management and operational planning is desirable
- Passion for advancing clinical research and improving outcomes for patients worldwide
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com
IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Healthcare, or a related scientific discipline
- Strong Oncology background
- 5+ years of clinical research, monitoring, or clinical operations experience within a CRO, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology environment
- Strong understanding of clinical trial conduct, ICH-GCP guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements
- Experience leading clinical study delivery activities, including patient recruitment, site management, and clinical quality oversight
- Ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams and manage internal and external stakeholders in a global environment
- Strong communication, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills
- Experience supporting project financial management and operational planning
IQVIA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IQVIA and has not been reviewed or approved by IQVIA.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning medical/dental/vision plus programs like telemedicine, EAP resources, and additional insurance options. Feedback suggests the health offering is a meaningful part of the overall rewards package, though details can vary by location and plan design.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include an employer match structure that supports employee contributions through a defined formula. This adds steady long-term value to total rewards beyond base salary.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off offerings include vacation/paid time off, holidays, and flexibility themes, with some roles described as having discretionary or unlimited time-off models. This can make the package feel more attractive even when cash compensation is viewed as only mid-range.
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What We Do
IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. IQVIA creates intelligent connections across all aspects of healthcare through its analytics, transformative technology, big data resources and extensive domain expertise. IQVIA Connected Intelligence™ delivers powerful insights with speed and agility — enabling customers to accelerate the clinical development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments that improve healthcare outcomes for patients. With approximately 70,000 employees, IQVIA conducts operations in more than 100 countries. To learn more, visit www.iqvia.com.
