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.
As a Manager, Feasibility and Site Activation (FSA) at ICON, you will lead teams responsible for delivering high-quality feasibility assessments and efficient site activation for global clinical trials.
What You Will Do:
Your focus will be on coordinating site start-up and activation delivery, resolving issues, and developing team capability.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing FSA project teams to deliver country and site feasibility, start-up strategies, and activation activities in line with timelines and quality expectations.
- Overseeing the coordination of essential documents, regulatory and ethics submissions, and contract/start-up packages for assigned studies.
- Reviewing feasibility data, assumptions, and risks, and partnering with stakeholders to develop mitigation plans and realistic start-up forecasts.
- Collaborating with business development and operational teams to support proposals, bid defences, and customer meetings with robust FSA input.
- Monitoring performance metrics for feasibility and site activation, identifying trends and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Providing coaching, feedback, and development opportunities to FSA staff, fostering a culture of accountability and collaboration.
Your Profile:
You will have solid site start-up and activation experience, with the ability to manage competing priorities and develop your team.
Required qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences, healthcare, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Significant experience in clinical research with a strong focus on feasibility, site selection, and study start-up.
- Proven ability to manage projects or teams in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Strong analytical and planning skills, with experience interpreting feasibility data and operational metrics.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including customer-facing experience.
- Continuous improvement mindset, with a focus on quality, predictability, and operational excellence.
- Willingness to travel as required (approximately 15%)
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, business, or related field, or equivalent experience
- Significant experience in clinical research with focus on feasibility, site selection, and study start-up
- Proven ability to manage projects or teams in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
- Strong analytical and planning skills; experience interpreting feasibility data and operational metrics
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including customer-facing experience
- Continuous improvement mindset, with focus on quality, predictability, and operational excellence
- Willingness to travel as required (approximately 15%)
- 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.
