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 Lead Clinical Data Science Programmer at ICON, you will design and develop clinical data solutions, ensuring the efficient handling, analysis, and reporting of complex clinical trial data.
What You Will Do:
You will manage day-to-day clinical data science activities, supporting your team to deliver quality outcomes.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the design, development, and validation of data science programming solutions for clinical trials.
- Collaborating with biostatisticians, data managers, and clinical teams to develop data specifications and analysis plans.
- Programming and validating datasets, tables, listings, and figures (TLFs) according to study requirements.
- Ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of clinical data through rigorous quality control and validation checks.
- Mentoring and guiding junior programmers and providing technical leadership within the data science programming team.
Your Profile:
You will have solid clinical data science experience, with the ability to manage competing priorities and develop your team.
Required qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences, computer science, or a related discipline
- Extensive experience in clinical data programming, with proficiency in SAS, R, or other relevant programming languages.
- In-depth knowledge of clinical trial data structures, CDISC standards (SDTM, ADaM), and regulatory requirements.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on data accuracy and quality.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Willingness to travel as required (approximately 10%)
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, computer science, or related discipline
- Extensive experience in clinical data programming with proficiency in SAS and/or R
- In-depth knowledge of clinical trial data structures, CDISC standards (SDTM, ADaM), and regulatory requirements
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with focus on data accuracy and quality
- Excellent communication and leadership skills; ability to work in cross-functional teams
- Ability to manage competing priorities and develop/mentor a programming team
- Willingness to travel as required (approximately 10%)
- 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.
