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 Site Contracts Lead at ICON, you will oversee and coordinate the preparation, negotiation, and execution of clinical trial agreements and budgets for assigned studies or portfolios.
What You Will Do:
You will oversee contract management workstreams, ensuring deliverables meet quality and timeline expectations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing end-to-end site contracting activities for assigned studies, including template use, negotiation, and execution tracking.
- Serving as a primary escalation point for contract issues, proposing solutions that balance sponsor, site, and internal requirements.
- Collaborating with legal, finance, and project teams to ensure alignment on contract language, budget assumptions, and risk positions.
- Monitoring contracting timelines and metrics, identifying bottlenecks, and driving corrective actions to improve cycle times.
- Providing guidance and oversight to Site Contracts Negotiators working on the same studies or programmes.
- Contributing to the development and refinement of contracting playbooks, templates, and standard processes.
Your Profile:
You will have solid contract management experience, with the ability to manage competing priorities and develop your team.
Required qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor's degree in law, business, life sciences, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 3- 5 years of experience in clinical site contracting or similar contract negotiation roles within CRO, pharma, or healthcare.
- Good understanding of clinical trial agreements, budget structures, and key legal and compliance considerations.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple studies and priorities.
- Collaborative mindset with experience guiding or coordinating the work of others.
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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 law, business, life sciences, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 3-5 years of experience in clinical site contracting or similar contract negotiation roles within CRO, pharma, or healthcare.
- Good understanding of clinical trial agreements, budget structures, and key legal and compliance considerations.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple studies and priorities.
- Collaborative mindset with experience guiding or coordinating the work of others.
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.
