ICON plc

Site Activation Lead

ICON plc • $95K — $115K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree, preferably in life sciences.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Clinical Research environment, focusing on Start-Up experience.
  • Strong project management skills with a deep understanding of regulatory and submission processes.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and work efficiently under tight deadlines.
  • Willingness to travel as required (approximately 15%).

Responsibilities

  • Lead clinical trial start-up activities and assist in developing plans for site distribution.
  • Oversee day-to-day delivery of site activation, ensuring compliance with timelines and standards.
  • Ensure projects have comprehensive site activation plans for effective study conduct.
  • Lead sponsor initiatives including meetings, project updates, and key communications.
  • Utilize project management skills to optimize performance and enhance collaboration.

Benefits

  • Various annual leave entitlements.
  • A range of health insurance offerings.
  • Competitive retirement planning offerings.
  • Global Employee Assistance Programme providing 24-hour support.
  • Life assurance plan.
  • Flexible optional benefits, including childcare vouchers and gym memberships.
Full Job Description
Site Activation Associate

As a Site Activation Lead at ICON, you will advance clinical trial start-up activities by understanding client objectives and assist in the development of the plan for country and site distribution.

What You Will Do:

You will manage day-to-day site start-up and activation activities, supporting your team to deliver quality outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:
  • Lead clinical trial start-up activities, understanding client objectives and assisting in the development of plans for country and site distribution.
  • Oversee day-to-day delivery of all aspects of site activation in assigned projects, ensuring adherence to sponsor timelines, expectations, and compliance with ICON/client KPIs, SOPs, and regulatory standards.
  • Ensure that each project has a comprehensive site activation plan, conducting studies effectively in accordance with the plan.
  • Lead sponsor initiatives such as kick-off meetings, bid defenses, project updates, status calls, and other key communications.
  • Utilize project management skills to optimize performance and collaboration, ensuring successful study outcomes.


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, preferably in life sciences.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Clinical Research environment, focusing on Start-Up experience.
  • Strong project management skills, with a deep understanding of regulatory and submission processes in various countries.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
  • Proven ability to work efficiently to tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities.
  • Willingness to travel as required (approximately 15%)


What ICON can offer you: Our success depends on the quality of our people. That's why we've made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:
  • Various annual leave entitlements
  • A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family's needs.
  • Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
  • Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family's well-being.
  • Life assurance
  • Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.


Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless - there's every chance you're exactly what we're looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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About ICON plc

ICON plc is a global provider of drug development and commercialisation services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The company specialises in the strategic development, management and analysis of programs that support clinical development. ICON has approximately 15700 employees in 40 countries. The company was founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1990 and is headquartered in Leopardstown, Dublin. ICON has been publicly traded on the NASDAQ since 1998.
Learn more about ICON plc
Size
39,300 employees
Market Cap
$16.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$332.3 million
Founded
2017
5 Year Trend
+26.9%
Revenue
$2.7 billion
NASDAQ

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