ICON plc

Sr. Clinical Trial Manager

ICON plc$100K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Blue Bell, PA
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BS degree required; degree in health or science field preferred.
  • 3-5+ years of end-to-end trial management experience.
  • Experience with start-up processes and database management is preferred.
  • Solid Tumor Oncology experience is mandatory.
  • Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP, local regulations, and operational procedures is essential.
  • Proficiency in required software systems and tools, as well as local language and English communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary communication point for assigned trial sites, facilitating collaboration across teams.
  • Contribute to site selection and participate in feasibility assessments for trial involvement.
  • Ensure recruitment targets are met by leading local team activities and developing specific procedures.
  • Engage with site staff throughout the trial to ensure adherence to study protocols and timelines.
  • Drive compliance through effective trial management and initiate corrective actions as needed.
  • Oversee vendor management and support local trial operations, ensuring budget adherence and timely invoicing.
  • Maintain high-quality standards in monitoring, training staff, and ensuring trial readiness for inspections.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellbeing programs, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Retirement and pension plans to support long-term financial stability.
  • Life assurance and disability coverage for added security.
  • Employee assistance programs and resources focusing on overall wellbeing.
  • Learning and development opportunities for career advancement.
Full Job Description
Senior Local Operations Manager - Oncology Solid Tumor - Home Based (US)

The Senior LOM role is a site aligned E2E partner to streamline communication across cross functional stakeholders throughout trial lifecycles.

  • Serves as the primary point of communication for sites, facilitating internal client teaming to drive issue resolution.

  • Intimately understands site operational model and owns relationships with critical site stakeholders to provide a voice for the site to the client's teams.

  • Contribute to quality Site Selection through participation in site feasibility ensuring consistent conduct of site qualification visits and appropriate follow-up of site qualification visit report and country feasibility report. Collaborates with central study team and local stakeholders as applicable for final selection of sites to participate in trial.

  • Ensures local/country team is meeting recruitment targets with high quality data on time and within study budget by providing input to study level documents and leading/coordinating local team activities in compliance with SOPs, other procedural documents and applicable regulations. This may require development of local trial specific procedures and tools, recruitment planning, contingency and risk management, and budget forecasting.

  • Act as primary company contact for assigned trial sites, engaging with Investigator and Site Staff throughout the life of the trial.

  • Focuses on investigator engagement through timely follow up with sites. Promptly communicates relevant status information and issues to appropriate stakeholders

  • Focuses on investigator engagement through timely follow up with sites. Promptly communicates relevant status information and issues to appropriate stakeholders

  • Drive study compliance by maintaining and updating trial management systems, using study tools and management reports available to analyze trial progress. When necessary initiates corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) when the trial deviates from plans and communicates study progress and issues to study management teams and Quality & Compliance team.

  • Contribute to site level recruitment strategy and contingency planning and implementation in partnership with other functional areas to achieve clinical research target.

  • Delivers competent vendor management at the country level to support the study and may submit requests for vendor services and support vendor selection. This includes reviewing and approving site and local vendor invoices as required. As required, manages the local study supply.

  • Ensures high standards for study monitoring by conducting quality local trial team meetings and facilitating SM training, when needed (i.e. implementation of study amendment-and changes in study related processes).

  • Contributes to patient understanding of protocol and patient safety by preparing country specific informed consent in accordance with procedural document/templates. This includes reviewing and managing site specific informed consent forms in accordance with SOPs, other procedural documents and applicable regulations.

  • Ensures trial subject safety in that all AEs/SAEs/PQCs are reported within the required reporting timelines and documented, as appropriate.

  • Ensures Inspection readiness by maintaining complete, accurate and timely data and essential documents in systems utilized for trial management (e.g. CTMS and eTMF/IF) according to expectations (metrics) and archiving retention requirements. When issues are identified or trends across a project are noted from MVR review, will escalate deviation issues to TDM/TDL and J&J Sponsor in timely manner.

  • Accountable for ensuring quality data (accurate, valid and complete) is provided by the site and queries are resolved within expected timelines.

  • Keeps oneself inspection ready and knowledgeable for current work by complying with relevant training requirements and developing therapeutic knowledge enough for role and responsibilities.

  • With focus on quality and compliance, will work closely with SM to ensure CAPA is implemented for audits/inspections or any quality related visits. May conduct accompanied site visits with SM, if delegated by Sponsor.

  • Ensure accurate finance reporting and trial delivered within budget by adhering to finance reporting deliverables and timelines. This includes forecasting and proactive management of country/local trial budget. If applicable, may assist in negotiation of trial site contracts and budgets.

  • Keeps the trial in compliance with local regulatory requirements by organizing and ensuring IEC/HA approvals in cooperation with the local Start Up team,  as applicable.

  • May contribute as a trainer of systems/processes or provide input to functional area in process initiatives, if applicable.

  • Full utilization by timely and accurate time reporting.

  • Experience in management and startup of complex Early Phase trials projection with internal matrix clinical teams and sites, as applicable.

  • If applicable, region specific deliverables will be specified.

  • Autonomy with execution of local trial management services.

  • Depth of knowledge with local trial management services.

  • Process leadership.

What you need to have

  • BA/BS degree.

  • Degree in a health or science related field.

  • 3 - 5+ years of trial end to end management experience

  • Start-up & Database Locks/Cleaning experience preferred

  • Solid Tumor Oncology experience required

  • Strong working knowledge of ICH-GCP, company standard operating procedures, local laws and regulations, assigned protocols and associated protocol specific procedures.

  • Strong IT skills in appropriate software and company systems

  • Proficient in speaking and writing the country language and English. Good written and oral communication skills as appropriate

  • To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status


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.


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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
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