ICON plc

(Sr) Project Manager, Feasibility Site Activation

ICON plc$95K — $115K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in life sciences, healthcare, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong experience in clinical research focused on feasibility, site activation, or start-up project management.
  • Proven ability to manage project plans, timelines, and cross-functional coordination in a fast-paced environment.
  • Good understanding of regulatory, ethics, and contractual requirements affecting study start-up.
  • Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Detail-oriented and proactive, with a commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.
  • Willingness to travel as required (approximately 10%).

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage FSA project plans, timelines, and deliverables for assigned studies.
  • Coordinate feasibility assessments, site recommendations, and start-up strategies with functional experts.
  • Oversee essential document collection, ethics and regulatory submissions, and site activation milestones.
  • Track progress against timelines and KPIs, proactively identifying risks and implementing mitigation plans.
  • Serve as the primary FSA contact for internal teams and customers for study-level start-up matters.
  • Contribute to process improvement and best practice sharing within the FSA project management team.

Benefits

  • Various annual leave entitlements.
  • A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family's needs.
  • Competitive retirement planning offerings.
  • Global Employee Assistance Programme offering 24-hour access to a global network of professionals for well-being support.
  • Life assurance.
  • Flexible country-specific optional benefits like childcare vouchers and discounted gym memberships.
Full Job Description
(Sr) Project Manager, Feasibility Site Activation

Title: Project Manager, FSA

Role Summary:

As a Project Manager, Feasibility and Site Activation (FSA) at ICON, you will be responsible for planning and manage Feasibility and Site Activation (FSA) activities for assigned clinical studies.

What You Will Do:

You will oversee site start-up and activation workstreams, ensuring deliverables meet quality and timeline expectations.

Key responsibilities include:
  • Developing and managing FSA project plans, timelines, and deliverables for assigned studies.
  • Coordinating feasibility assessments, country and site recommendations, and start-up strategies in collaboration with functional experts.
  • Overseeing essential document collection, ethics and regulatory submissions, and site activation milestones.
  • Tracking progress against timelines and KPIs, proactively identifying risks and implementing mitigation plans.
  • Serving as the primary FSA contact for internal teams and customers for study-level start-up matters.
  • Contributing to process improvement and best practice sharing within the FSA project management team.


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.
  • Strong experience in clinical research with a focus on feasibility, site activation, or start-up project management.
  • Proven ability to manage project plans, timelines, and cross-functional coordination in a fast-paced environment.
  • Good understanding of regulatory, ethics, and contractual requirements affecting study start-up.
  • Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Detail-oriented and proactive, with a commitment to quality, predictability, and customer satisfaction.
  • Willingness to travel as required (approximately 10%)


Title: Senior Project Manager, FSA

Role Summary:

Accountable for driving and accelerating the activation of global investigative sites in line with, or ahead of, the study's contractual timelines, within budgeted resources, with quality output, and exceeding sponsor expectations. Accountable for the overall coordination, implementation and completion of site activation activities for large global or complex projects of work in line with ICON/sponsor SOPs as appropriate, including regulatory/ethics, site contracts, essential documents, and site activations. Interacts with internal teams and stakeholders, as well as sponsor teams and stakeholders, and presents to Exec Management as needed.

Responsibilities:
  • Recognize, exemplify and adhere to ICON's values , and contribute to the "Own It" culture at ICON
  • Accountable for driving and accelerating the activation of global investigative sites in line with, or ahead of, the study's contractual timelines, within budgeted resources, with quality output, and exceeding sponsor expectations.
  • Accountable for the overall coordination, implementation and completion of site activation activities for large global or complex projects of work in line with ICON/sponsor SOPs as appropriate, including regulatory/ethics, site contracts, essential documents, and site activations.
  • Interacts with internal teams and stakeholders, as well as sponsor teams and stakeholders, and presents to Exec Management as needed.
  • Lead studies with highest quality standards to exceed customer expectations.
  • Review study and partnership budgets for proposals and sales as needed.
  • Drive assigned studies to meet KPIs and delight customers and sites
  • Act as customer point of contact for assigned studies; resolve study issues and drive exceptional customer delivery
  • Represent FSA at audits and inspections
  • Participate in Business Development opportunities to support the growth of the assigned portfolio, function, and/or region/country(ies)
  • Travel (approximately 10% depending on country structure and direct report levels) domestic and/or international
  • Responsible for performing activities that are in compliance with applicable corporate and departmental policies, standard operating procedures and operating guidelines and performing other duties as assigned by the management
  • Act as a mentor where required


What you need:
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 3-6 years of experience in a Clinical Research environment
  • Demonstrate proficient organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks with minimal management support and oversight.
  • Exhibits extensive competency in Microsoft Office Suite applications (i.e. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook).
  • Completes tasks independently on time and in an efficient manner.
  • Ability to mentor and train others as needed.
  • Show confidence in dealing with internal stakeholders.


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
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