This is a strategic leadership role responsible for driving study execution, leading cross-functional teams, and ensuring studies are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead global study teams to deliver cardiovascular clinical trials across the study lifecycle.
• Drive study timelines, budgets, quality objectives, and key milestones.
• Serve as the primary operational contact for study teams, CROs, and external partners.
• Oversee outsourced activities, ensuring effective vendor management and study oversight.
• Lead study planning, risk management, issue resolution, and escalation activities.
• Ensure TMF quality and inspection readiness.
• Manage study budgets, forecasting, and operational reporting.
• Support audits, regulatory inspections, and process improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Degree in Life Sciences, Clinical Research, or a related field.
• Significant global experience within pharmaceutical or biotechnology clinical development.
• Proven experience leading global clinical studies and cross-functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP, clinical trial regulations, and study management principles.
• Experience managing study budgets, vendors, timelines, and operational risks.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and organisational skills.
• Experience supporting cardiovascular or cardiometabolic clinical trials is highly desirable.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (Master's, PhD, or equivalent).
• Project Management certification.
• Experience delivering large-scale global studies across multiple phases of development.
• Previous involvement in cardiovascular outcomes studies or late-phase cardiovascular trials would be advantageous.

Why Apply?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading organisation and play a key role in the delivery of innovative cardiovascular clinical development programmes, helping advance therapies that could improve outcomes for patients worldwide.

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

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