Clinical System Lead

IRE

3d • Remote

About The Position

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation focused on bringing new medicines and treatments to patients faster. The Clinical System Lead (CSL) joins ICON’s Full-Service IOD Clinical Data Science team and leads and directs one or more Clinical Data Science project teams responsible for initiating, planning, setting up, maintaining, controlling, and closing systems used in clinical trial projects. The role is remote and may be based in Mexico or Colombia; the broader listing also names the United States and Canada. The position includes approximately 15% domestic and/or international travel.

The CSL supports business development and bid-defense activities, reviews technical documentation and work products, and serves as a contact point for internal and external customer teams on assigned studies. The role contributes to project kickoff meetings, quality control review of CRFs, project timeline and budget monitoring, client and cross-functional negotiation of deliverables, system integration and vendor oversight, and project revenue and resource forecasting. Applicants must submit their applications in English. Employment with ICON is contingent on having the legal right to work in the country where the role is based.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of clinical data management experience, including implementation and management of clinical data systems.
• Technical understanding of relational databases and how they function, with the ability to create medium to complex data flow diagrams.
• Applied project management skills, including timeline prediction, resource requirements, and financial tracking.
• Detailed understanding of protocol content and interpretation of data collection requirements, considering both user experience and underlying dataset structures.
• Ability to react quickly and adapt to changing requirements, processes, and timelines in an agile manner.
• Ability to lead teams in internal user acceptance testing (UAT) of configured system solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or local equivalent.
• Legal right to work in the country where the role is based.
• Submit applications in English.

Responsibilities

• Support sales efforts by participating in and providing expertise to Business Development and assisting with and presenting at Bid Defense meetings.
• Perform peer reviews of study team technical documentation and work output.
• Act as a contact point for internal and external customer teams on assigned studies.
• Assist in leading internal and external project kickoff meetings.
• Perform quality control peer review of CRFs.
• Track and keep functional management and project management stakeholders informed of issues that could affect project target dates, scope, or budget, and escalate potential problems.
• Work independently and with other project leads to negotiate timelines and key deliverables with clients, external customers, and departments.
• Contribute to oversight and management of system integration setup and vendor interactions where needed.
• Understand the project-level revenue recognition and forecasting process and provide the Clinical Data Science Project Manager with input on actual and forecast units/hours, revenue, and resources.
• Travel approximately 15% domestically and/or internationally.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time