[Hiring] Senior Clinical Scientist @ICON plc

Role Description

At ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON’s global expertise. As the world’s largest FSP organisation, with over 90 sponsor partnerships, we offer stability, career development and a collaborative environment where your work contributes to the development of treatments that benefit patients worldwide.

What you will be doing:

• May lead or support a study or studies, depending on size/complexity. If lead, accountable for the clinical/scientific execution of the protocol.
• As lead, will be responsible for the following:
• Clinical point of contact for scientific issues/questions for internal and external stakeholders (e.g., IRB, sites)
• Responsible for trial design and endpoint development in collaboration with CD
• Leads the Medical Monitoring (MM) team in performing MM activities, including development of the Medical Monitoring Plan (MMP) and review of SAE reports
• Sets up/supports SAC, DMC, adjudication committees
• Protocols/amendments – collaborates with medical writer, participates in governance committee review
• Authors protocol clarification letters
• Contributor to study specific documents (e.g., SMP)
• Reviews/updates informed consent
• Provides scientific input to SM for data management activities (e.g., EDC, DRP, CRFs)
• Monitors data issues requiring clinical input
• Monitors central lab reports and other external data for safety and critical values
• Prepares scientific slides, attends and presents protocol information at Investigator Meeting
• Scientific lead on Clinical Trial Team (CTT)
• Reviews specs, initiates allocation (randomization) request form and approval schedule in allocation schedule generation system
• Coordinates planning of lab, bio specimens and imaging specifications
• Co-authors newsletters with SM
• Participates in Database lock activities
• Collaboratively plans CSRs, CTDs/WMAs with medical writing
• Supports publications/presentations as needed
• Reconciles and reviews all protocol deviation classifications in CTMS
• Assesses and prepares protocol deviation list for CSR
• Collaborates with medical writing to develop trial results communication for investigators
• Provides scientific assessment for Operational Reviews
• Supports SM/MW activities as needed to achieve CTT deliverables.
• Provides clinical specifications to SM to support interactions with external vendors (e.g., IVRS, ePRO)
• May act as mentor to other CSs

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Life Sciences with 7+ yrs clinical research experience
• MS/PhD in Life Sciences with 5+ years clinical research experience
• If no degree in Life Sciences, must have significant experience in clinical development (>11 years)

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years pharmaceutical and/or clinical drug development experience as a lead CS required.
• Medical monitoring experience required
• Oncology experience required
• Excellent Excel and PP skills required
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to travel up to 15% (might include international travel)
• To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada or the US, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status
• Employment with ICON is contingent upon having the legal right to work in the country where the role is based.

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
• Benefits may vary depending on role and location.