[Hiring] Program Manager, Clinical Data Science @ICON plc

Role Description

As a Program Manager, Clinical Data Science at ICON, you will oversee and coordinate data science initiatives within clinical programs, providing leadership and delivery oversight across clinical data science activities, including data management, clinical systems and clinical data risk.

You will play a key role in coordinating clinical data science delivery, resolving complex issues, developing team capability and ensuring successful project delivery across your assigned projects and client partnerships.

What You Will Do

• Coordinate clinical data science delivery, resolving issues, developing team capability and providing oversight across projects and programs.
• Manage the end-to-end execution of clinical data science programs, including planning, resource allocation and delivery of data science projects within scope, time and budget constraints.
• Coordinate with data scientists, statisticians, clinical researchers and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on project objectives, data requirements and analytical approaches.
• Develop and maintain program plans, timelines and budgets, and monitor progress to ensure timely and successful completion of data science initiatives.
• Provide strategic oversight and guidance on data science methodologies, ensuring analyses are rigorous, valid and aligned with clinical and regulatory standards.
• Communicate program status, insights and outcomes to stakeholders, including executive leadership, and address issues or risks that may impact program success.
• Apply expert knowledge of clinical data science activities, including data management, clinical systems and clinical data risk.
• Understand protocol content in the context of clinical data management and clinical data science delivery.
• Provide consultation on clinical data science best practices, including processes, systems and regulations.
• Oversee project status and escalate potential problems effectively and in a timely manner.
• Work independently and manage escalations with clients, external customers and internal departments.
• Act as a point of escalation internally and externally.
• Be accountable for all CDS project delivery milestones, internal reporting and progress reports for assigned projects.
• Hold primary accountability for delivery oversight of CDS standalone projects.
• Provide oversight across a number of clients or program work within a client partnership.
• Support clinical data science strategic plans at client level.
• Review project proposals and attend bid defences as a representative of the function when required.
• Undertake analysis and investigation to identify and define complex problems.
• Other responsibilities may be assigned as required.

Financial Management

• Perform financial reviews of projects under your span.
• Guide project teams with respect to out-of-scope tasks.
• Oversight management and forecasting within the financial tool utilised.
• Review financial documentation and assess preparedness relating to all clinical data science activities.
• Approve Worked Units, Forecasted Units and project invoices monthly.

Leadership

• Strong leadership and project management skills.
• Acts as an established mentor and/or Subject Matter Expert (SME).
• Accountable for all CDS project delivery milestones and internal reporting.
• Holds primary accountability for delivery oversight for CDS standalone projects.
• Typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience.
• An equivalent combination of education, training and relevant experience may be considered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Typically 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Expert knowledge of clinical data science activities, including data management, clinical systems and clinical data risk.
• Strong background in data science methodologies, statistical analysis and clinical research.
• Exceptional leadership skills with experience managing cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in project management tools and techniques.
• Ability to understand protocol content in the context of clinical data management.
• Established experience as a mentor and/or SME.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to travel as required, 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.
• Benefits may vary depending on role and location.

Company Description

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster. As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.