Biosampling Project Manager

Biosampling Project Manager

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

The Clinical Study Manager (Biosampling) is responsible for the operational set-up and follow-up of central laboratory (CL) related activities for a project or a group of studies to guarantee alignment amongst the entire network and with Clinical Operations to support delivery of laboratory results timely at right quality and cost.

What You Will Do:

You will manage day-to-day clinical trial management activities, focused on the operational set-up and follow-up of central laboratory (CL) related activities for a project or a group of studies to guarantee alignment amongst the entire network and with Clinical Operations to support delivery of laboratory results timely at right quality and cost.

Your Profile:

You will have solid clinical trial management experience, with the ability to manage competing priorities. Excellent networking capabilities and ability to influence and manage stakeholders at all levels of the organization. The ability to facilitate and lead cross functional meetings/challenge status quo and inefficient ways of working and need to be comfortable in a mediation role.

Required qualifications:

• Master’s degree in medical/life sciences or equivalent background.
• Demonstrated expertise in Project Management beyond their own field of expertise.
• Demonstrated capability to integrate complex inter-departmental links, processes, databases, and systems.
• Demonstrated knowledge and competency in laboratory processes and extended knowledge of ICH-GCP/GCLP rules.
• Demonstrated fluency in spoken and written English beyond scientific English.
• Good holistic view especially to proactively detect problems and define possible solution and/or to surface issues to Management.

Job Related Experience (minimum requirements):

• At least 5 years of operational experience in clinical laboratory activities and clinical study conduct
• Proven experience in clinical project planning, project management and issues resolution
• Ability to quickly integrate with GSK clinical development processes and global network to build strong partnership with lab vendors and GSK stakeholders.
• Experience of managing business remote matrix network of internal and external stakeholders of multicultural and multidisciplinary people with different expertise and various scientific background
• Ability to align all the parties involved to build alliances and influence across national and cultural boundaries (up to 20 in different countries, including Africa and China)
• Experience in leading various operational meetings
• FDA or other competent authority inspection exposure
• Experience of budget management

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.