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Clinical QA Senior Project Manager

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Reading

Reference: JR161567

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CQM- Prinicpal Manager

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.

As a Clinical QA Senior Project Manager at ICON, you will be responsible for leading and manage projects, ensuring successful execution and delivery of project objectives.

We are seeking an experienced GCP QA Senior Project Manager to drive procedural excellence, quality, compliance, and operational effectiveness across global clinical development programs.

This is a highly visible, cross-functional role for a clinical operations professional who is passionate about process improvement, inspection readiness, and developing scalable, compliant ways of working. You will partner with stakeholders across Clinical Operations, Quality, and Medical Affairs to optimize processes, lead complex initiatives, and ensure clinical trials remain inspection ready.

What You Will Do:

You will manage day-to-day project and programme management activities, supporting your team to deliver quality outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the development, revision, implementation, and retirement of controlled documents, SOPs, work instructions, and guidance materials.
Drive cross-functional process improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, compliance, and operational excellence.
Partner with Quality Assurance and Clinical Operations teams to support inspection readiness and regulatory inspection activities.
Lead quality event investigations, root cause analyses, CAPA development, and effectiveness checks.
Manage complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and ensure timely delivery of business objectives.
Facilitate stakeholder alignment and influence process changes across global teams.
Develop and deliver training, onboarding, and learning initiatives to support employee capability and compliance.
Monitor process performance, identify improvement opportunities, and report progress to senior leadership.
Mentor colleagues and serve as a subject matter expert in procedural excellence and clinical quality.
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Clinical Research, Healthcare, or a related field.
7+ years of experience within the biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO, or clinical research industry.
Strong clinical operations, quality, compliance, or process excellence background.
Deep understanding of GCP, ICH guidelines, and global clinical trial conduct.
Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects and process improvement initiatives.
Experience authoring and managing SOPs, procedures, work instructions, or other controlled documents.
Excellent project management, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
Preferred Experience
Sponsor-side clinical research experience.
Inspection readiness, audit support, or regulatory inspection experience.
Quality systems, CAPA management, and deviation investigation experience.
Experience with Veeva QMS, LMS platforms, or clinical development systems.

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.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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