Clinical Site Associate

About the Role Clinical Site Associate to join ICON's Beijing team. You will support site management activities and ensure clinical trials are conducted efficiently, compliantly, and to the highest quality standards. You will work closely with Clinical Research Associates (CRAs), site staff, and cross-functional teams to drive study start-up, maintenance, and close-out activities. What You'll Do

• Supporting site activation activities, including the collection, review, and tracking of essential documents and approvals.
• Maintaining up-to-date site information and status in clinical trial management systems and trackers.
• Assisting CRAs and project teams with site communications, follow-up, and resolution of site-level queries.
• Coordinating logistics for site visits and meetings, including scheduling, documentation preparation, and follow-up actions.
• Ensuring accurate filing and maintenance of essential documents to support inspection and audit readiness.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders to support timely site payment processing and issue resolution.
• Contributing to process improvement initiatives and sharing best practices to enhance site support efficiency. What We're Looking For
• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, healthcare, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Initial experience in clinical research, administration, or a similar regulated environment is preferred.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks, priorities, and deadlines.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in documentation and data entry.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with a customer-focused approach to site support.
• Proficiency with MS Office and comfort working with electronic systems and databases.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and adapt to changing priorities. Nice to Have
• Optional/preferred qualifications (only if mentioned) Compensation & Benefits
• We offer a competitive salary and a range of benefits designed to support well-being and work-life balance. Our benefits examples include:
• Various annual leave entitlements
• Health insurance offerings
• Competitive retirement planning offerings
• 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.
• ICON is committed to inclusion and equal opportunity for all candidates and aims to provide an accessible and discrimination-free workplace.