Project Manager, Feasibility Site Activation

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Project Manager overseeing global clinical study start-up strategies at ICON. Leading cross-functional collaboration for effective regulatory and contract execution across participating countries.

Responsibilities:

  • Shape and execute Study Start-Up strategies across global, multi-country studies, ensuring alignment with timelines, scope, and sponsor expectations
  • Lead the development and delivery of comprehensive Study Start-Up Plans, covering regulatory, ethics, and contract execution across all participating countries
  • Drive end-to-end start-up activities from site identification through to IP release, maintaining momentum and accountability for key milestones
  • Provide strategic input at Bid Defence and Kick-Off meetings, influencing study design and start-up feasibility from the outset
  • Oversee regulatory and ethics submissions, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and timely approvals across regions
  • Manage site contract and budget negotiations in collaboration with legal, finance, and sponsors, supporting timely site activation
  • Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, implementing mitigation and escalation strategies to protect study timelines
  • Partner closely with Project Managers and cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring seamless integration of start-up within overall study delivery
  • Ensure accuracy, quality, and inspection readiness of all study documentation, including oversight of CTMS and eTMF activities
  • Lead and coordinate Study Start-Up team members, providing direction, support, and oversight to ensure consistent delivery
  • Drive process consistency and continuous improvement across regions, contributing to operational excellence initiatives
  • Maintain oversight of study metrics, budgets, and scope of work (SOW), ensuring delivery within agreed parameters
  • Provide clear, structured reporting and updates to sponsors and internal leadership, enabling informed decision-making

Requirements:

  • Proven, recent experience with Study Start‑Up (SSU) as a primary responsibility, including end‑to‑end ownership of site activation activities
  • Experience delivering SSU across global or multi‑country clinical studies
  • Strong knowledge of regulatory and ethics submission processes, including CA/EC and CTA strategy
  • Experience coordinating site contracts and budgets within start‑up timelines
  • Demonstrated ability to manage SSU timelines, risks, and competing priorities
  • Hands‑on familiarity with CTMS, eTMF, and clinical trial systems
  • Solid understanding of ICH‑GCP and applicable regulatory frameworks
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across sponsors, sites, and internal teams
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across cross‑functional, global teams
  • Structured, proactive, and solution‑oriented approach to delivery

Benefits:

  • 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, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised 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, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others.