Project Lead - Biotech

Company: ICON Clinical Research
Location: Harrisburg
Posted on: January 24, 2023

Job Description:

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations. With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life. Our people are our greatest strength, are at the core of our culture, and the driving force behind our success. ICON people have a mission to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well.What will you be doing?As a Project Lead working in a combination Clinical Team Manager-Project Manager role, you have a wide range of responsibilities. Long story short, you oversee the whole project. As a Project Manager in this combination role, you will be the primary liaison to your clients, ensuring questions are answered and issues are resolved. You work together with other project leaders and vendors to keep your projects running at optimal quality - on time and on budget - managing all project deliverables, with financial acumen and a risk mitigation mindset. As a project leader, you provide feedback to your team to help improve overall performance, proactively identifying, resolving/mitigating, and escalating risks or issues when necessary.Job Responsibilities :Project Management

• Act as primary liaison with clients.
• Lead and direct cross-functional team leaders and third parties/vendors with some supervision and support.
• Manage project contractual deliverables, including progress via metrics and adherence to contractual agreement time, quality/scope, and cost deliverables).
• Participation and attendance in bid defense process.
• Provide feedback on project team members performance to respective line-managers.
• Maintain detailed understanding of each functional service area and lead multifaceted functional teams effectively with little supervision or support.
• Develop in depth analysis and projections of project timelines and financials for senior and customer management with little to no supervision.Clinical Team Management
  • Provide Project Oversight and Leadership for Clinical Deliverables
  • Project Resourcing
  • Quality Training & Development
  • Project Finance
  • Customer Relations (Internal & External)What do you need to have?Level 1:
    • Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, required
    • Minimum of 3 years experience in clinical research, including a a management role as a team lead or project manager, required
    • 1+ years of project management experience, preferred
    • 2+ years of experience in clinical trial management, required
    • 2+ years monitoring experience, preferred
    • Undergraduate degree or its international equivalent from an accredited institution or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key responsibilities of this job, required
    • Undergraduate degree in clinical, science, or health-related field, preferred
    • Licensed healthcare professional (i.e., registered nurse and/or patient care experience), preferred
    • Experience managing complex or global trials, preferred
    • Experience managing all trial components (start-up to database lock), preferred
    • Minimum 1 year oncology experience, preferred
    • Minimum of 1 year of drug development experience, preferred
    • English fluency (ability to read, write, speak)
    • Travel of up to 25% is required for this position. Exact amounts of travel will vary, pending client needs.
    • To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.Level 2:
      • Minimum 7-8 years of relevant experience, required
      • Minimum of 5 years experience in clinical research, including a minimum of 2 years full-service project management experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key responsibilities of the job, required
      • 2+ years of experience in clinical trial management, required
      • 2+ years monitoring experience, preferred
      • Undergraduate degree or its international equivalent from an accredited institution or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key responsibilities of this job, required
      • Undergraduate degree in clinical, science, or health-related field, preferred
      • Licensed healthcare professional (i.e., registered nurse and/or patient care experience), preferred
      • Experience managing complex or global trials, preferred
      • Experience managing all trial components (start-up to database lock), preferred
      • Minimum 1 year oncology experience, preferred
      • Minimum of 1 year of drug development experience, preferred
      • English fluency (ability to read, write, speak)
      • Travel of up to 25% is required for this position. Exact amounts of travel will vary, pending client needs.
      • To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.#LI-remote #LI-AR1

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