Integrated Study Timeline Implementation Manager

Integrated Study Timeline Implementation 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.

We are currently seeking a Project Manager to join our diverse and dynamic team. Working as an Integrated Study Timeline Implementation Manager exclusively assigned to a Pharmaceutical Company, you will lead development, customization, and maintenance of the Integrated Study Timelines (IST) for clinical trials using global timeline templates.

In close collaboration with Global Trial Leads, in this role you will work with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to develop, monitor, and adjust project timelines as needed. You will identify key study activities to drive study timeline development with minimal guidance throughout the study life cycle. You will communicate timeline updates and changes to stakeholders clearly and in a timely manner. You will manage user access to study timelines and support process improvement initiatives to streamline timelines management.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Provides subject matter expertise and operational input into creating timelines utilizing the integrated study timeline templates.
• Attends and actively participates in study execution team meetings for activities related to timelines.
• Coordinates and leads study timeline related and cross-functional discussions to support customization and maintenance of timelines through IST alignment meetings.
• Identifies critical path items related to timelines management.
• Identifies and remediates illogical sequence of events, gaps, duplicate or conflicting activities for study timelines.
• Runs timeline status reports and posts updated timelines regularly.
• Creates SharePoint users roles and provides access to study team members for timeline materials.
• Monitors project progress and identifies potential delays or roadblocks.
• Works with cross-functional team members to ensure tasks are completed as scheduled.
• Creates all material related to IST (i.e., Kick off Meeting Materials) development for customization and handover.
• Reviews study related material and protocol to drive discussion related to study timelines.
• Supports Microsoft project (MSP) training and creation of tools needed for MSP timelines.
• Develops and maintains templates and tools related to global timeline templates.
• Supports open house-training sessions for timelines template and MS project utilization.
• Collaborates with the study team to update the study timelines during all stages of a clinical trial study.
• Provides expertise for MSP and timeline related processes and documents.

Your Profile:

Education: Bachelor's Degree or international equivalent required; Life Sciences preferred.

Skills:

• Knowledge in global regulatory and compliance requirements for clinical research, including but not limited to US CFR, EU CTD, and ICH GCP. Awareness of local country requirements is also an asset.
• Demonstrated successful experience in project/program management and matrix leadership.
  • E.g., timeline/budget management
  • E.g., Risk identification and management
• Preference: Sr. clin ops experience, preferred
• Excellent communication skills as needed for facilitation, negotiating, risk management.
• Excellent teamwork, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated successful experience in managing multiple studies concurrently.
• Fluent business English (oral and written)
• Proficient with Microsoft Suite (MS Team, Word, Excel, and MSP)
• Understand the lifecycle and activities in a clinical trial.
• Knowledge and experience with SharePoint including adding users, documents and updating lists within a SharePoint sites.

Experience: +3 years of using Microsoft Project (MSP) tool and comfortable creating, baselining, and maintaining complex trial timelines in MSP. 5+ years' experience in pharmaceutical industry and/or clinical research organization, including 3+ years clinical study management/oversight, including significant study management support experience (e.g., clinical trial assistant/associate or lead CRA). Experience could include either early phase clinical studies or Phase 2 and 3 studies and global/international studies or programs. Experience in more than one therapeutic area is advantageous.

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, 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.

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.