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Senior Clinical System Designer

ICON Canada (Remote) Remote senior

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Description

ICON is seeking a Senior Clinical System Designer to join its Full-Service IOD Clinical Data Science team. As a Senior Clinical System Designer at ICON, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing advanced clinical systems that enhance trial design and execution.

Responsibilities:

  • Leading the design and development of clinical systems, ensuring alignment with study protocols and operational needs
  • Consolidating and completing high-level system requirements documents and managing their review
  • Copying and modifying CRFs from standard libraries and other studies
  • Providing support and review for the re-use of library items
  • Developing custom CRF screens, Edit Check and Dynamic Check specification documents using prototyping methodologies as needed
  • Performing quality control peer reviews of database related specifications as needed and recording comments appropriately
  • Leading eCRF and other specification review meetings
  • Utilizing edit checks from the appropriate library and modifying them to meet trial specific requirements
  • Programming more complex dynamic checks and discrepancy edit checks to meet trial specific requirements
  • Reviewing all activity on an ongoing basis to identify out of scope tasks and bringing them to the attention of the CSL
  • Supporting the CSL in negotiation of timelines and decision making on the study
  • Assisting in assessing impacts of post-production database related changes and compiling change management documentation for review by project team leads
  • Driving post-production database changes and releasing them into production
  • Travelling approximately 10% domestically and/or internationally

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience in designing and implementing clinical systems within the clinical research industry
  • Expertise in data analysis and interpretation or Database Development, with proficiency in clinical data management systems and software
  • Knowledge of at least 1 Clinical Data Management System (e.g. Medidata Rave, Veeva EDC)
  • Excellent functional knowledge of CRF design tools and ability to plan and design CDMS components directly from interpretation of medium complexity clinical trial protocols
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field

Rewards & Benefits:

  • Competitive base salary and performance-related incentives
  • Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable
  • Retirement and pension plans
  • Life assurance and disability coverage
  • Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources
  • Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways

Skills

Required

  • Clinical Data Management Systems
  • CRF design tools
  • Database Development
  • Data analysis and interpretation

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