# Vendor Program Strategy Director

**Company**: ICON Strategic Solutions
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

As the Vendor Program Strategy Director at ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON's global expertise.

You will act as the Business Partner for all vendor activities with the Clinical Operational Program Head (COPH).

Key responsibilities include:

- End-to-end accountability for all supplier-related activities at a program level across GDD Portfolio

- Managing a program view of supplier performance relative to the defined strategy

- Defining and aligning program strategies in close collaboration with Alliance Lead, ERMT, PID, and Procurement

- Reviewing geographic scope of global vendors and driving local vendor service delivery discussions with country representatives

- Understanding upcoming portfolio demand within Program and pushing information to Vendor organisation

- Translating new service needs and engaging with Vendor Alliance Lead for vendors to be identified, qualified, and contracted

- Enabling early engagement with suppliers during protocol development and feasibility stage

- Being accountable for vendor program level productivity relative to defined strategy

- Managing and overseeing productivity targets per defined objectives

- Managing escalated program-level issues not resolved at operational level

- Being accountable for vendor program strategies and implementation within defined budgets

You will bring significant project and programme management experience, with a track record of building high-performing teams and delivering results.

Required qualifications and experience:

- Advanced degree in science or business with equivalent experience

- 10+ years relevant industry experience, including expertise in clinical operations leadership of multidisciplinary teams, experience management outsourced trial activities at an operational and strategic level

- Demonstrated executive leadership in developing and managing external and internal strategic relationships

- Experience with clinical processes and associated supplier services, with excellent understanding of trial management, trial monitoring, and overall integration of clinical data systems and processes

- Strong technical and problem-solving skills, excellent understanding of clinical trial methodology, GCP, and medical terminology

- Excellent understanding of clinical development, quality, and regulatory standards and policies relevant to defined services

- Providing thought-leading insights to the competitive environment and internal partner interfaces

- Outstanding skills to facilitate/optimise contribution of team members as individuals and members of cohesive teams

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to naturally bridge scientific and business participants; track record in enabling effective international collaboration

ICON offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and career development.

Benefits may include:

- 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 operations
- leadership
- strategic relationships
- clinical trial management
- GCP
- medical terminology
- problem-solving

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