Description
As a Global Study Associate Director (GSAD) at ICON Strategic Solutions, you will lead the delivery of global cardiovascular and cardiometabolic clinical trials.
This is a strategic leadership role responsible for driving study execution, leading cross-functional teams, and ensuring studies are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead global study teams to deliver cardiovascular clinical trials across the study lifecycle.
- Drive study timelines, budgets, quality objectives, and key milestones.
- Serve as the primary operational contact for study teams, CROs, and external partners.
- Oversee outsourced activities, ensuring effective vendor management and study oversight.
- Lead study planning, risk management, issue resolution, and escalation activities.
- Ensure TMF quality and inspection readiness.
- Manage study budgets, forecasting, and operational reporting.
- Support audits, regulatory inspections, and process improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Degree in Life Sciences, Clinical Research, or a related field.
- Significant global experience within pharmaceutical or biotechnology clinical development.
- Proven experience leading global clinical studies and cross-functional teams.
- Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP, clinical trial regulations, and study management principles.
- Experience managing study budgets, vendors, timelines, and operational risks.
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and organisational skills.
- Experience supporting cardiovascular or cardiometabolic clinical trials is highly desirable.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree (Master's, PhD, or equivalent).
- Project Management certification.
- Experience delivering large-scale global studies across multiple phases of development.
- Previous involvement in cardiovascular outcomes studies or late-phase cardiovascular trials would be advantageous.
Why Apply?
This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading organisation and play a key role in the delivery of innovative cardiovascular clinical development programmes, helping advance therapies that could improve outcomes for patients worldwide.
Rewards & Benefits
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