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Senior Clinical System Designer

ICON Remote senior

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Description

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.

As a Senior Clinical System Designer at ICON, you will design and implement 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 negotiating timelines and making decisions 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.
  • Traveling approximately 10% domestically and/or internationally.

Your Profile:

  • 3+ 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 one Clinical Data Management System (e.g., Medidata Rave, Veeva EDC).
  • Excellent functional knowledge of Clinical Data Management CRF design tools and ability to plan and design CDMS components directly from interpreting medium-complexity clinical trial protocols.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered in place of the education and experience stated above.
  • All employees must read, write, and speak fluent English and the host country language.

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.

Benefits may vary depending on role and location.

Skills

Required

  • Clinical Data Management Systems
  • CRF design tools
  • data analysis and interpretation
  • database development
  • English
  • Spanish

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