Medical Director

Remote, Reading·Added 21 days ago (last checked 19 Oct)

ICON plc

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Our summary

Work mode: Remote (Reading)
Contract: Permanent
Commute: Cycle to work scheme

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

You will bring significant medical monitoring and clinical oversight experience, with demonstrated expertise in managing clinical site queries and reviewing/escalating critical laboratory alerts.

Required qualifications and experience:

Medical degree (MD) or equivalent qualification - Cardiology MD OR Endocrinology/Diabetes/Obesity or Internal Medicine MDs
Cardiovascular Outcomes trial experience or obesity/ GLP1 experience is a must for the role
Extensive experience in clinical research and development,
Strong understanding of clinical trial design, regulatory requirements, and GCP guidelines.
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on interpreting clinical data and driving evidence-based decisions.
Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional, global teams.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

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, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized 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, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

The role

Medical Director

At ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON's global expertise.

As the world's largest FSP organisation, with over 90 sponsor partnerships, we offer stability, career development and a collaborative environment where your work contributes to the development of treatments that benefit patients worldwide.

As a Medical Director at ICON, you will drive medical initiatives within project teams, guiding strategic direction and decision-making processes, and offer expert medical and scientific guidance, leveraging therapeutic expertise to inform project development.

What you'll do

You will lead medical affairs delivery across your portfolio, setting standards and developing your team.

Key responsibilities include:

Medical Director will support multiple studies; however, the scope will be focused primarily on site support activities, including responding to site questions and reviewing laboratory results.
Providing strategic medical leadership and guidance on project teams.
Offering expert medical and scientific consultation throughout project lifecycles.
Ensuring compliance with ethical, legal, and regulatory standards in medical and safety monitoring activities.
Representing the Medical Affairs Department in business development initiatives.
Providing operational oversight within the Medical Affairs Department as needed.

About ICON plc

ICON is a clinical research organisation (CRO) providing outsourced clinical development and commercialisation services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The company describes itself as the world's leading clinical research organisation and operates at global scale, with employees in 119 locations across 53 countries.

Its services span clinical and scientific operations, decentralised clinical trials, early clinical and laboratory services, medical imaging, regulatory affairs, consulting, commercialisation, medical writing, biometrics and outcome measures. ICON works across sectors including pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices and government and public health, and across therapeutic areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, central nervous system, vaccines and rare and orphan diseases.

Industry: Clinical research
Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland
Website: iconplc.com

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Additional information

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 here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless - there's every chance you're exactly what we're looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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