Senior Director, Biometrics

ICON Strategic Solutions; Reading; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement planning

LifeWorks EAP

Paid time off

Job summary

ICON plc, a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization, seeks a Senior Director, Biometrics within ICON Strategic Solutions. You will provide strategic leadership across biometrics delivery for a dedicated client partnership, ensuring successful execution across global clinical programs.

This role demands senior stakeholder influence and extensive Biometrics expertise, including biostatistics and statistical programming, with a proven track record of managing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Life Sciences, Computer Science, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Extensive leadership and technical experience within Biometrics, including Biostatistics, Statistical Programming.
• Experience managing strategic client relationships in CRO/pharma/biotech environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and governance across biometrics delivery, ensuring quality, efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
• Build and maintain partnerships with senior client stakeholders as primary biometrics escalation point.
• Collaborate with client and internal leadership to align biometrics strategy with business objectives, clinical development priorities, and future portfolio needs.
• Drive operational excellence through oversight of delivery performance, resource planning, risk management, and quality metrics.
• Lead global, cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution across complex clinical programs.
• Support long-term account success through proactive planning and improvement initiatives.
• Champion innovation and best practices across biometrics to support high-quality clinical development.

Skills

Biometrics leadership

Biostatistics

Statistical Programming

Executive oversight

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Life Sciences, Computer Science, or related discipline

Job description

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

As a Senior Director, Biometrics within ICON Strategic Solutions, you will provide strategic leadership across biometrics delivery for a dedicated client partnership.

Acting as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, you will ensure the successful execution of biometrics activities while driving operational excellence, quality, and delivery performance across global clinical development programs.

What You Will Do

• Providing strategic leadership and governance across biometrics delivery, ensuring quality, efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
• Building and maintaining strong partnerships with senior client stakeholders, serving as the primary biometrics escalation point and trusted advisor.
• Collaborating with client and internal leadership teams to align biometrics strategy with business objectives, clinical development priorities, and future portfolio needs.
• Driving operational excellence through effective oversight of delivery performance, resource planning, risk management, and quality metrics.
• Leading global, cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution and consistent delivery across complex clinical programs.
• Supporting long‑term account success through proactive planning, continuous improvement initiatives, and identification of opportunities to enhance client value and operational effectiveness.
• Championing innovation and best practices across biometrics functions to support efficient and high‑quality clinical development.

You Will Have/be

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Life Sciences, Computer Science, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Extensive leadership and technical experience within Biometrics, including Biostatistics, Statistical Programming.
• Demonstrated success managing strategic client relationships within a CRO, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology environment.
• Proven experience providing executive oversight across large‑scale clinical development programs and global delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of clinical development, regulatory requirements, and biometrics operations.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across complex, matrixed organizations.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and relationship management skills with a track record of building high‑performing teams and delivering business results.

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.

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.

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